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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 50,255 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
AALIYAHSat Oct 12, 2013Singer of the #1 single "Try Again," 2000John Farmer
BECURLSSat Nov 19, 1994Makes rings in the hairBrett Blaylock
BIEBERFEVERWed Sep 5, 2012Phenomenon evidenced in the 2011 film subtitled "Never Say Never"Paula Gamache
BULOWSun Nov 28, 1993Claus von ___ ('82 defendant)Joanne W. Edwards
CALLOUTSat Aug 11, 2001YellDavid J. Kahn
CRYYOUREYESOUTFri Feb 12, 2016Have a bawlBrandon Hensley
DEMOSTHENESThu Dec 24, 2015Shows a Sega Genesis rival at an expo?Derek Bowman
DONTWAITUPFORMEFri Mar 30, 2018"I won't be back till late"Sam Trabucco
EMDASHESThu Aug 18, 2011— — —Kevan Choset
ENSURERSat Jun 3, 2017GuarantorRoland Huget
GOATCHEESEFri Nov 23, 2007Greek salad ingredientPaula Gamache
GOOGLEAPPSSun Nov 19, 2023Research hors d'oeuvres online?Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi
INSTEPWITHFri Jul 20, 2012Conforming toMartin Ashwood-Smith
JOHNCLEESESat Apr 27, 2019Briton who wrote "A Fish Called Wanda"Joe Deeney
JUICENEWTONMon Dec 26, 2005"Queen of Hearts" vocalist, 1981Allan E. Parrish
JUNKYSat Jul 7, 2012Worthy of being tossedTim Croce
KLABERJASSSat Nov 26, 2011Trick-taking gameBrad Wilber
LAPISLAZULISun Dec 13, 2009Rich blue stoneMike Shenk
LETTERIThu Jun 14, 2018Start to instigate?Joe Krozel
MONEYLOVERMon Sep 21, 2009Miser, e.g.Mark Feldman
NAMEDROPSSun May 16, 2010Tries to impress, as in conversationMatt Ginsberg
NEARLYWEDSSat Oct 22, 2022They're about to say "I do"Brooke Husic and Yacob Yonas
NIODEONThu Jul 23, 1998Early theater, brieflyRandall J. Hartman
OCTAVIANMon Mar 26, 2012General who became the first emperor of RomeRay Fontenot
OFFPUTTue Mar 2, 2021DisconcertedRoss Trudeau
ONFEEDSun Jul 7, 1996How some hogs are raisedR. H. Wolfe
PIESHOPMon Oct 23, 2017Specialty bakeryTimothy Polin
PLAYOFFSun Feb 9, 2020Postseason gameBrian Kulman
PLEASINGMon Nov 22, 1999HarmoniousFrances Hansen
REFORMEDThu Jun 4, 2020On the straight and narrow nowBarbara Lin
RUTHLESSTACTICSWed Jun 25, 2014What the Red Sox had to start using in 1920?Patrick Merrell
SASHAFIERCESat Jan 18, 2014Beyoncé alter egoDavid Steinberg
STIFFARMINGMon Jul 2, 2007Shoving away, football-stylePeter A. Collins
SUCKSWINDSat Oct 12, 2024Doesn't breathe easyKatie Hoody
TAKEACUEWed Dec 13, 2023Act on prompting (from)Alex Eaton-Salners
TEAMCRESTThu Apr 12, 2018Image on a soccer jerseyJules Markey
TIEDTOWed Dec 2, 2020Connected withWill Nediger
TRAPDOORSPIDERSSun May 29, 2011Burrowing arthropodsJeremy Newton and Tony Orbach
TRIPOUTMon Jun 3, 2024Get high on acidAlana Platt
WECANSat Feb 7, 2015"___ Do It!" (Rosie the Riveter motto)Byron Walden
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