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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 50,548 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
ALERTTOTue Jun 17, 2025Aware of, as dangersTarun Krishnamurthy
ALLAYINGMon May 26, 1997RelievingEileen Lexau
AONEANDATWOWed May 7, 2014Lawrence Welk intro wordsKurt Mueller
BEHEADINGThu Jan 22, 2009Lady Jane Grey's fateGary J. Whitehead
BUMPEDTue Jul 6, 2021Knocked off the scheduleKatie Hale
CONDIMENTThu Nov 7, 2024Gochujang paste or hoisin sauceJoe Deeney
CONSERVEFUELSun Jun 24, 2012Environmentalist's catchphraseElizabeth C. Gorski
CONSTRAINSThu Feb 28, 2013HindersJoe Krozel
DOASOLIDSat Sep 9, 2023Help out, informallyRobert S. Gard
EFFUSIVESun May 30, 1999OverflowingCathy Millhauser
EXQUISITECORPSESat Oct 27, 2007Classic laugh-inducing parlor game with writing or illustrationsBrendan Emmett Quigley
FANFAVORITETue Jun 27, 2017One who really brings out the crowdsJohn Guzzetta
FULLTIMESTUDENTTue May 8, 2007One not taking just a few classesSarah Keller
FUZZYZOELLERTue Apr 24, 2007Golf's 1984 U.S. Open winnerBrendan Emmett Quigley
HEARTOFROMAINESun Sep 11, 2022Caesar salad ingredientDerrick Niederman
IRIDESCENTSun Jun 22, 2014Like mother-of-pearlElizabeth C. Gorski
ITVFri Mar 24, 1995BBC competitorChristopher Hurt
KINGFISHERSun Jan 9, 2000Larry & Carrie's favorite bird?Charles M. Deber
LAHDIFRICKINDAHFri Aug 6, 2021"Well, aren't you so darn special!"Seth A. Abel
LISASIMPSONSat Jul 11, 2015TV character who said "I learned that beneath my goody two shoes lie some very dark socks"Joe DiPietro
MEDICINEMENTue Dec 10, 2013Aboriginal healersBill Thompson
MODESTOSun Oct 1, 2000Home of Gallo WineryNancy Nicholson Joline
MSTARSSat Jul 12, 2003Antares and Betelgeuse, e.g.Manny Nosowsky
NEUNThu Jul 7, 1994Acht, _____, zehnEd Early
NITRITEFri Aug 13, 2010Meat curerManny Nosowsky
NOBAMASun Oct 7, 2018Coinage during the 2008 presidential electionTom McCoy
OUTENSun Dec 3, 1995Extinguish, in dialectMartin Schneider
POINTEDFri May 27, 2005Like a Gothic archManny Nosowsky
POLONIUMMon Apr 8, 2024Radioactive element discovered by the CuriesPeter Gordon
RANACABLESun Oct 31, 2004Connected two computers, sayPatrick Merrell
SILKMOTHFri Nov 7, 2025Domesticated insect entirely dependent on humans for reproductionKelly Morenus
SOCIALSECURITYThu Jan 20, 2011With 54-Across, opposite of 18-AcrossMichael Shteyman
SUMMEROLYMPICSTue Jul 16, 19961996 eventR. Hamel
SUNBURNTTue Aug 22, 2023Tanned and then someJay Silverman
SZECHUANTue Apr 30, 2019Spicy Chinese cuisineErik Agard
TENTACLESFri Dec 12, 2003Places where suckers are lined upManny Nosowsky
TREETOADSSat Jun 14, 2025Sticky-footed amphibiansBarbara Lin
TRYTOSEEITMYWAYFri Nov 8, 2013Opening line of a 1966 #1 Beatles hitAlan Arbesfeld
VERSIONSSat Jan 31, 2004Competing narrativesByron Walden
YOUDOTHEMATHThu Feb 10, 2022"It's not hard to guess how this will end"August Miller
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