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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 50,811 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
AMTUNERThu Dec 7, 2017Radio componentDan Schoenholz
BANDSTANDBANDSThu May 23, 1996Some outdoor musical combosM. E. Brindamour
BERRIEDSun Nov 18, 2012Picked some fruitTimothy Polin
BUTTERFLYBALLOTFri Dec 8, 2000Cause of some confusionBob Klahn
CARDINALREDSat Aug 13, 2016Deep scarlet shadePatrick Berry
CHICKENFINGERSWed Jun 7, 1995Bar foodMartin Schneider
CLAUDIUSWed Mar 7, 2018Mocker of Hamlet's "unmanly grief"Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
CRISPYTACOSat Feb 5, 2011Food that makes a crunchMark Diehl
DEADLIERWed Apr 22, 2026Like a black mamba vis-à-vis a pythonHoang-Kim Vu
DORMYSat Nov 29, 1997In golf, ahead by as many holes as are left to be playedRich Norris
FATTIRESun Jun 11, 2023Beer brand with a bicycle in its logoSam Ezersky
GARANIMALSSat Nov 7, 2020Mix-and-match children's clothing brandKameron Austin Collins and Paolo Pasco
GEORGEWILLFri Sep 1, 2017Newspaper columnist who wrote the book "Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball"Patrick Berry
GETSSORESun Apr 12, 2009Becomes peevedEric Berlin
HOPEANDCROSBYTue Jun 23, 2015The film's headlinersJules P. Markey
INCUSTODYWed Feb 19, 2020Behind barsAlex Eaton-Salners
IWONTDOITFri Oct 28, 2016"You can't make me!"Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
KETOSISTue Apr 30, 2024Metabolic state on a low-carb, high-fat dietMichèle Govier
LEMENUSun Jul 19, 2015Old frozen dinner brandTom McCoy
LESSERAPESun May 7, 2000Gibbon, for onePatrick D. Berry
LETTUCEWRAPSSun May 4, 2025Bunless cookout entreesBrandon Koppy
LOOKIEHEREFri Jan 19, 2024"Well, well, well!"Jacob McDermott
MADEWORSEMon Jan 22, 2007DegradedC. W. Stewart
MIXEDBAGSTue Jun 11, 2013Assortments ... or what you'll find in 17-, 25-, 30-, 44- and 50-Across?Pete Muller
MONDIEUSun Mar 23, 1997Kin of "Sacre bleu!"Bryant White
NOTATOYSun Jul 19, 2020Choking hazard labelWyna Liu
OFEVEWed May 22, 2002"The Three Faces ___"Sherry O. Blackard
PAPERERSun Jan 15, 2006One who works on wallsRichard Silvestri
PLOVERSWed Apr 24, 1996ShorebirdsG. Dean
PRETREATMENTSWed Oct 31, 2007Stain looseners on washdayKen Stern
SANDOVALSat Dec 3, 2016Pablo ___, 2012 World Series M.V.P. nicknamed "The 44-Down"Jason Flinn
SARABANDEThu Sep 22, 1994Stately 13-Down danceGeorge Quincy
SISISENORMon Jun 22, 2009Emphatic south-of-the-border assentFred Piscop
STARSINFri Aug 25, 2023HeadlinesRafael Musa
SYPHONSun Feb 26, 2012Draw (off): Var.Daniel A. Finan
TESTOFTIMESun Apr 22, 2018What the classics standRoss Trudeau
THESHAPEOFWATERMon Nov 19, 2018"Fluid" 2017 film?Jim Hilger
WAYABOVEThu Feb 25, 2016Towering overJoel Fagliano
WICKEDGOODTue Jul 14, 2020Positive, albeit terse, review of a 2003 Broadway musical?Stella Zawistowski
WRONGLYFri Feb 8, 2013Against all standards of decencyBarry C. Silk
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