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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 50,885 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
ADNANSun May 17, 1998Oilman KashoggiDavid J. Kahn and Hillary B. Kahn
AREACLOSEDMon Nov 3, 2025*Warning sign that might be seen on a chain-link fenceKevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels
ASMANYFri Nov 15, 2013That same number ofDavid Woolf
CASSETTEPLAYERFri Nov 5, 2021Sound investment in the 1980s?Joseph Greenbaum
DONTBESTUPIDSun Dec 13, 2009"That's patently ridiculous!"Mike Shenk
DOORPRIZESSat Mar 27, 2010Attendance incentivesSamuel A. Donaldson
ESSAYEXAMSat Apr 27, 2019Subjective evaluationJoe Deeney
EXCEPTSSat May 18, 1996Leaves outM. Nosowsky
FERREROThu May 14, 2015Noted Italian chocolatierKameron Austin Collins
FIGEATERSun Nov 4, 2018Shiny beetle disliked by fruit growersPatrick Berry
FROZENMARGARITAFri Dec 27, 2019It's icy and coated with saltSam Trabucco
HOWISHESun Oct 19, 2008Concerned wife's question in the E.R., maybeJoe DiPietro
HUGHHEFNERSun Jun 19, 1994CHRISTIE'SNancy Scandrett Ross
JIMMYCARTERSun Nov 24, 2002Crowbar schlepper?Nancy Salomon and Lee Glickstein
JOHNNYCARSONSun Sep 5, 202130-year host of late-night TVGrant Thackray
LAOTIANSThu Feb 29, 1996Thai neighborsPeter Gordon
LJUBLJANASat Dec 4, 2010Capital NE of the Gulf of TriesteDoug Peterson
LONGJOHNSun Jun 12, 2022Doughnut similar to an éclairWill Nediger
MAHATMAGANDHISun Aug 26, 2012Time's 1930 Man of the YearAmanda Yesnowitz and Doug Peterson
MATCHSTICKMENWed Oct 26, 20052003 Nicolas Cage filmAdam G. Perl
MIXTUREFri Jan 3, 2014SalmagundiBarry C. Silk and Brad Wilber
MULISHFri Sep 10, 2004StubbornBrendan Emmett Quigley
NOEDThu Feb 28, 2013DeclinedJoe Krozel
NOMENCLATURESun Aug 21, 2011TerminologyAlan Arbesfeld
NONETOOSOONSat Jan 27, 2024In the nick of timeGrace Warrington and Greg Warrington
OBSTRUCTIONOFJUSTICESun Jan 14, 2018Illegal interference ... or what can be found in this puzzle's 1st, 3rd, 7th, 15th, 19th and 21st rows?Joel Fagliano
ODYSSEUSTue Dec 30, 2008He devised the Trojan horseDoug Peterson
PATROLBOATTue Aug 13, 2013Two units, in 56-AcrossJoel Fagliano
POWERSTEERINGThu Jul 12, 2007It might help you take a turn for the betterMichael Shteyman
RECORDPLAYERSun May 30, 2010With 55-Across, two things that spinEric Berlin
RIPPEDITSun Sep 11, 2011Hit one out of the park, sayKay Anderson
SANTORINISun Nov 27, 2016Island whose volcanic eruption is rumored to have destroyed AtlantisMatt Ginsberg
SERGEANTYORKMon May 22, 2006Gary Cooper title roleEdgar R. Fontaine
SUNNINGSun Dec 19, 2021Solarium activityLaura Taylor Kinnel
THATTOUCHOFMINKMon May 12, 19971962 Cary Grant/Doris Day movieHugh Davis
THEODOREREXSat Apr 14, 20122001 presidential biography by Edmund MorrisMark Diehl
THEPIEDPIPEROFHAMELINSun Jun 20, 2004Leader of the pack hidden in this puzzle?Manny Nosowsky
TRAVELINGINCOMFORTThu Jul 27, 2017*Enjoying first-class amenities, sayJeffrey Wechsler
UPROOTERWed Jun 25, 2025Tool for removing a tree stumpBen Zimmer and Zach Sherwin
WORLDFOODSUMMITMon Sep 4, 2023*U.N. conference seeking to eliminate hungerTom Pepper and Zhouqin Burnikel
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