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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 50,537 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
ADDINSULTTOINJURYSun Dec 2, 2018Wound + disPaul Coulter
ANYLUCKTue Jan 15, 2019"Were you successful at all?"Samuel A. Donaldson
APOCALYPSETue Jul 27, 2021End of the worldJennifer Lee and Victor Galson
BREAKINGASWEATSun Dec 2, 2018Per spirePaul Coulter
CHARLIERICHTue Jan 21, 1997"The Most Beautiful Girl" singerT. W. Schier
CHEWINGGUMSat Mar 29, 2025Wrigley field?Christina Iverson and Jacob McDermott
CLOCKEDINThu Oct 20, 2011Started one's shiftPatrick Berry
CURLSINSat Feb 27, 1999What a pageboy doesJohn Scott Marrone
DAYCARESSun May 14, 2023Toddler drop-off localesSid Sivakumar
DECLINESSat Sep 7, 2019DipsTrenton Charlson
DECOMPILEWed May 25, 2022Convert into a higher-level language, as computer codeChristopher Youngs
DREARIESTThu Mar 13, 2003Least pleasant, weatherwiseDavid J. Kahn
EMAILSPAMSat Apr 19, 2025Unwanted inbox fillerAlex Tomlinson
GETSAGRADEThu Sep 11, 2003Is ratedPatrick Merrell
GOINGALLINSun Sep 14, 2008Last resort in poker, oftenJeremy Newton
GREAVESSun Jun 23, 2024Shin armorMichael Schlossberg
HADATALKSun Aug 5, 2007ConversedCaroline Leong
ITALIANBREADMon Nov 22, 2010Meal money in Tuscany?David Poole
MILITIASFri Nov 26, 2010Revolutionary War groupsGary Steinmehl
MOLLIFYWed Aug 2, 2023PlacateBarbara Lin
NINONSSat Jul 14, 2007Curtain fabricsVictor Fleming
OCEANTIDESTue Aug 28, 2007They're controlled by the moonLinda Schechet Tucker
PETNAPSSun May 7, 2006Grabs some chow?Trip Payne
PITTSBURGHPIRATESun Jul 18, 2010What gumshoes charge in the City of Bridges?Robert W. Harris
PROPOSEDSun Jan 23, 1994Said "Let's wed"Charles M. Deber
PUTAFACETOANAMEFri Feb 26, 2021Meet somebody you've heard lots aboutChuck Deodene
SEMITRAILERSun Oct 18, 2009Vintage Tonka toyElizabeth C. Gorski
SHAILENEWOODLEYFri Feb 5, 2016Actress who starred in "The Fault in Our Stars," 2014Mary Lou Guizzo
SLACKEDOFFFri Nov 8, 2019Was lazyPeter Wentz
SPARKLYSun Sep 8, 2024GlitteringMeghan Morris
SPOOKILYFri Nov 3, 2006How déjà vu often occursManny Nosowsky
SPOOLERSSat Apr 2, 2005Computer programs that sequence print jobsByron Walden
STOCKEXCHANGESFri Apr 3, 2015Trading placesPatrick Berry
STOODALONESun Jun 15, 2025Was without peerAdam Wagner and Rebecca Goldstein
TABBYCATFri Jul 5, 2024Tom sporting a striped coat, sayTrent H. Evans
TICTACTOEBOARDThu May 29, 2014#1Anna Shechtman
VIRGINIAMILITIATue Feb 22, 2005State defense organization headed by WashingtonEd Early
WARRIORPRINCESSTue Dec 29, 2020Xena, notablyMatthew Trout
YOUFOOLSat Oct 5, 2024"Imbecile!"Natan Last
YOURERIGHTTue Mar 17, 2020"I agree"Ross Trudeau
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