This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.

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 50,601 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
ADAMITEFri Oct 11, 2002NudistA. J. Santora
BETELNUTSFri Dec 23, 1994Tropical kernelsFrank A. Longo
BRAININJURYSun Jun 14, 2015Smartest one to consider a case?Randolph Ross
CHERRYCHAPSTICKFri Jul 29, 2011It can make for fruity kissesPaula Gamache
COATRACKSSat Oct 8, 2011Ones holding wraps in restaurantsTim Croce
DONTBOTHERMETue Dec 26, 2000More 60-AcrossGene Newman
DOYOURWORSTSun Aug 20, 2023"Go ahead. I'm not scared"Michael Schlossberg
DRINKINGAGEWed Feb 16, 201121Michael Barnhart
EGGCUPSSun Oct 4, 2009Breakfast dishwareTodd McClary
ELATHWed Dec 21, 1994Ancient city on the Gulf of AqabaAlfio Micci
EXCELSIORSat Oct 28, 2017New York's state mottoRoland Huget
FADEBACKThu Jan 18, 2001Prepare to pass, maybeManny Nosowsky
GASFIREThu Oct 15, 2015Certain stovetop hazardKevin G. Der
GETFUZZYWed Apr 13, 2016Comic strip featuring Satchel Pooch and Bucky KattTony Orbach
GOESFORWed May 25, 2005Likes a lotNancy Salomon
GOINGTOETOTOESat Sep 16, 2023In direct competitionJonathan Kaufman
GUNMENWed Jun 28, 2017Mob hit participantsDavid Kwong
HEALTHFULWed Oct 14, 2015SalubriousJoel Fagliano
ITSBEENREALSun Jul 2, 2023"This was fun, but I gotta go"Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa
LEAVEMEALONETue Dec 26, 2000Still more 60-AcrossGene Newman
LOOPIESTSun Jul 26, 2020Most eccentricTrenton Charlson
LUNTSSun Feb 14, 2010Lynn Fontanne and her husbandMatt Ginsberg and Pete Muller
MAKESNOISEFri Aug 3, 2018Complains vocallyDavid Steinberg
MOONGODSat May 18, 2013Chandra, in Hindu beliefMartin Ashwood-Smith
NECKOFTHEWOODSMon May 23, 2016LocaleOri Brian
NONFACTORSFri Oct 4, 2019They don't come into playMatthew Sewell
ONCEUPONATIMEINMEXICOSun Jan 2, 20112003 film "Érase una Vez"David Levinson Wilk
PARAPHRASEFri Dec 11, 2015Put in new wordsBarry C. Silk
PEARLRIVERDELTAWed Jul 4, 2018Dense megalopolis that includes Hong Kong, Macau and Guangzhou [Greek alphabet]Freddie Cheng
PIRIPIRISun Oct 15, 2023Hot sauce with a reduplicative nameJeff Chen and Juliana Tringali Golden
PLATERACKSat Aug 12, 2023Kitchen organizerRachel Fabi and Christina Iverson
PRONOMSun May 9, 2004Il or elle, in ParisCharles M. Deber
RUPTUREDThu Nov 1, 2007ToreLarry Shearer
SEGNIThu Jan 28, 201059-Acrosses, in ItalianRaymond C. Young
SENDSTOSat Mar 29, 2003MailsMichael Shteyman
SHUNTEDSun May 29, 2011Pushed (aside)Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach
SNOWPACKTue Oct 19, 2021Layered buildup in the ArcticRoss Trudeau
SUDSERSun Jan 4, 2009Afternoon serial, informallyDaniel A. Finan
TRIALVENUEMon Feb 9, 2009CourtroomRandall J. Hartman
YOUNGGIRLSat Mar 30, 20131968 #2 hit with the lyric "My love for you is way out of line"Gareth Bain
XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2026, Jim Horne
181 ms