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 50,422 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.

Word	Date	Clue	Author
AREWEOK	Sun Oct 24, 2021	Question after an argument has died down	Katie Hale
BADANSWER	Wed Dec 28, 2011	"You shouldn't have said that!"	Louis Zulli
BARNYARD	Fri Jan 31, 2025	Animal resting place	Adrian Johnson
BLINDFOLDED	Mon Aug 11, 2008	Like players in pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey	Thomas Heilman
BOUNDTO	Fri Dec 5, 2008	Almost certainly gonna	Joe Krozel
CHANGO	Tue Sep 17, 2024	"Presto ___!" ... or a hint to 17-, 28-, 41- and 52-Across	Howard Neuthaler
CHARACTERSKETCHES	Sun Jul 9, 2023		Christina Iverson
CHEWIEWEREHOME	Sun Oct 29, 2017	"The Force Awakens"	Ross Trudeau
CHIVALRYISDEAD	Sun Jun 29, 2014	Lament about modern men	Byron Walden
CLOCKRADIO	Thu Oct 30, 2003	Dual-purpose bedroom device	Patrick Berry
CLUNY	Sun Jan 22, 1995	Bobbin lace	Frances Hansen
FELTTIPPEN	Fri Aug 17, 2012	What a drawer may hold	Peter Wentz
GREENWASH	Fri Sep 27, 2019	Give a false impression of eco-friendliness	Jack Mowat
HEREWEGOAGAIN	Fri Nov 18, 2022	"I've heard this a thousand times already!"	Robyn Weintraub
HITBOTTOM	Fri Sep 22, 2006	Had nowhere to go but up	Sherry O. Blackard
JAZZAMBASSADORS	Sat Jul 31, 2021	Cold War-era group that included Louis Armstrong	Brian Thomas and Brooke Husic
KNOTTEDROPES	Thu Jun 21, 2007	PROSE	John Sheehan
KOOPAS	Sun Jun 11, 2023	Turtlelike foes in the Mario games	Sam Ezersky
KRAUSE	Sat Oct 25, 2008	"Six Feet Under" star Peter	Karen M. Tracey
LOWNECK	Thu Feb 21, 2002	Décolletage	Peter Gordon
NEWMOWN	Sun Nov 12, 2006	Like fresh hay	Patrick Berry
ONERA	Sun Mar 21, 2004	Brutus's burdens	Roy Leban
OWNAGUN	Mon Aug 4, 2014	Exercise one's right under the Second Amendment	Joel Fagliano
PAYSIN	Wed May 18, 2016	Contributes, as to a pool	Zhouqin Burnikel
PLIGHTONESTROTH	Fri Sep 29, 2000	Promise to marry	Bob Klahn
POOLERS	Fri Oct 16, 1998	Joint-stock company owners	Martin Ashwood-Smith
SAVETHEPLANET	Sat Nov 21, 2009	Green line	Gary J. Whitehead
SHADRACH	Thu Dec 1, 2011	One of a Jewish biblical trio	Elizabeth A. Long
SMARMIEST	Sun Oct 6, 2002	Most insincere	Myles Callum
SNIFFLER	Wed Apr 7, 2004	One showing signs of a cold	Nancy Salomon
SPORTING	Sun Sep 27, 1998	Kind of chance	Randolph Ross
STEPHANIE	Sat Feb 6, 2021	Princess of Monaco	Kameron Austin Collins
SUSHIRICE	Fri Mar 8, 2019	Stuff in a roll at a Japanese restaurant	David Steinberg
THECRAB	Fri Dec 20, 2002	Zodiac sign	Manny Nosowsky
TITOV	Sun Apr 29, 2012	Gherman ___, cosmonaut who was the second human to orbit the earth	Tracy Gray
TOMWOLFE	Sun Jan 5, 1997	"The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" author	W. R. Williams
UPPERCUTS	Fri Feb 1, 2002	They may be taken on the chin	Pat M. Hugel
WADINGBIRD	Sun Apr 25, 2004	Pink flamingo, for one	Elizabeth C. Gorski
WALKEDINARUN	Sun Jul 24, 2011	Went far too slowly during the 10K?	Kurt Mueller
WONDERMENT	Tue Nov 1, 1994	Awe	Christopher Page