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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 50,557 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.
| Word | Date | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABTONER | Sun Nov 30, 2025 | Core-sculpting belt | Natan Last |
| AFTERREFLECTION | Thu Feb 2, 2006 | When things may become clearer | Byron Walden |
| ATAR | Sat Jan 21, 2006 | Petal product: Var. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| CALLTHEBETS | Sun Jan 8, 2006 | The telemarketer tried to | Michael Ashley |
| CENCI | Fri Jul 27, 2012 | "The ___: A Tragedy in Five Acts" (Shelley work) | Joe Krozel |
| COOKER | Wed Mar 21, 2007 | Slow-pot | Ed Early |
| DONTANSWERTHAT | Fri Sep 13, 2024 | "Actually, forget I asked" | Boaz Moser |
| EARTHTONES | Fri Mar 17, 2023 | Browns, e.g. | Carter Cobb |
| ENDPAPER | Sun Nov 8, 2009 | Heavy sheet inside a book's cover | Robert W. Harris |
| FAUXBERGE | Thu Dec 18, 2025 | Knockoff version of a bejeweled Imperial egg, e.g. | Joseph Gangi |
| GETWET | Wed Aug 14, 2024 | Lose in a logrolling match, say | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| GODDAUGHTER | Sun Nov 3, 2024 | Zoë Kravitz, to Marisa Tomei | Sid Sivakumar |
| GOINGSTALE | Tue Mar 7, 2017 | Losing crunchiness, as chips | Freddie Cheng |
| HANSOMCAB | Sat Nov 18, 2000 | Central Park sight | Rich Norris |
| HIGHTIMES | Sat Dec 11, 1999 | Countercultural magazine since 1974 | William S. Cotter |
| HOHOKUS | Sun Mar 17, 2002 | New Jersey town with a hyphenated name | David J. Kahn |
| HOLTS | Mon Dec 26, 1994 | Romance novelist Victoria et al. | Gregory E. Paul |
| JETPOWERED | Tue Jun 4, 2019 | Like 747s | Jake Halperin |
| KNOCKIN | Fri Nov 15, 2013 | Bring home, as a run | David Woolf |
| LADYEVE | Wed Oct 18, 2006 | 1941 Stanwyck/Fonda comedy, with "The" | John Farmer |
| LAIDOVER | Wed Feb 12, 2014 | Had a break between flights | Peter A. Collins |
| LITIGATES | Sat Dec 26, 1998 | Contests at the bar? | A. J. Santora |
| MARDIGRASPARADE | Mon Mar 31, 2014 | *New Orleans event with floats | Robert Cirillo |
| MARLEYSGHOST | Thu Oct 27, 2011 | Fictional character who says "I wear the chain I forged in life" | Kurt Mueller |
| NETEFFECT | Tue Aug 26, 2025 | Overall impact | Kevin Curry |
| OBJECTIVE | Fri May 17, 2013 | Aim | Josh Knapp |
| OHYOUHAVENOIDEA | Tue Jan 21, 2025 | "That's not even the half of it ..." | Dan Caprera |
| ORONYMS | Tue Feb 6, 2018 | Words and phrases that sound approximately alike, like "ice scream" and "I scream" | Bruce Haight |
| PETFISH | Thu Nov 19, 2020 | Aquarium denizen | Derek J. Angell |
| POPTOPCAN | Sat Aug 3, 1996 | Cola container | A. D. Cover |
| PRUSSIAN | Sat Aug 26, 2000 | See 31-Across | A. J. Santora |
| RALPHKINER | Fri Aug 26, 2005 | Pirate legend | Joe DiPietro |
| SEARCHHISTORY | Sun Apr 27, 2025 |  | Jacob Reed |
| SECONDCOMMANDMENT | Sat Nov 12, 2016 | Precept about idol worship | David J. Kahn |
| SHOOTYOURSHOT | Sat Mar 16, 2024 | Go for it, slangily | Carly Schuna |
| SICCED | Sat Aug 29, 2020 | Released for attack | Michael Hawkins |
| SMUGNESS | Mon Sep 4, 1995 | Overconfidence | Richard Thomas |
| TAILCOATED | Sat Mar 6, 1999 | In formal wear | Fred Piscop |
| THEBROWNBOMBER | Thu Nov 28, 2013 | Joe Louis, to fans | Loren Muse Smith and Jeff Chen |
| WALKMAN | Fri Jul 13, 2007 | Sony debut of 1979 | Manny Nosowsky |