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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 50,854 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
BEARTHEEXPENSEFri Jan 24, 2025Accept financial responsibilityErnest Lim
BEPOLITESun Jun 21, 2009Adolescent admonishmentMatt Ginsberg and Pete Muller
CHAIRLIFTSun Jan 29, 2012It brings up many ticket holdersIan Livengood
DOUBLEOSun Aug 31, 2025Feature of this puzzle's circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-AcrossDanny J. Rooney
ELVISAARONPRESLEYSun Jul 16, 2006SEEN ALIVE? SORRY, PAL!Ashish Vengsarkar
FIFTYSTARSWed Oct 4, 1995Old Glory featureWayne Robert Williams
FINALDRAFTFri Jul 30, 2021Result of multiple paper cuts?Eric Bornstein
GARYSINISESat Aug 24, 1996"Forrest Gump" Oscar nomineeJ. Page
GEORGEPALThu Oct 6, 1994"When Worlds Collide" producerRichard Silvestri
GLAUCOMAThu Jul 29, 2004Eyesight impairerPatrick Merrell
GOTNOWHERESat Mar 12, 2022Went round and round in circlesNatan Last
GOTOTHIRDBASESun Jun 7, 2009Anticipate heading homeJeremy Newton
HELLOHELLOSat Jul 7, 2007Enthusiastic welcomeTodd McClary
HITUPONTue Jul 4, 2000Get, as an ideaTyler Hinman
JOBSEEKERSThu Nov 14, 2024Those who apply themselves?Matthew Faiella
LAKEPOWELLSun Jan 8, 2012Glen Canyon reservoirTony Orbach
LAYDOWNSALLYSun Nov 24, 2013"Time to show your cards, Ms. Field!"Gary Cee
LEOPOLDIIISat Jun 21, 2003King of Belgium, 1934-51Dana Motley
MISFEDSun Sep 22, 2019Like a jammed printerTracy Gray
MOUTHPIECEMon Dec 17, 2001Telephone partChristina Houlihan
MOVADOTue Aug 17, 2021Luxury watch brandRuth Bloomfield Margolin
MUSICSThu Dec 8, 2016"When the ___ Over" (1967 Doors song)Damon Gulczynski
NEALESSat Jul 3, 2010Tennis's Fraser and othersJoe Krozel
NORMALCYTue Jul 2, 2019RegularnessPeter Gordon
OCTAVALSun Sep 5, 1999Like standard music notationElizabeth C. Gorski
PROBINGTue May 30, 2023Like some nosy questionsKathryn Ladner
PUPUSAFri Jul 15, 2022Thick tortilla that's the national dish of El SalvadorMatthew Stock and Nam Jin Yoon
PUREBREDDOGSun Mar 12, 2023Westminster competitorDavid Tuffs
RELINEDThu Oct 25, 2001Like some old coatsJohn Scott Marrone
ROUNDHOLESSun Apr 12, 2009See 65-AcrossEric Berlin
SETABLAZESat Apr 30, 2016LightMark Diehl
SHEERESTThu May 30, 1996Most gossameryN. S. Wizer
SHUNTERSun Jun 5, 1994Railroad mechanismDean Niles
SOGGIESTSun Mar 7, 1999Most moistRandolph Ross
THEHANGOVERSat Aug 25, 20122009 comedy whose tagline is "Some guys just can't handle Vegas"Caleb Madison
TICKLETHEIVORIESSun Jul 5, 2020Play piano, informallyLaura Taylor Kinnel
TOUCHTYPEWed Jun 29, 2005Emulate a veteran 11-DownDavid Liben-Nowell
TRUMPETERSWANThu Feb 29, 2024North America's heaviest flying birdEsha Datta
UNTAPEREDThu Nov 9, 1995Full, as clothesBob Sefick
UPKEYTue Jul 20, 2021Aid in scrolling to the topSam Buchbinder
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