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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 50,626 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
AFTERDINNERMINTSSun Aug 12, 2001Meal endersNancy Nicholson Joline
ASICESat Aug 16, 1997"Cold ___" (Foreigner hit)Matt Gaffney
BACKINTHESADDLEFri Jan 22, 2016Functioning againPaula Gamache
CHRYSALISThu Apr 18, 2019Where a 17-Down becomes a 23-AcrossAlex Eaton-Salners
CLIPPINGThu Apr 6, 2023Part of a collage, perhapsSam Buttrey
COZYUPTOThu Sep 30, 2021Ingratiate oneself withRich Proulx
CURELSun Jan 6, 2019Moisturizer brandZhouqin Burnikel
GOLDENMEANThu Aug 7, 2008Aesthetically pleasing ratio of antiquityPeter A. Collins and Joe Krozel
GOPERSat Mar 24, 2018Mr. or Mrs. Right?Byron Walden
GRAYHAIRSSun Aug 29, 2010Supposed results of stressDerek Bowman
HORSDOEUVRESWed Sep 12, 2018*Literally, "outside the works"Jeffrey Wechsler
HOSTILEREACTIONSat Apr 19, 2014Boos, e.g.Stu Ockman
ICECOLDBEERHEREFri Sep 15, 2023Draft announcement?David A. Rubin and Lee Demertzis
INAPICKLESat Sep 3, 2005TrappedBob Peoples
ITSNOTHINGTue Nov 12, 2024"Not a big deal"Avery Gee Katz and Aaron Gee
JUKEBOXMUSICALSSat Apr 25, 2020"Mamma Mia!" and "Jersey Boys," for twoAndrew J. Ries
KEENEYESun Apr 3, 2022Talent for discernmentByron Walden
LISSOMSun Jul 25, 2010Willowy: Var.Alan Arbesfeld
MANEATINGSHARKThu Apr 11, 2024"Jaws" menaceDan Caprera
MASTERSWITCHSat Oct 11, 2025Source of great power?Sam Ezersky
MILTOWNSun Oct 25, 1998S. J. Perelman's "The Road to ___"Nancy Nicholson Joline
PAGANGODSat Nov 23, 2024Zeus, Odin or the DagdaRyan McCarty
PARTYANIMALSWed May 11, 2022They're always ready for a good time ... or a description of 18-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across?Michael Paleos
PEERAGESSun Oct 29, 2006AristocraciesElizabeth C. Gorski
PUTOUTTOPASTURETue Aug 13, 1996Fired, as a ranch hand?R. Hughes
REMAINCALMFri Jan 30, 2026"Don't panic!"Robyn Weintraub
RERIFri Aug 29, 2014Soprano GristDaniel Raymon
ROPETRICKMon Oct 21, 2024Cowboy's feat with a lassoNeil Padrick Wilson
SKIBOARDWed Jan 29, 2025One of a wide pair for snow sportsSophia Maymudes
SMELLIESTThu Dec 17, 2020Most foulKathryn Ladner
SPANISHTUTORIALThu Sep 10, 2020Exercise before a trip to Latin America, say [Sixth]David J. Kahn
SUNNINGSun Dec 19, 2021Solarium activityLaura Taylor Kinnel
SURFBUMWed Aug 7, 2019Regular at Waikiki, e.g.Jeff Chen
TATTEDUPFri Feb 23, 2024Covered in inkLarry Snyder
TOOKATOLLONTue Mar 12, 2019Affected adversely, physically or psychologicallyJules Markey
TRADESUPFri Sep 20, 2002Changes for the betterKevin Hagen
TRUSTINWHATISAYMon Aug 28, 2006"It's true!" (#2)Stanley Newman
VANILLALATTEMon Sep 16, 2024Sweet Starbucks orderRobert Corridan
WAITONESECSat Dec 29, 2012"I'll be right with you"Joe Krozel
ZIGGEDWed May 14, 2014Did part of a slalom pathVictor Barocas
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