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Random unique answer words

40 answers which have never been reused

This page is just for fun. It's a random collection of rare crossword answers; so rare that each appears only in a single Modern Era puzzle. Bogus entries (thematic words that make sense only in that crossword) are excluded.

There are 50,360 unique Modern Era answer words in the database.

Click any word to see it in the context of its puzzle. Words in this color did appear in pre-Shortz crosswords.

WordDateClueAuthor
ANTARCTICCIRCLEWed May 18, 2016Where the midnight sun can be observedZhouqin Burnikel
ANTISANAWed Mar 8, 1995Ecuadorean volcanoWayne Robert Williams
AVIVIANFri Nov 26, 1999Tel ___Roger Phillips
BEREAVESSun Dec 3, 1995Deprives (of)Martin Schneider
BYHANDWed Nov 15, 2000ManuallyChuck Deodene
CHARTEREDPLANESSun Oct 17, 2021Ritzy transportsJeff Chen
CLATTERYWed Oct 30, 2002Like a bucket of boltsKumar Balani
COMPAQCENTERThu Jan 12, 2012Old name of the San Jose Sharks' arenaGareth Bain
CUTADEALSat Apr 9, 2022Shake hands, perhapsSam Buchbinder
DENOTINGFri Apr 19, 2002MeaningElizabeth C. Gorski
DJAKARTAFri Jan 26, 1996Capital city once called BataviaM. Nosowsky
DOSSALSun Jan 2, 1994Chancel clothBrian G. Tyler
DRAGEESun Oct 15, 1995Sugarcoated medicationMel Rosen
EVEENSLERTue Dec 6, 2022"The Vagina Monologues" playwrightRoss Trudeau and Wyna Liu
FAINTOFHEARTSun Dec 8, 2024SqueamishJohn Kugelman
FASTSTARTThu Jan 5, 2006What a pace horse is noted forVictor Fleming
FENCINGSun Jun 5, 1994Olympics event since 1896Dean Niles
GOGGLESSat Aug 30, 2014Welders' wearDavid Steinberg
HIDDENTEXTTue Aug 16, 2011Invisible writing on a computer screen ... or a component of 18-, 23-, 36- and 52-Across?David Steinberg
HOLDSTEADYMon Jun 14, 2004Not change courseCraig Kasper
ICYBLUEWed Nov 4, 2020Indigo, CeruleanJack Murtagh
IOWACAUCUSSat Nov 21, 2020Bill and Hillary Clinton have each won oneSam Ezersky
ISENDSun Oct 25, 2015"Where should ___ the check?"Bill Zais
ITSTHEPITSTue Mar 15, 2022"Awful!" ... or a hint to the common element of 17-, 23-, 36- and 50-AcrossMichael Lieberman
JUDITHHEUMANNFri Jan 6, 2023Leading disability rights activist in the 2020 documentary "Crip Camp"Erica Hsiung Wojcik
LETITIASun Mar 29, 2015President John Tyler's wifeAlan Arbesfeld
LETTERMENSat Sep 21, 2013Students with outstanding character?Tim Croce
NOSEINTHEAIRMon Feb 4, 2013Sign of haughtinessRandall J. Hartman
NYRANGERSFri Jan 26, 2018First U.S. team to win the N.H.L. Stanley Cup (1928)Caleb Madison
OPENRANGEThu Aug 25, 2016Area to roamAndrew Zhou
PERVERTSFri Dec 16, 2005MisappliesJoe DiPietro
POTBOILERThu Oct 4, 2001Fine literature it's notDavid J. Kahn
PROFILERTue Sep 22, 2015Serial crime investigatorVictor Barocas and Tom Pepper
REEMSun Nov 2, 2025___ Kassis, author of "The Arabesque Table"Rafael Musa
SHIVEREDSat Jan 16, 2016Had a chilling effect?Sean Dobbin
TEMPTATIONSat Mar 27, 2010"I can resist everything except ___": Oscar WildeSamuel A. Donaldson
THATDOGDONTHUNTSat Jan 6, 2024"Bad plan!," in Southern slangBen Tolkin and Julian Xiao
THEATRESSun Feb 1, 2009The Globe and othersVictor Fleming and Matt Ginsberg
THEJUNGLESat Dec 24, 20051906 novel that helped produce widespread social reformsByron Walden
TOTHESIDESat Feb 12, 2005Not in front or backJoe DiPietro
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