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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 50,655 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
ANABOLICSun Sep 28, 2014Kind of steroidTodd Gross
BADNEWSBEARSWed Dec 10, 19971976 film about Wall Street pessimists, with "The"?Jonathan Schmalzbach
BILLGWed Jan 7, 1998Microsoft chief, to someBob Klahn
BUSYASABEEWed May 28, 2014Working awayTim Croce
CIRCUMVENTSat Oct 25, 2008BypassKaren M. Tracey
COMESACROSSSun Nov 24, 2024FindsAlex Eaton-Salners
CRANKSUPSat Apr 20, 2019Gets startedKevin Adamick
CYLINDERTue Jan 21, 2025Piece of blackboard chalk, geometricallyDan Caprera
DADOORONRONMon Feb 24, 1997Top 3 hit of 1963 and 1977Derek Allen
DIAMONDEARRINGFri Feb 13, 2026The 14.54-carat Apollo Blue, e.g., which sold for more than $42 million in 2017Evan Mulvihill
DUCKINGSTOOLMon May 19, 1997Old instrument of punishmentFred Piscop
EASTERNAUSTRALIASun May 17, 2020Victorian home?Byron Walden
EUROCOINThu Feb 14, 2013New mintage of 2002Jules P. Markey
FLOCKTOGETHERMon Mar 30, 2015Gather as a groupBruce Haight
FRANKMERRIWELLThu Jul 2, 1998Hero of many old dime novelsPat M. Hugel
FREIDAPINTOTue Nov 21, 2023"Slumdog Millionaire" actressKevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels
FUELPUMPSSat Nov 20, 2010Tank-to-carburetor conduitsJoe DiPietro
GROSSEDSun May 5, 1996Brought inD. J. Kahn
GUARANTYThu Jun 8, 2017Financial promiseDavid Steinberg
HATEDTOGOFri Aug 18, 2006Didn't like leavingJoe DiPietro
HAZELNUTSSun Apr 4, 2004Basil picks fruit while ...Manny Nosowsky
INDIEFILMMon Apr 19, 2004Sundance entry, informallyMichael Doran
INDISPOSESat Aug 16, 2014Render unwellPeter Broda
MALTYTue Apr 8, 1997Like beerFred Piscop
MORALAMBIGUITYThu Oct 20, 2022Ethical gray areaRebecca Goldstein
NATIONALECONOMYFri Apr 11, 2008Gross domestic product producerManny Nosowsky
NUMBERLESSSat Jul 31, 2004UntoldByron Walden
OLIVERREEDSat Jun 25, 2016Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's directorKameron Austin Collins
ONEFOURTHFri Dec 19, 2003Generous slice of the pieElizabeth C. Gorski
PHLOXESFri Oct 8, 1999Wild sweet william and moss pinkNancy Salomon
RAISESONESGLASSFri Jun 8, 2012ToastsMartin Ashwood-Smith
REDSUNSSat Jul 8, 1995Scenes at duskRandolph Ross
SIGNALFLAREMon Apr 19, 1999Trunk itemGregory E. Paul
STABATMATERSat Aug 13, 2016Hymn set to music by Vivaldi and HaydnPatrick Berry
STOLEUPSun Dec 14, 1997Caught by surprise, with "on"Nancy Salomon
TASTEMAKERThu Mar 2, 2023Influencer, as with fashionMalaika Handa
TRILOGICSat May 25, 1996Like "The Forsyte Saga," e.g.F. Piscop
WAFFLINGSun Sep 25, 1994EquivocatingNancy Nicholson Joline
WHATSITALLABOUTWed Jul 17, 1996Song question of 1966M. Nosowsky
ZIGZAGGEDSat Apr 8, 1995Went like lightning?A.J. Santora
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