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 50,562 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.

Word	Date	Clue	Author
ASPLANNED	Wed Dec 20, 2006	According to schedule	Nancy Salomon
BARBIEDREAMHOUSE	Sat Jun 21, 2025	Crib for a doll	Christina Iverson and Doug Peterson
BOUNDTOHAPPEN	Mon Jan 15, 2024	Inevitable ... or a hint for 19-, 27- and 48-Across	Peter A. Collins
CALABASHES	Sat May 19, 2018	Fruits also known as bottle gourds	John Guzzetta
CHARLEYHORSE	Sun Jul 3, 2022	Fish with a prehensile tail	Tom McCoy
EMERALDISLE	Fri Mar 15, 2019	Green land	Jamey Smith
FEEDERTEAM	Fri Nov 14, 2025	Squad that trains athletes for the pros	Malaika Handa
GAE	Sun Dec 10, 1995	Leave: Scot.	Jim Page
GOOGLETRANSLATE	Fri Jul 2, 2021	Cut-and-paste tool for language learners	Brooke Husic and Ada Nicolle
HANGONASECOND	Fri Oct 21, 2022	"Hold up ..."	Rafael Musa
HERENOW	Sat Jun 11, 2011	"Without further ado ..."	Gary Cee
JESSICAFLETCHER	Thu Nov 1, 2012	With 67- & 69-Across, role that garnered 12 consecutive unsuccessful Emmy nominations, 1985-96	George Barany and Victor Barocas
KIDDERS	Sun Nov 18, 2018	Leg-pullers	Byron Walden and Joel Fagliano
LEMMEATEM	Mon Sep 17, 2012	*Fightin' words	Adam G. Perl
LEOPOLDII	Sat Oct 27, 2018	Belgium's longest-reigning monarch (44 years)	Byron Walden
LOUIES	Sun Nov 2, 1997	Sarges' superiors	Nancy Nicholson Joline
MARTINIDRINKER	Sun Aug 12, 2001	Gibson fan, say	Nancy Nicholson Joline
MLV	Thu Jan 29, 1998	XI years before the Battle of Hastings	Frances Hansen
NATIONALPARKS	Mon Jan 21, 2019	Yosemite and Yellowstone	Sean Biggins
NFLCHEERLEADER	Thu Jul 25, 1996	Figure in a Super Bowl promo	A. J. Santora
OUTFLOW	Thu Jan 23, 2025	Discharge of water, e.g.	Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
PHOSPHORESCENCE	Sat Sep 16, 1995	Ignis fatuus, e.g.	Bryant White
PURCHASINGAGENT	Fri Jun 16, 2006	Company buyer of materials	Alan Olschwang
PVCPIPING	Sat Jan 11, 2020	Makeup of some waste lines	Andrew J. Ries
RUYLOPEZOPENING	Tue May 23, 1995	1. e4; e5 2. Nf3; Nc6 3. Bg5	Jay Livingston
SCARVES	Fri Sep 5, 1997	Hermes accessories	Harvey Estes
SPOTPASS	Sat Mar 10, 2012	Part of a timing pattern on a football field	Patrick Berry
STINGILY	Thu Dec 11, 2003	In a closefisted manner	Ed Early
SWEETTREAT	Fri Apr 2, 2021	Rhyming term for a dessert	Kyra Wilson and Sophia Maymudes
TALKBIG	Fri Jul 31, 2015	Crow	James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson
TEENMOVIE	Sun Oct 24, 2021	Genre for "Booksmart" and "Clueless"	Katie Hale
THROUGHPUT	Tue Apr 13, 1999	Production in a given period	Fred Piscop
TIDALPOOL	Thu Apr 18, 2013	Where seawater remains after an ebb	Stu Ockman
TOYPOODLES	Fri Jan 29, 2016	Possible purse pooches	David Phillips
WIREFENCE	Fri Apr 10, 2015	Backstop makeup	David Phillips
WITHAGRAINOFSALT	Sun Mar 8, 2020	How to take glib promises	Laura Taylor Kinnel
WORDGAMES	Mon Aug 1, 1994	Scrabble, anagrams, etc.	Thomas W. Schier
WYN	Tue Feb 21, 1995	Anglo-Saxon letter	Martin Schneider
YOUREWELCOME	Wed Jul 17, 2024		Alex Eaton-Salners
ZHUZHUP	Wed Sep 3, 2025	Fancify ... or a phonetic hint to 17-, 23-, 50- and 62-Across	Michael B. Berg