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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 50,730 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
ALLSTARCASTFri Jan 30, 2026Feature of a big-budget feature, perhapsRobyn Weintraub
ANIMALPRESERVESFri Jul 15, 2005Game settingsBrendan Emmett Quigley
ANYBODYHOMESun Jan 20, 2019Baseball scorekeeperRichard Crowe
BELLIEDSun Jul 2, 2000___ up to (approached)Nancy Nicholson Joline
BELTOUTASONGMon Nov 4, 2024Perform karaoke with passion, sayColin Adams
BIGHTSat May 18, 2002Shoreline curveTrip Payne
BLEWINSun Dec 5, 1999Showed upJoe DiPietro
BOWEDOUTSun May 5, 2013WithdrewAlan Arbesfeld
BOXTURTLESat Sep 12, 2009Pet that hisses when frightenedBarry C. Silk
CAREERPATHSat Dec 2, 2023Work in progress?Royce Ferguson
CASHORCREDITFri Apr 15, 1994Modern choice #5Cathy Millhauser
COOLBREEZEFri Jun 26, 2020Summer refresherRobyn Weintraub
EDGETOOLSun May 10, 2009One applied to a grindstonePatrick Berry
ESPRESSOMACHINEFri Jan 12, 2001Noisy restaurant deviceMark Diehl
FIRSTHALFWed Jan 12, 2011Opening 30 minutes of footballJim Hilger
FRUITOFTHELOOMWed May 24, 2023Big name in underwearKavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris
GIRLFROMIPANEMASat Aug 4, 2007The "she" in the lyric "And when she passes, I smile"Byron Walden
HEARSESTue Aug 14, 2018Funeral vehiclesAndy Kravis and Erik Agard
ISHOTTHESHERIFFFri Jun 13, 20141974 #1 hit written by Bob MarleyDavid Steinberg
ISSUEAMANIFESTOFri Jan 12, 2007Declare one's intentions publiclySherry O. Blackard
JAWERSun Jun 27, 2004ChatterboxPeter Abide and Steven Kahn
MOBTIEFri Oct 9, 2020Connection to the underworldSam Buchbinder
NATIONALARCHIVESSun Jun 25, 2017Constitution holderJacob Stulberg
OBOEREEDSTue Jul 7, 1998Wind player's purchasesElizabeth C. Gorski
PIMIENTOOLIVESThu Aug 3, 2017Stuffed garnishesTimothy Polin
PLOVERSWed Apr 24, 1996ShorebirdsG. Dean
SHUFFLEOFFWed Apr 16, 2003Slowly departElizabeth C. Gorski
SIDEWINDERThu Oct 7, 2010Southwestern rattlerPatrick Blindauer
SOBOLSun Apr 16, 1995Encyclopedia Brown creatorMatt Gaffney
STEELDOORSSat May 16, 2020Hefty barriers to entryTracy Gray and Jeff Chen
STEWARDESSTue Mar 8, 2011Old TWA hireePaul Hunsberger
SUGARPOPMon Oct 1, 2001Sweet drinkJanice M. Putney
TAKESTOTASKSun Nov 10, 1996ReprimandsR. Hamel
THEOKLAHOMACITYDISASTERSun Dec 31, 1995CALAMITY! I SHOOK, SHATTEREDBob Klahn
TOPSTHELISTTue Nov 30, 2010Is ranked #1Kristian House
TREATEDTODINNERSat Oct 26, 2002Took out, in a wayRich Norris
TRUEORFALSETESTThu Aug 15, 2019Easy quiz to grade [5]Andrew Zhou
UBAHNWed Nov 14, 2018German rapid transit systemSam Trabucco
WIDEMOUTHEDTue Apr 28, 1998AstonishedManny Nosowsky
WRAPPARTIESSun Oct 19, 2008Cast events after filming is doneJoe DiPietro
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