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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 50,463 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
ARMYGROUPSSat Mar 3, 2012Field marshals' commandsByron Walden
BERKELEYThu Jan 27, 2005City whose newspaper is the Daily PlanetJim Hyres
BERTRANDSun Jun 23, 1996French director TavernierF. Hansen
BONDINVESTMENTSSun Jun 29, 2003Secret agent disguised as a clergyman?Rich Norris
BUSYASABEEWed May 28, 2014Working awayTim Croce
CHEYENNEMOUNTAINSun Aug 10, 2025... something big and rocky with a Space Force base in itAdam Wagner and Chandi Deitmer
COORSFIELDTue Apr 2, 1996Where the Rockies playG. E. Paul
CUTINSThu Nov 23, 2023Movie shots that take a closer lookVasu Seralathan
DEFICIENTSun Jan 4, 1998LackingMark Danna
EASTERCANDYSat Aug 9, 2025Rabbit food?Aidan Deshong and Akshay Seetharam
FEDORWed May 21, 1997Novelist Dostoyevsky: Var.John D. Leavy
FOGYISHThu Mar 23, 2000Like a stick-in-the-mudNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
GROUPDATESSat Dec 16, 2023Situations involving multiple romantic partnersGarrett Chalfin
HEGUMENTue Feb 15, 1994Monastery headJonathan Schmatzbach
IMBUYINGFri Sep 15, 2017"It's on me"Damon Gulczynski
IMPECUNIOUSTue Feb 19, 2019Lacking moneyDavid Alfred Bywaters
JUSTDANDYSun Nov 1, 2009Peachy-keenMatt Ginsberg and Pete Muller
LADYNANCYASTORMon Aug 20, 2012First woman to sit in the British House of CommonsRobert Cirillo
LAMPLITFri Dec 9, 1994Like the streets of Holmesian LondonMatt Gaffney
LOOKSEESFri Feb 5, 2010Quick surveysJoe Krozel
MORTONSSun Dec 22, 2019Famed Chicago steakhouseLaura Taylor Kinnel
NICKJRSun Nov 6, 2005Cable channel for kidsElizabeth C. Gorski
ONLYUWed Jan 15, 20141955 hit for the PlattersBernice Gordon
OPPOSABLEFri Feb 22, 2002Subject to being challengedElizabeth C. Gorski
ORSERSWed Oct 18, 1995Skater Brian and familyNancy S. Ross
OWNAGUNMon Aug 4, 2014Exercise one's right under the Second AmendmentJoel Fagliano
PACHELBELThu Nov 10, 2005Canon composerLee Glickstein and Craig Kasper
PUTSONACLINICSun Mar 8, 2020Shows how it's doneLaura Taylor Kinnel
REMAINANONYMOUSFri Dec 20, 2024Refuse to sign one's work, sayHenry Josephson
RESILIENCEFri Feb 20, 2004BuoyancyBob Peoples
RUNTYFri Mar 28, 2003Pint-sizedCathy Millhauser
SITNEXTTOSat Feb 21, 1998Accompany, as on a trainRichard Hughes
TALKSOVERThu Mar 2, 1995DiscussesRaymond Hamel
THREEPOINTERTue Jan 7, 2020Long jumper, in hoopsRoss Trudeau
THUMBNAILSTue Jun 20, 2023Compact images on a desktopAimee Lucido
TOLLINGThu May 3, 2001Sexton's dutyTrip Payne
USNRSun Apr 2, 2017Natl. Guard counterpartJerry Miccolis
WHOSOEVERThu Oct 28, 1999Legalistic pronounPatrick D. Berry
WILBURWRIGHTMon May 26, 2003Flier at Kitty HawkLynn Lempel
WOODFURNACESat Mar 9, 2013One stoked to provide warmthDavid Steinberg and Barry C. Silk
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