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 50,597 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
ACKACKTue Jun 10, 1997Antiaircraft fireFred Piscop
ALTOONSun Sep 19, 2021Three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver in the New York Jets Ring of HonorPeter Gordon
ASHLEYOLSENThu Jul 3, 2014"It Takes Two" co-starLuke Vaughn
BANDEDANTEATERSFri Jan 31, 2014NumbatsChris A. McGlothlin
BECHDELTESTSat May 20, 2017Metric for gauging female representation in works of fictionPaolo Pasco and David Steinberg
BEEFTEASSun Nov 23, 1997Old-fashioned cold remediesChristopher Hurt and Derek Tague
BLENDEDFAMILYThu Apr 1, 202164-/65-Across and othersSam Ezersky
BONEASHSat Jul 9, 2022Material in some chinaKevin G. Der
CABLETVSun Jul 21, 1996Lifetime domainD. Niles
CATHODESSun Feb 16, 2020Some battery endsSam Ezersky
COMPETENTLYWed Sep 18, 2013With skillPaul Hunsberger
DRUGCZARSat May 16, 2015Highest officer in his field, ironicallyByron Walden
DUCKINGThu Nov 4, 2004Avoiding spitballs, sayElizabeth C. Gorski
EMPTYSPACESSun Apr 6, 2025*VoidsKareem Ayas
EXPRESSMAILWed Jul 8, 1998Alternative to special deliverySam Bellotto Jr.
GOTONTOSun Feb 15, 2015MountedEllen Leuschner and Jeff Chen
LOVERSQUARRELFri Jun 24, 2022Cause of a breakupSophia Maymudes and Margaret Seikel
MARINEONESun Mar 20, 2022It lands on the White House's South LawnBrad Wiegmann
MATHTEACHERThu May 5, 2022Someone well versed in this puzzle's themeAdam Wagner
MUSICALNOTATIONThu Jan 29, 2009See 66-AcrossBarry C. Silk
NAPEDSun Sep 2, 2007Red-___ sapsuckerLee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
NOTLOOKINGSOHOTTue Jul 28, 2009"Doubtful"Tony Orbach
ORDOCSSun Jul 20, 2025Sawbones, in briefMichael Schlossberg
POTBROWNIESat Apr 30, 2022Delectable made with grassJoe DiPietro
PRESSPOUNDTue Sep 7, 2021Last step in telephone instructions, oftenZhouqin Burnikel
RAPEEFri Jul 14, 2000See 17-AcrossBrendan Emmett Quigley
READINESSSat Feb 22, 1997InclinationA. J. Santora
RESPECTERThu Feb 16, 2012Obeyer, as of lawsJim Page
SCOREAHITSun Jan 27, 2013Make the Billboard charts, sayJeff Chen
SUBWAYSFri Aug 1, 1997TubesGerald R. Ferguson
SUNDANCEKIDWed Apr 26, 20001969 Redford roleA. J. Santora
TEAMUPONFri Sep 9, 2022Tackle togetherBrandon Koppy
THECOMETSThu Jan 19, 2017Bill Haley's backup bandJacob Stulberg
TOTOIVSat Nov 6, 2010Triple-platinum 1982 album with the #1 hit "Africa"Brad Wilber
TWIDDLEWed Apr 9, 2025Apt rhyme for "fiddle"Aidan Deshong and Oren Hartstein
WALUIGISat Aug 9, 2025Purple-hatted Nintendo characterAidan Deshong and Akshay Seetharam
WATERHOLESat Sep 3, 2011Gathering place for animalsPeter Wentz
WINDOWMANNEQUINThu Jul 9, 1998And still another dummyNorman S. Wizer
YOUOKFri Nov 9, 2007Concerned queryHenry Hook
YOUREONMUTEThu Dec 14, 2023Oft-used phrase during Zoom meetings ... or the reason for the misunderstandings at 17-, 26-, 50- and 60-Across?Esha Datta
XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2026, Jim Horne
165 ms