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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 50,891 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
AMAZINGISNTITSun Dec 3, 2017"Pretty cool, huh?"David Steinberg
ARUNDHATIThu Feb 20, 2025___ Roy, Booker Prize-winning author, 1997Peter Gorman
ATTHESTARTSun Apr 29, 2012InitiallyTracy Gray
AUREOLAFri Aug 30, 2002Saintly glowPatrick Merrell
CONGESTIONThu Feb 28, 2013TrafficJoe Krozel
CONTENTMENTWed Oct 11, 1995State of satisfactionMary E. Brindamour
DAWNEDONMon Apr 22, 2024Suddenly became clear toDavid J. Kahn
EGOTISTICFri Dec 22, 1995Hardly humbleA.J. Santora
EVILUNDERTHESUNFri Jul 7, 20061982 Inspector Poirot movieJoe Krozel
EXCHANGESNUMBERSSun Mar 24, 2024Stock prices?John Kugelman
FRYOLATORSat Feb 28, 2015Greasy spoon applianceBarry C. Silk
GETSINTHEHUNTSat Oct 15, 2005Becomes competitivePaula Gamache
GOSFORDFri Feb 7, 2003"___ Park" (2001 whodunit)Michael Shteyman
HAILESELASSIEFri Apr 14, 1995Lion of JudahManny Nosowsky
HERMAJESTYSat Nov 12, 2011Lead-in to some royal namesBarry C. Silk
HOLDOUTTue Nov 21, 2000Hardly the "me too" typeRobert Zimmerman
JEUXWed Mar 20, 2013___ d'esprit (witticisms)Raymond C. Young
LUMIERESSun May 17, 2020Group of 18th-century thinkers that included Voltaire and RousseauByron Walden
MOTIONDENIEDTue Sep 21, 2021A little tied up at the moment?Daniel Okulitch
ONTHEMAKEWed Dec 16, 2015Ambitious and unscrupulousPaula Gamache
OVERFEEDSSat Nov 8, 1997StuffsJim Page
PARSIISMThu Apr 22, 1999Bombay-based religionDavid J. Kahn
PIPINGBAGTue Nov 5, 2024It puts the icing on the cakeEvan Kalish
QUINTUPLETFri May 5, 2006Unexpected birthManny Nosowsky
RECEIVABLESat Oct 5, 2024Accounts ___ (ledger phrase)Natan Last
RECRUITERSSat May 10, 2025They might have a job for youShaun Phillips
REDMASSFri Dec 16, 2022Annual Roman Catholic service for members of the legal professionKameron Austin Collins
RIVERPHOENIXMon Dec 23, 2013Young Indiana Jones portrayerMichael Blake and Andrea Carla Michaels
RUNSUPMon Mar 20, 2006Adds to, as a bar billEarl W. Reed and Nancy Salomon
SEMIRURALSat Dec 8, 2001Slightly built-upRich Norris
TANOAKSat Jun 2, 2007Pacific Coast evergreenByron Walden
TAXPREPSat Oct 19, 2013Return servicePeter Wentz
THREEBLINDMICEMon Jan 24, 2005Classic children's nursery songSarah Keller
THREEPOINTTURNThu Jun 22, 2006Driving exam challengeChristina Houlihan Kelly
URBANHIKEFri Nov 5, 2021Big adventure through the concrete jungleJoseph Greenbaum
WHITEHATSun Oct 12, 2014Something on a hero, maybePawel Fludzinski
WINDOWBOXFri Oct 18, 2002PlanterManny Nosowsky
WISHBONESThu Apr 12, 2018Some gridiron formationsJules Markey
YEARNINGSFri May 7, 2021WishesBrooke Husic
YOUREDAFTSun Apr 1, 2001Turndown #4Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon
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