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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 50,507 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
ABOUTFACEDSat Oct 19, 2024Did a 180August Miller
AKNOTWed Oct 14, 2020Tied in ___Rich Proulx
AMYSCHUMERMon May 22, 2023Stand-up comedian with a self-titled sketch showĐặng Quang Thắng
BUTTERPATFri Apr 23, 1999Square in a restaurantHarvey Estes
CALLERSSun Jun 16, 1996Talk-show featuresN. N. Joline
CHERVILSat Mar 17, 2001Aromatic herb used in soups and saladsRich Norris
DJSETSTue Jul 5, 2016Music mixes at a nightclubJules Markey
EREISAWELBATue Jul 8, 2008End of a Napoleonic palindromeAndrea Carla Michaels
FAILEDSOMETESTSSun Aug 4, 2013The quiz-grading machine ...Steven Ginzburg
FARMANIMALWed Jun 18, 2003Ox or pigAlan Arbesfeld
FEEDBINSat Feb 21, 2009TroughMike Nothnagel and Byron Walden
GINGHAMSMon May 13, 2002Cotton fabricsPatrick Merrell
GOLDMEDALFLOURMon Jul 16, 2012General Mills baking productRandall J. Hartman
GOTASHOTTue May 9, 2017Was vaccinatedPeter A. Collins
HOLIERTHANTHOUMon Jun 21, 2021SanctimoniousJacob Stulberg
IMBUYINGFri Sep 15, 2017"It's on me"Damon Gulczynski
IMPELLEDSat Oct 26, 2019DroveSam Trabucco
KINGEDSun Jan 30, 2005Like a double-decker checkerDerrick Niederman
LANDRUSun May 6, 2007French BluebeardCharles M. Deber
LAUNCHERSun Oct 26, 2014Part of many a siloCaleb Emmons
LIONHUNTERWed Jun 9, 2021Hercules on his first labor, or Hemingway on safariByron Walden
MASCARACASEThu Nov 3, 2005Makeup carrierByron Walden
MATTYSat Jun 27, 2015One of Jesus' brothers, in baseballTim Croce
MURDOCHSat Jan 18, 2014"A Severed Head" novelist, 1961David Steinberg
OKAYIGIVEFri Feb 28, 2025"Fine, just tell me"Michael Lieberman
OPTOMETRISTSun Jun 4, 1995Pupil watcherBryant White
PLAYEDOVERSat Sep 17, 2005ReranRich Norris
PROFITEERINGSun Feb 11, 2018Jewelry for the oracle at Delphi?Matt Ginsberg
SHALOMMEIRTOWERMon Jul 10, 2017Tel Aviv skyscraper that was the first to be built in the MideastTimothy Polin
SHARKTEETHTue Oct 12, 2004Items on some necklacesNancy Kavanaugh
SOUTHERNERThu Oct 30, 2025Washington, Jefferson or MadisonHoward Neuthaler
TENNESSEEWALTZSun Oct 14, 20071950 #1 hit for Patti PageElizabeth C. Gorski
THEWRIGHTBROTHERSThu May 26, 2011Newsmakers of 1903Ashish Vengsarkar
TOPSTHELISTTue Nov 30, 2010Is ranked #1Kristian House
TRUNKSHOWTue May 14, 2024Traveling fashion sale featuring the work of a specific designerAlex Eaton-Salners
TRYHARDSMon Jul 28, 2014Those who put a lot of effort into social climbing, in modern lingoTom McCoy
UNLIMBERSat Jul 31, 1999StiffFred Piscop
WAITEDONTue Aug 29, 1995Served at a restaurantJohn R. Conrad
WATEROAKSat Oct 31, 2009Tree of Southeastern swamplandsRobert H. Wolfe
WHATEVERITTAKESFri May 16, 2014At any priceMartin Ashwood-Smith
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