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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 50,639 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
ACPLUGSun Apr 19, 2020Standard outlet connectionJack Mowat and Jeff Chen
BANANACHIPSat May 4, 2024Dehydrated bit in trail mixJacob McDermott
BETAAPPSTue Oct 19, 2021Downloads in the testing phaseRoss Trudeau
BETTINGTHERANCHSat Aug 12, 2000Risking everythingRich Norris
BLASTULASSun Feb 5, 1995Metazoan stagesFrank A. Longo
CHORUSESSun Nov 16, 1997Glee clubsFrank Longo
CLARENCEDARROWSun Dec 21, 2025Famed lawyer in the 1925 Scopes Monkey TrialDavid Kwong
COHESIVELYFri Jun 16, 1995In a unified mannerThomas W. Schier
CRITICISMMon Oct 12, 2020"You did it all wrong!," e.g.Joe Hansen
DAAAAABEARSWed Oct 27, 2021Classic line from the Superfans sketch on "S.N.L."Johanna Fenimore
EBAYSALEWed Jan 21, 2026Transaction on an online marketplaceGinny Too and Avery Gee Katz
FORJOYThu Jun 17, 2010One way to jumpCorey Rubin
FRIGHTWIGFri Jan 1, 2010Clown's over-the-top topperBrad Wilber
GOESUNDERCOVERSun May 5, 2013Does spy workAlan Arbesfeld
GUNSHIPSun Dec 8, 1996Armada componentA. J. Santora
GYMDAYFri Dec 7, 2018Time to work outSam Trabucco
HAUTESFri Mar 22, 2002___-Alpes (French department)Randall J. Hartman
HIDINGSat Aug 31, 1996MaskingG. Petgrave
INSPIRATIONTue Apr 19, 2022What might strike you while solving this puzzleOlivia Mitra Framke
INTERCOMSFri Jun 28, 2024Things to talk throughEnrique Henestroza Anguiano
ITCANSun Aug 5, 2012"Happens sometimes"Patrick Merrell
JEUDESPRITThu Oct 19, 2006WitticismRaymond C. Young
LIFTOPERATORSun Mar 16, 1997PLASTIC SURGEONDavid J. Kahn
LONGTERMOPTIONSThu May 30, 1996Wall Street actionN. S. Wizer
LOTTOODDSWed Aug 12, 199825 million to 1, maybeAlan Arbesfeld
MAKEAFISTThu Aug 21, 2014Prepare to give blood, perhapsJules P. Markey
MAXFIELDPARRISHMon Jul 27, 2009Highly collectible illustratorAllan E. Parrish
MEETSFACETOFACEMon Oct 25, 2004Gets together in personKurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette
OKEEFFESThu Jul 17, 1997Some colorful abstract paintingsWayne Robert Williams
PENTATHLONMon Sep 2, 2019Summer Olympics contest whose participants do the ends of the answers to the starred cluesZhouqin Burnikel
PETTYOFFICERSMon Aug 16, 2004Boatswains, e.g.Joy C. Frank
POLYTHEISTSun Dec 12, 2021Hindu, for oneDaniel Okulitch and Doug Peterson
SANDBOXESSat Mar 29, 2025Where to get into the nitty-gritty?Christina Iverson and Jacob McDermott
SKAITSat Feb 19, 1994Glide, in GlasgowCharles E. Gersch
SNOWDONSun Sep 1, 2002Wales's highest peakPatrick Berry
SPRINGSALEAKFri Nov 28, 2014Cracks, as pipingTracy Gray
WINERFri Jun 24, 2011Jason who directed 2011's "Arthur"Milo Beckman
WOULDYOUBELIEVEMon Oct 3, 2005Catchphrase of 25-AcrossRoy Leban
WOWZAMon Aug 23, 2021"Surprisingly impressive!"Bruce Haight
ZECCHINOSat Jun 22, 1996Gold coin of oldB. White
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