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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 50,871 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
AISun May 11, 20142001 Spielberg sci-fi filmPeter A. Collins
ALAMOGORDOSat Jul 6, 2002Site of a blast from the pastNancy Joline
ATOUCHOVERThu Nov 7, 2013Just aboveAlan DerKazarian
BLACKRASPBERRYMon Aug 31, 1998Ice cream flavor #2Brendan Emmett Quigley
BOOKOFMORMONMon Sep 8, 20142011 Tony-winning religious satire, with "The"Dan Schoenholz
CATIONSun Dec 26, 2010Charged particleDarin McDaniel
CONCEALEDWEAPONSat Jun 2, 2012It may be pulled out while holding something upTim Croce
CUESHEETSFri Jan 6, 2023Aids for stage crewsErica Hsiung Wojcik
DONNYOSMONDSun Apr 29, 2007... and 52-Across are MormonsHenry Hook
EDUCABLEFri Oct 13, 1995Having a willing mindCharles E. Gersch
GAMESTERTue May 5, 2020Professional poker player, e.g.Lee Taylor
GATEWAYDRUGSat Feb 5, 2022Marijuana, some sayKameron Austin Collins
HEADHUNTSSun Nov 7, 1999Recruits, in a wayBrendan Emmett Quigley
HORNBLOWERThu Jun 26, 2025Hurricane / Nor'easterSimeon Seigel
ITPROSSun Dec 26, 2021Geek Squad members, e.g.Christina Iverson
IVENEVERTRIEDITFri Feb 27, 2009"This would be a first for me"Joe DiPietro
LEOROSTENSun Nov 11, 2007"The Joys of Yiddish" authorAlan Arbesfeld
LYSANDERFri Nov 15, 2013Whose eyes Puck squeezes magical juice onDavid Woolf
MAKECONNECTIONSWed Feb 7, 2018NetworkStu Ockman
MOUNTAINLIONSSat Apr 16, 1994CatamountsRand H. Burns
OGOFri Oct 28, 1994U.S. scientific satellite of the 60'sBryant White
PERMUTATIONSMon Oct 23, 2006What 20-, 29-, 44- and 53-Across are of each otherJohn Calvin Williams
PIFFLETue Oct 5, 1999"Nonsense!"Stephanie Spadaccini
PLEASEBEPATIENTFri Oct 3, 2025"Hold on — we're working as fast as we can"Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa
PRATOSun Apr 22, 2001City near FlorencePatrick Berry
PRETREATMENTSWed Oct 31, 2007Stain looseners on washdayKen Stern
PRINCEWILLIAMThu Apr 28, 2011Bridegroom of 4/29/11Gary Cee
RAINSTORMSTue Sep 7, 2010Nor'easters, oftenMaryEllen Uthlaut
RHAPSODICThu Jul 28, 2022Extravagantly emotionalBill Pipal and Jeff Chen
SCALPINGSun Jul 30, 1995Stadium parking lot activityCharles M. Deber
SCHOOLPRINCIPALWed Jul 11, 2012Joe Clark in "Lean on Me," e.g.Allan E. Parrish
SKINNYDIPPERMon Jul 22, 2019One barely in the water?Lynn Lempel
THECURSESun Jan 7, 20241918-2004 Fenway Park phenomenon, familiarlyMichael Schlossberg
THEREISNOESCAPEFri Feb 14, 2020"You're doomed!"Daniel Larsen
TRANSFIXThu Apr 15, 2010FascinateBrendan Emmett Quigley & Joon Pahk
UNISPHEREThu Sep 10, 19981964-65 World's Fair centerpieceChristopher Hurt
UNJAMSMon Feb 12, 2018Fixes, as a photocopierMichael Black
WEARYWILLIETue Dec 8, 1998Character created by 58-AcrossFrances Hansen
WINGATESun Aug 27, 1995W.W. II British officer Orde _____Martin Schneider
YOUAWAKEFri Dec 24, 2021Question that cannot be answered if its answer is "no"Evan Kalish
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