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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 50,836 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
ARABICCHARACTERMon Sep 25, 2023Alif, ba, ta or hamzaLynn Lempel
BACCARATSat Aug 23, 2014Casio gameTimothy Polin
BEHEADINGThu Jan 22, 2009Lady Jane Grey's fateGary J. Whitehead
BEINGOBTUSETue Sep 28, 2021Refusing to understandMeghan Morris
BITEYOURTONGUEMon Oct 13, 1997"Hush!"Gregory E. Paul
BONEWEARYWed Apr 14, 2021Completely exhaustedNathan Hasegawa
BWAHAHAFri Oct 26, 2018Maniacal laughEvan Kalish
CATDOGSat Aug 8, 2020Conjoined title character of 1990s-2000s Nickelodeon cartoonsBrooke Husic and Sid Sivakumar
DETAINEDSun May 31, 2020Held upLewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen
DICKMARTINSun Jun 25, 2006"Laugh-In" hostJim Page
EASEOFFFri Oct 15, 2004Let upEric Berlin
ENVIABLEMon May 2, 2022Worthy of covetingErik Agard
FAINTISHFri Apr 19, 2013A bit woozyNed White
FANZINEThu Jul 3, 1997Amateur newsletterBrendan Emmett Quigley
FASTANDFURRYOUSSun Sep 14, 20251949 short that marked the first appearance of 91- and 110-AcrossDaniel Grinberg
FIENDINGFri May 31, 2024Hankering, slangilyAidan Deshong
FULLSPEEDAHEADMon Jul 5, 2010"Go!"Jill Denny and Jeff Chen
GORGEOUSSat Feb 4, 2023DazzlingKate Hawkins
HIGHRESOLUTIONSun Feb 9, 2025Giddiness at completing this crossword puzzle?Rich Katz and Jeff Chen
HORSESHOEFALLSThu Apr 13, 2000Tourist site at Goat IslandMatt Gaffney
HUMMINGBIRDWed Sep 24, 2008One of the "dumbest dumb animals," according to 60-AcrossLynn Lempel
ILONGWed Aug 31, 1994"_____ to Belong to You" (1939 song)Christopher Hurt
KENJENNINGSSun Apr 29, 2007... and 69-Across have affiliations with "Jeopardy!"Henry Hook
KEYLIMEFri Nov 30, 2007Bitter fruitHenry Hook
LEECHEDWed Oct 18, 2006Was a parasiteJohn Farmer
MADAMSPEAKERMon Feb 20, 2012*Nancy Pelosi was the first person ever to have this title in CongressSamuel A. Donaldson
MCINTYRESun Jan 10, 1999Trapper John's last nameDavid J. Kahn
OUTEATENSat Aug 7, 2010Shown up at a restaurant?Joe Krozel
PLAYINGPOSSUMMon Oct 15, 2007Pretending to be deadAndrea Carla Michaels
QUATERNARYAGESun Jun 8, 2008Period in which we liveWill Nediger
SAILHOSun Feb 11, 2018Cry from the mizzen topMatt Ginsberg
SHUTYOURPIEHOLEFri Oct 15, 2021"Put a sock in it!"Ashton Anderson
STOCKTONFri May 30, 2003California gold rush townPatrick Berry
SUBSTACKThu Nov 28, 2024Digital newsletter platformRicky J. Sirois
TENAFLYFri Jul 28, 1995Town east of Paramus, N.J.Rich Norris
TERRYCREWSFri Jul 10, 2020"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" actor who played in the N.F.L.John Lieb
THIRTYMINUTESThu Nov 23, 2017Halftime show?Howard Barkin
THISISFINESat Nov 8, 2025Phrase spoken by a dog in a burning room, in a 2010s memeRyan Judge
WAREPICFri Aug 20, 2021"Saving Private Ryan" or "Apocalypse Now"Randolph Ross
WEWILLROCKYOUTue Jan 13, 2026Iconic 1977 Queen hit ... or a hint to 19-, 31- and 42-AcrossNate Hall
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