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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 50,712 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
ACCOUNTHOLDERFri Oct 6, 2017Recipient of blank checksPatrick Berry
AILEENSSun Jul 7, 2002"Annie" portrayer Quinn and othersLloyd E. Pollet
BAITBUCKETSSat Sep 4, 2010Fishing gearMark Diehl
BEERLEAGUESat Jan 11, 2020Recreational sports association for adultsAndrew J. Ries
CHARLATANSat Sep 23, 1995QuackMartin Ashwood-Smith
COWCATCHERMon Mar 20, 1995Locomotive's frontSidney L. Robbins
DEVISERMon Jan 29, 2007InventorFred Piscop
DINEDONTue Sep 23, 2008Had for dinnerRichard Chisholm
DIRTYMARTINIThu Jun 15, 2017*Gin, vermouth and olive juice concoctionRichard F. Mausser
DISCOLORSun Dec 5, 2010Fade, maybeBen Pall
DOASTHEROMANSDOFri May 24, 1996Adapt, in a wayM. Ashwood-Smith
ENATURALTue Oct 30, 2012F flat equivalentAlex Vratsanos
FAIRISLESWEATERSat Jun 7, 2025Colorful knit top with Scottish originsBlake Slonecker
FAITHDANIELSTue Nov 16, 1999Emmy-winning newswoman of the 80's-90'sArthur S. Verdesca
FIDDLEFADDLESSun Feb 19, 1995FussesAlfio Micci
FRONTROWSEATSFri Apr 23, 2021Ones best in show?Robyn Weintraub
FUNEMPLOYEDFri Feb 8, 2019Between jobs and loving itJohn Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins
GENDERSTUDIESSat Jul 28, 2018Modern college majorNatan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
GETOPENSun Nov 13, 2016Shake one's defenderJoel Fagliano
HASASHOTATSat Jun 14, 2008Can still getBrendan Emmett Quigley
HIGHSIERRASat Mar 4, 2017Yosemite's rangeMary Lou Guizzo
ICOSIFri Jun 16, 1995Twenty: PrefixThomas W. Schier
INNERGEEKFri Sep 26, 2025It might be on display at Comic-ConLarry Snyder
JACKTRIPPERFri Nov 5, 1999"Three's Company" roleMark Diehl
KENTISHSat Jan 24, 2015Dialect of SE EnglandKevin G. Der
LAPDANCESSat Sep 18, 2010Bachelor party entertainmentNatan Last, Brown University '12
LESSSURETue Oct 31, 2000More skittishBill Zais
OPERASTARWed May 14, 2008Callas or SillsDoug Peterson
OVERSHADOWSun May 27, 2007DwarfPatrick Berry
PLEDGERFri Jan 10, 2003One showing promise?Manny Nosowsky
RACERJACKETTue Jun 25, 2024Sleek leather outerwearSeth Bisen-Hersh and Jeff Chen
RECARPETWed Apr 10, 2002Cover the floor anewGregory Casagrande
REFRIESFri Sep 27, 2002Prepares beans in a wayMichael Shteyman
SICILIANDEFENSETue May 23, 19951. e4; c5Jay Livingston
SOOTHEFEARSSun Nov 20, 1994AYMatt Gaffney
STEPPARENTSSat Sep 12, 2020Mike and Carol Brady, on "The Brady Bunch"Ryan McCarty
UNINDEXEDSat Sep 11, 2004Hard to researchByron Walden
VERBALISEThu Jan 25, 2018*PoetryAlex Eaton-Salners
WALKINGTHEPLANKTue Feb 20, 1996Pirate's situationD. Trombley
YELLOWROSESun Jun 13, 2010Texas has one, in songFrancis Heaney
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