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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 50,619 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
ACTDUMBSat Jul 26, 2025Play the foolAdam Levav
ANYOFWed Mar 13, 2002"Don't give me ___ your lip!"Ed Early
BALEFULLYSat Sep 30, 2006With undisguised menacePatrick Berry
BOOMMICROPHONEMon Jan 1, 2001Voice amplifier on a poleManny Nosowsky
CASSELLIOTThu Mar 13, 1997Big MamaMatt Gaffney
COMEUPONThu Mar 4, 1999DiscoverCathy Millhauser
DAVESTEWARTThu Mar 31, 2011A's hurler (1989 champs) / Eurythmics musician on "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (#1 in 1983)Jeremy Horwitz and Tyler Hinman
DISCUSTHROWThu Dec 22, 2011Olympic event dating back to ancient GreeceKristian House
DYANCANNONThu Mar 29, 2007Walter Matthau's love interest in "Out to Sea"David J. Kahn
EMPLOYEDThu Oct 7, 2021WorkingTimothy Polin
FOGGIERSun Feb 5, 2017Less safe for a plane landing, in a waySam Trabucco
GLEANERSTue Aug 11, 1998Grain gatherersRandall J. Hartman
GREENAGESat Jan 7, 1995MeadowlandsRandolph Ross
HEMOPHILIAFri Mar 16, 2018Genetic disorder carried by Queen VictoriaRobyn Weintraub
IFTARFri Aug 1, 2025Evening meal during RamadanAbigail Martin
INKSTONESat Mar 26, 2016Calligrapher's grinding mortarDamon Gulczynski
JAYMOHRMon Jul 19, 2010Former host of TV's "Last Comic Standing"David Blake
JIMHENSONSat Jan 15, 1994He once had a hand in morning TVManny Nosowsky
LABORDAYMon Jul 23, 2007Jerry Lewis telethon timeRandall J. Hartman
LABORPAINSSat Oct 28, 2023They signal a deliveryRyan McCarty
LASTMOVESat Jan 1, 2005CheckmateRaymond C. Young
LOMBARDYFri Oct 18, 2013Italian region that's home to MilanDavid Steinberg
MEDIASTORMSun Oct 15, 2017Modern-day circusJohn Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins
MISCALCULATIONSFri Jan 9, 1998ErrorsManny Nosowsky
NATATORThu Jan 3, 2013SwimmerBruce Haight
NETNEGATIVETue Feb 28, 2017Outcome that's overall unfavorableJacob Stulberg
NUUKSat Oct 19, 2024Greenland's capitalAugust Miller
PASSDOWNTue Sep 19, 2023Give to someone from a younger generationGia Bosko
PERVERTSFri Dec 16, 2005MisappliesJoe DiPietro
POLLERSSun Jan 11, 2009Pre-election workersDavid J. Kahn
REPUTEDLYFri Apr 16, 2010"Rumor has it ..."Eric Berlin
RIGGEDUPSat May 7, 2011Threw togetherTim Croce
SIXSTORYThu Jan 19, 2012Like the maximum-height New York City apartment building that's not required to have a fire evacuation planDerek Bowman and Sarah Keller
TEARSOPENTue Oct 28, 2008Unwraps in a hurryAllan E. Parrish
THEMEROOMSun Oct 16, 2022Part of a hotel with décor fitting a certain motifPaolo Pasco
THEPEOPLEFri Jan 11, 2002Side in a criminal caseMark Diehl
THESTARSANDBARSFri Feb 27, 2009Bygone flagJoe DiPietro
THEWITCHINGHOURMon Oct 20, 2014MidnightPatrick Blindauer
TINSELLYSat Dec 23, 1995Like a Christmas treeManny Nosowsky
TURKISHTue Nov 29, 2016With 53-Across, a sugary treatJacob Stulberg
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