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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 50,868 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
ACCUSTOMEDFri Aug 14, 1998HabitualShannon Burns
AFARMWed Jul 6, 2016What Old MacDonald hadDavid Woolf
AUTOTUNESSat Nov 28, 2020Alters, as a pop singer's voiceNam Jin Yoon
BETTYWILLIAMSTue Mar 8, 20221976 Peace Nobelist from Northern Ireland who co-founded Community of Peace PeopleMary Lou Guizzo
BLACKOFNIGHTSun Mar 1, 2009*Good and bad for a vampireRobert W. Harris
BYPRODUCTThu Sep 29, 2016Carbon dioxide or water vis-à-vis cellular respirationJonathan M. Kaye
CAROLINEISLANDSWed Dec 22, 1993Group containing Truk, Belau and YapMorton B. Braun
CAVUTOSun Apr 20, 2014Neil of Fox NewsElizabeth C. Gorski
CELERIESSun Jun 24, 2012Stalks in a soup kitchenElizabeth C. Gorski
CELLRECEPTIONWed Dec 31, 2025Gathering for this puzzle's attendeesJeffrey Martinovic
CHESSPIECEMon Jun 3, 2024*King or queen, but not princeAlana Platt
COMMANDSWed Jan 18, 2006Is in chargeSheldon Benardo
DROVEHOMEAPOINTSun Dec 15, 2002The insistent acupuncturist ...RIchard Hughes
GOFORADIPFri Sep 14, 2007What you might do at the beachJohn Farmer
GUGLIELMOMARCONISun May 13, 2001Wireless pioneerNancy Nicholson Joline
HARDTASKTue Dec 16, 2014No easy choreJoel D. Lafargue
HASHEWed Jul 8, 2009"___ lost his mind?"Tim Wescott
HUNDREDACREWOODMon Apr 5, 2004Home for Pooh and TiggerJim Hyres
ICECLOUDThu Feb 13, 2003Cirrus, sayJoe DiPietro
INKSTONESat Mar 26, 2016Calligrapher's grinding mortarDamon Gulczynski
IRANTSun May 25, 2003Dennis Miller book "___, Therefore I Am"David J. Kahn
ITSTHATTIMESat Nov 4, 2023"We should get going"David P. Williams
JUDOTHROWSTue Mar 17, 2020Takedowns at dojosRoss Trudeau
JUSTPEACHYSat Dec 28, 2013Hunky-doryFrederick J. Healy
LJUBLJANASat Dec 4, 2010Capital NE of the Gulf of TriesteDoug Peterson
LOBSTERPOTSMon Jul 23, 2007Traps off the coast of MaineRandall J. Hartman
MINSKYSun Nov 19, 1995Big name in burlesqueCathy Millhauser
MISTELLFri Oct 28, 1994Relate incorrectlyBryant White
OLDIRONSIDESSat Oct 10, 2009What the Constitution is calledNatan Last
PEOPLEFOODMon Oct 6, 2025What a dog desires from the dinner table ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 36- and 47-AcrossHannah Binney
PROPCOMICFri Feb 21, 2014One with a thing for laughter?Patrick Berry
RIDINGACADEMIESSat Jan 19, 2002Places where students may face hurdlesGilbert H. Ludwig
SIMPLYFri Feb 1, 2002JustPat M. Hugel
SLIVERINGSat Apr 22, 2017Reducing to splintersAdam Fromm
SONICYOUTHWed Oct 4, 2017Band featured in the documentary "1991: The Year Punk Broke"Evan Mahnken
SPENTONSat Feb 12, 2005Used to buyJoe DiPietro
STAGEONEFri May 22, 2009Initial partManny Nosowsky
TACTICALSun Oct 4, 2015Employing strategyJeremy Newton
TROPHYWIFEMon Jul 16, 2012Husband's status symbol, possiblyRandall J. Hartman
ZEROVISIBILITYMon Nov 21, 2016Driving condition in a blizzardJohn Lieb
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