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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 50,622 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
ACTIONABLESun Aug 26, 2007Worth trying?Andrew M. Greene and Craig Kasper
ALEICHEMSun Apr 15, 2012"Shalom ___" (Hebrew greeting)Kevin G. Der
BOUNCESBACKSun Feb 20, 2022EchoesVictor Barocas
BRIDGINGSat Jul 10, 2010Making ends meet?Joe DiPietro
BROADWAYHITSun Sep 10, 2023Dickens clerk DETOUR: Theatrical successAdam Wagner
CAPTURERSSat Nov 7, 1998Successful huntersRaymond Hamel
CARNIVORESat Aug 2, 2003T. Rex, for oneDana Motley
CHICAGOHOPEWed Feb 1, 1995"E.R." rivalChet Currier
CIRCUITTue Oct 1, 2024Lecture tourKevin Curry and Jeff Chen
COFFEEPOTSThu Oct 15, 2020Things with perks?Lindsey Hobbs
DEFJAMWed Mar 20, 2013Rihanna's record labelRaymond C. Young
DESERTMIRAGESThu Jan 19, 1995Lakes in the distanceBryant White
EDINBURGHSun Oct 21, 2001Castle Rock siteRobert H. Wolfe
EMONOSun Jan 20, 2008See 81-AcrossNatan Last
GENOSMITHSat Mar 23, 2024Veteran N.F.L. quarterback whose name anagrams to SOMETHINGSam Ezersky
GREASEPAINTSun Aug 22, 2021It might be put on for stage PAGEANTRIESStephen McCarthy
GREYMATTERTue May 30, 2017Brains ... or this puzzle's four shaded names?Neville Fogarty
HANDEDOUTTue May 23, 2000DistributedMonica Krausse
HURRYUPSat Sep 6, 2008Shout to a 25-AcrossBarry C. Silk
ICALLBSFri Nov 1, 2024"Yeah, you're lying"Spencer Leach
LANDSALESThu Jul 27, 2017Some real estate businessJeffrey Wechsler
MAKEUPARTISTSTue Dec 10, 2024Some movie set workers ... or what you do when filling in the shaded squares?Brian Callahan and Geoffrey Schorkopf
MAXIMUSFri Oct 31, 1997Circus followerMatt Gaffney
MERCURYLYNXTue Feb 25, 1997Former Ford offeringGregory E. Paul
NATALIEPORTMANWed Mar 11, 2009*"Star Wars" actress who's a Harvard gradCaleb Madison
NIANTICTue Jan 4, 2000Connecticut town near New LondonJoy L. Wouk
NONSANESun Dec 19, 1993IrrationalJohn M. Samson
PRENTICESat Jun 17, 1995Noted name in book publishingFrank A. Longo
QUANTUMSun Mar 18, 2018Kind of leapDaniel Raymon
QUBITFri Jul 8, 2022Portmanteau unit of computing informationKyle Dolan
RHYTHMSTICKFri Nov 23, 2012Elementary school percussion instrumentPatrick Berry
ROTINHELLWed Feb 5, 2025"Damn you!"Kiran Pandey
SNLALUMNISun Mar 1, 2020Will Ferrell and Tina FeySam Trabucco
SPUNKYMon Jul 8, 2002SpiritedSheldon Benardo
SUSPENDERThu Dec 27, 2001Buy-one-get-one-free item?Patrick Berry
THEHAVESSat Oct 29, 2022Those with meansDaniel Okulitch
THEREDCARPETSun Oct 10, 2021Star TrekBrandon Koppy
THISEVENINGSat Nov 13, 2004Later, perhapsFrank Longo
VODKASThu Nov 2, 1995Russian shotsWayne Robert Williams
WHIPSAWSThu Oct 2, 2003Swings violentlyElizabeth C. Gorski
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