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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 50,751 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
AGIFTMon Apr 17, 2006Have ___ of gabLarry Paul
AHEADOFSTEAMSun Apr 16, 2023Where stealth is found in the dictionary?Mike Hobin
AMSCRAYSFri Aug 12, 2022Gets the heck out of odgedayTrent H. Evans
ASTROBOYSat Nov 21, 2020Titular android of early anime cartoonsSam Ezersky
AWACSun Mar 15, 1998"Never Wave at ___" (Rosalind Russell flick)Frank Longo
BRANCHEDOUTSun Dec 19, 2021Went in a different directionLaura Taylor Kinnel
CHEESEBOARDMon Aug 11, 2025Cocktail party staple that may contain the ends of 17-, 25-, 38-, 42- and 55-AcrossRebecca Goldstein
CREEPYCRAWLYMon May 18, 2009Spider or wormBillie Truitt
CUBBYHOLEMon Aug 9, 2004Cramped spaceM. Francis Vuolo
CUBERSSat Feb 22, 2003Some steak preparersDana Motley
CYBERSQUATFri Mar 3, 2023Register domain names like googel.com and gogle.com, e.g.Eric Warren
DONTOVERTHINKITFri Nov 5, 2021"This isn't a trick question"Joseph Greenbaum
ELITEYELPERTue Apr 20, 2021Power user of a popular review site, colloquiallyAdam Wagner
EPICENTERSSat Jul 22, 2023Places to find faultsRobert Logan
FALSEHOPESat May 29, 2021Blind optimist's downfallAdam Aaronson
FLYOFFWed Nov 2, 2022Scatter like a flock of birdsEthan Zou and Tomas Spiers
FSERIESWed Jun 3, 2015Pickup line?Herre Schouwerwou
GALBISat Jan 17, 2026Korean barbecue rib dishAdam Aaronson
GROSSEDSun May 5, 1996Brought inD. J. Kahn
HEADGAMEWed Oct 16, 2019Instance of psychological trickeryPeter A. Collins
HEADUSHERFri Sep 15, 1995Theater bigwigMatt Gaffney
JOEPALOOKAFri Mar 12, 2010Fighter in old stripsTim Croce
LITERARYCIRCLESMon Dec 11, 2000What 20-, 39- and 56-Across might travel inMyles Callum
LOWCARDSat May 3, 1997Deuce, e.g.Rich Norris
MARYJANEFri Mar 14, 2008Small, round sponge cake topped with fruit and whipped creamKevin G. Der
MINORTHREATFri Jul 17, 2015Third-party candidate, typicallyPaolo Pasco
NOBELPRIZEWINNINGPOETSun Mar 30, 1997What 80-Across became in 1996Elizabeth C. Gorski
ODIOUSLYSat Oct 20, 2007In a despicable wayPatrick Berry
OLDNEWSWed Nov 14, 2001Hardly the latest buzzFrank A. Longo
PHOTOFINISHERSun Mar 14, 2004Jockey's other job?Craig Kasper
POISONOAKSat Mar 2, 2013Toxicodendron diversilobumBarry C. Silk
ROSALYNNCARTERMon Feb 17, 2020Author of the memoir "First Lady From Plains" (1984)Sally Hoelscher
SETAFIREWed Mar 27, 2013LightDavid J. Kahn
SHORTSHEETMon Dec 6, 2010Pull a bed prank onRichard Chisholm
SOCIALITEFri Jul 15, 2022Regular partygoerMatthew Stock and Nam Jin Yoon
THATWONTWORKSun Mar 23, 2014End of the commentIan Livengood
TURNABOUTThu Dec 28, 2017Fair play, to someGary Larson
UNSUNKSat Mar 7, 1998Victorious at sea?Rich Norris
WIDGEONSSun Mar 4, 2007Mallard cousinsRandolph Ross
WORDLENGTHWed Jul 11, 2018Six for dinner?Michael Hawkins
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