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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 50,566 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
AIRPISTOLSat Feb 26, 2005Pellet shooterJim Page
ARCHEDDOORWAYSun May 29, 2011Colosseum entrance, e.g.Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach
AROADSun Jul 27, 2003Rachel Field verse "___ Might Lead to Anywhere"Michael Grudzielanek
BEALLSWed Jul 17, 1996Most important figuresM. Nosowsky
BUDGEDThu Apr 12, 2007Moved a bitJim Page
CARPSATSat May 29, 2004HenpecksPatrick Berry
CARTWHEELThu Aug 14, 2003Cheerleader's maneuverGreg Staples
CHIVALRYISDEADSun Jun 29, 2014Lament about modern menByron Walden
CLAUDETTEThu May 5, 2022___ Colvin, civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus nine months before Rosa ParksAdam Wagner
DIGSITSun Nov 7, 2021Really grooves with somethingSid Sivakumar
DIRTSTAINSThu Jun 4, 2015They're often found on baseball uniformsJoe Krozel
ERODERSSat Feb 23, 2008Things that wear well?Barry C. Silk
GAESun Dec 10, 1995Leave: Scot.Jim Page
GUSSETEDFri Feb 9, 1996Made roomier, as a sleeveRich Norris
HATCHLINGThu Apr 18, 2024*Ascent stage for a birdDavid Kwong
HOMETEAMSSun Mar 14, 1999These get the biggest cheersMartin Schneider
HOUSEDRESSSat Feb 12, 2000Muumuu, e.g.Dave Tuller
IMPOSTORSWed May 25, 2022Not real royals, maybeChristopher Youngs
JERSEYITESat May 31, 2014Springsteen, notablyJohn Lampkin
JINGOISTSFri May 17, 2019Country superfansAdam Fromm
KEYFACTORSun Nov 24, 2013Main causeGary Cee
MADEAPLAYSat Jun 6, 2015Vied (for)Jason Flinn
MALORYSSun Jul 18, 1999___ "Le Morte d'Arthur"Nancy Nicholson Joline
MASTERCARDSun Jun 22, 2008TRAILHEAD ___ COUNTERTOPPamela Amick Klawitter
MAUROSun Jan 22, 1995Religious author PhilipFrances Hansen
MOVEASIDEMon Jul 6, 2015Pass the coleslaw or potato salad?Lynn Lempel
NOHITGAMESFri Mar 28, 2025Nolan Ryan had seven of them in his careerZhouqin Burnikel
PANGRAMSSat Mar 7, 2015They use every letter 1-AcrossDavid C. Duncan Dekker
PLANESEATSun May 5, 2024Window, e.g.Daniel Bodily
PLATOSCAVESat Mar 13, 2021Ancient allegory paralleled in the plot of "The Matrix"John Guzzetta
RADIATIONBELTWed Dec 2, 2015Attire during an X-ray exam?Alan Arbesfeld
REHOEDSat Mar 1, 1997Went over the same ground?Jim Page
REPEOPLEDFri Apr 27, 2012Like a town that used to be a ghost townPatrick Berry
RICEANDBEANSWed Feb 20, 2019*Latin American side dish that combines two food staplesByron Walden
RIJKSMUSEUMSat Sep 30, 2017Home of Rembrandt's "The Night Watch"Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
SADTROMBONESat Dec 20, 2025[womp, womp]Robert S. Gard
SAMETIMENEXTYEARSun Sep 28, 20141975 Tony-nominated play about an extended affairTodd Gross
SPECIALREQUESTSun Feb 9, 2025TV's "Search for the Titanic," for one?Rich Katz and Jeff Chen
TAJIKISTANFri Jun 12, 2015Land bordering western ChinaDavid Steinberg
VINTAGESSun Oct 19, 1997Grape yieldsDavid J. Kahn
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