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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 50,246 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
BACKROOMMon Jun 24, 2024*Figurative setting for a shady dealAnthony V. Grubb
BAREITALLSat Mar 5, 2016Get down to nothing?Roland Huget
CAVEBATWed Mar 20, 2013Upside-down-sleeping mammalRaymond C. Young
DEADBODYThu Oct 10, 2013Nonspeaking role on "CSI"Jeffrey Wechsler
DIRTYLIARThu Jun 15, 2017*No-good con manRichard F. Mausser
FEELSSEENFri Dec 23, 2022Is comforted by not being ignoredBrandon Koppy
FULLTHRUSTERSSun Aug 3, 2025"Stepping on the gas, Captain!," as [circled letters] might sayJeremy Newton
GOODJOESun Sep 12, 2004Nice guyPatrick Berry
GOONIESat Oct 14, 2023"Club" member in a hit 1985 adventure comedyByron Walden
GOTTHESHAFTSat May 11, 2024Was treated unfairly, informallyBilly Bratton
HOLESINSun Jul 13, 2025With 114-Down, some neighborhood bars … or what connect eight pairs of answers in this puzzle?Brandon Koppy
LEFTBLANKThu Dec 12, 1996Skipped, as in printingJ. R. Conrad
LOVELANGUAGESSat Feb 22, 2025Acts of service and words of affirmation, for twoRose Conlon
MALAGASYSat Dec 26, 1998___ RepublicA. J. Santora
MARKERSSun Dec 1, 2013Buoys, e.g.Alan DerKazarian
MNEMONICSSun Aug 21, 2011"I before E except after C" and othersAlan Arbesfeld
MUSICCITYSun Aug 6, 2006Nashville nicknameMark Feldman
ONEINFORTYSat Aug 20, 20162.5%Mark Diehl
OPENORDERSat Jul 10, 2004It remains effective until filled or canceledBob Peoples
RESTERSSun Jul 31, 1994They often lieRichard Silvestri
RETWEETEDSat Jul 6, 2024Like many viral postsEvans Clinchy
ROSELEAVESSat Jul 17, 2010Bouquet greeneryMark Diehl
SHAKEDOWNSat Nov 7, 1998Gangster's practiceRaymond Hamel
SHRINKWRAPSSun Sep 5, 2004The packaging supervisor brought ...Patrick Merrell
SONIASOTOMAYORMon Jul 31, 2023First Latina justice, successor to David SouterDavid Litman and Andrea Carla Michaels
SPACIESTSat Aug 19, 2017Most airheadedMark Diehl
SUNPARLORSat May 22, 2010House part that gets flooded on a clear day?Will Nediger
SWEATBEADSun Feb 25, 2007Sign of worryDavid J. Kahn
THEMESONGThu Jan 1, 2004Signature tuneRichard Silvestri
THEREBELSFri Jul 18, 2014Ole Miss, athleticallyIan Livengood
TONYAWARDSWed Feb 9, 2005Annual Broadway eventAlan Arbesfeld
TOTALASSETSSat May 11, 2024Measures of one's worthBilly Bratton
TOURINGTue Sep 25, 2001On the roadA. J. Santora
TSQUARESFri Apr 24, 2009Drafting aidsBarry C. Silk
TUNABURGERWed Oct 23, 2019Fishy sandwichJennifer Nutt
TWEETYBIRDTue Oct 8, 2002"I tawt I taw a puddy tat!" speakerSherry O. Blackard
UTTERLYDEMENTEDThu Jun 3, 1999CuckooFrances Hansen
WINNINGTHEPRIZEMon Apr 9, 2001Champion's achievementMel and Peggy Rosen
WOODCUTThu Dec 27, 2012Output from an old printerJulian Lim
YOURATTENTIONPLEASESun Dec 7, 2008Start of an announcement ... or a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the six starred cluesJim Page
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