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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 50,845 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AERIALMINES | Fri Jun 26, 1998 | Warplane's cargo | Frank Longo |
| AMANDINE | Sat Aug 9, 1997 | Trout ___ | Raymond Hamel |
| BACKINBUSINESS | Sun May 21, 2023 | Financin' Broadway shows? | Robert Ryan |
| BERTHED | Sun Apr 4, 1999 | Tied up at the marina | Richard Silvestri |
| BREAKAPART | Thu Sep 6, 2012 | Splinter | Ben Pall |
| BUILDINGPERMIT | Sun May 5, 2019 | Construction paper? | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
| CAMNEWTON | Sat Jul 29, 2017 | 2015 N.F.L. M.V.P. | Erik Agard |
| CARACARA | Thu Jun 12, 1997 | American falcon | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| CARCOVER | Sat Oct 8, 2005 | Shroud of Torino? | Byron Walden |
| COURTING | Thu Sep 7, 2017 | Plying with wine and roses, say | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| DRUGBUST | Mon Sep 28, 2009 | Narcs' raid | Lynn Lempel |
| EASTERCANDY | Sat Aug 9, 2025 | Rabbit food? | Aidan Deshong and Akshay Seetharam |
| FIDDLERCRAB | Thu Feb 29, 2024 |  | Esha Datta |
| GAPPY | Sat Feb 3, 2018 | Having many openings | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| HEXBOLT | Fri Jun 18, 2010 | Common metal fastener | Karen M. Tracey |
| JANETYELLEN | Wed Mar 17, 2021 | If you think economists don't lose their cool, you haven't seen ___ | Peter A. Collins |
| JEFFERSONMAN | Sun Nov 29, 1998 | Kind of bobsled | Matt Gaffney |
| LASPARKS | Sat Dec 8, 2018 | 2016 WNBA champs, informally | Trenton Charlson and David Steinberg |
| MADEWAY | Sun Oct 31, 2021 | Moved aside (for) | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| MATCHPOINTS | Fri Jun 2, 2017 | Court finales | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| MWAHAHAHA | Sat Feb 23, 2019 | Villain's cackle | Sam Ezersky |
| NOREFUNDS | Fri Nov 11, 2022 | "You bought it? It's yours" | Brooke Husic and Erik Agard |
| ONECLUB | Sun Dec 1, 2013 | Lowest bid in bridge | Alan DerKazarian |
| PASTORPRESENT | Sun Mar 25, 2001 | Gift from the congregation? | Trip Payne |
| PEENING | Sat Dec 24, 2005 | Pounding, in a way | Byron Walden |
| PERISCOPE | Sat Apr 4, 2015 | Means of looking above and beyond | Ned White |
| PODRACERS | Sat Jun 11, 2022 | Vehicles in "The Phantom Menace" | Sid Sivakumar |
| RAPVIDEO | Sun Aug 17, 2014 | 50 Cent piece | Caleb Madison |
| RELINKS | Sun Dec 24, 2023 | Fixes, as broken 93-Down | Drew Schmenner |
| SAMUELALITO | Fri Dec 14, 2012 | Nominee who was the subject of a 2006 filibuster attempt | Paula Gamache |
| SHEDTEARS | Fri Apr 11, 2014 | Weep | Peter Wentz |
| SOFAFORT | Tue Oct 28, 2025 | Child's living room hideaway | Adrianne Baik |
| SPLITPEASOUP | Sun Mar 1, 2020 | GAZACHO | Sam Trabucco |
| TAKINGABACKSEAT | Mon Oct 8, 2018 | Letting others occupy the spotlight | Jacob Stulberg |
| TASKBAR | Thu Mar 24, 2022 | Strip of computer shortcuts | Jess Shulman |
| THEAGINGPROCESS | Sat Mar 30, 2013 | Gerontologist's study | Gareth Bain |
| TOTHESIDE | Sat Feb 12, 2005 | Not in front or back | Joe DiPietro |
| WHERESTHEPARTY | Sun Jan 20, 2019 | Political strategist | Richard Crowe |
| WROTEITDOWNFROMMEMORY | Sun Jan 22, 2006 | After a single hearing of a sacred piece in the Sistine Chapel, Mystery Person ... | George Barany and Michael Shteyman |
| YOUDONTNEEDTOKNOWTHIS | Sun Dec 18, 2005 | "If I could digress for a moment " | Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman |