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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 50,272 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
ALLISTRUESat Apr 27, 2019Original title of Shakespeare's "Henry VIII" (the latter not used until the First Folio in 1623)Joe Deeney
BASILICASFri Jul 10, 2020Places of worshipJohn Lieb
BURNEDBRIDGESSun Dec 17, 2023Left jobs on bad terms, sayJeremy Newton
CAROLKANESun Mar 31, 2013Two-time Emmy-winning actress for "Taxi"Caleb Madison
CHOCAHOLICSSun Dec 25, 2005Almond Joy nuts, perhapsNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
CLUBPROSat Jan 8, 2022Certain sports instructorFreddie Cheng
COAXERSMon May 23, 2005PersuadersRobert Dillman
COMMISSIONFri Jun 23, 2000Some people work on itNoah Dephoure
COMMUTERRAILWed Dec 6, 2006Some public transportationLevi Denham
DARKSTARSSat Apr 12, 2014Relatives of black holesMel Rosen
DECIPHEREDSat Dec 20, 1997Figured out, in a wayRich Norris
DECRIERThu Jul 24, 1997Severe criticRandall J. Hartman
EAGERNESSWed Aug 29, 2018ZealAlex Bajcz
EYESONLYFri Apr 26, 2013Dossier stampMichael Ashley
FROWNSFri Feb 19, 2010Displays displeasureVictor Fleming
GOODNIGHTSSLEEPMon Jun 29, 2009Seven or eight hours, typicallyPaula Gamache
GRANTLANDRICESat Nov 6, 1999Immortalizer of Notre Dame's Four HorsemenJoan Bayer Williamson
GRUMPYOLDMENTue May 16, 20001993 Walter Matthau filmPeter Gordon
GRUNTERSThu Dec 15, 1994Weight lifters, at timesRich Norris
KTWOSat Jun 19, 2010Peak on the Pakistani-Chinese borderSamuel A. Donaldson
LOWERTHEBARMon Dec 2, 2019Reduce one's standards, as illustrated, respectively, in 3-, 5-, 7-, 40- and 28-DownLynn Lempel
MARESTAILSat Feb 19, 2005Long, narrow cloudBrad Wilber
MATERNITYWARDWed Sep 11, 2013Birth placePatrick Blindauer
MEDIEFri Jun 9, 1995"Let ___ in a tavern...": The ArchpoetA.J. Santora
NICELISTFri Dec 24, 2021Yule log?Evan Kalish
OPENMOUTHSSat Aug 16, 2025French kiss kissersByron Walden
PLUMPESTWed Jun 23, 2021Most desirable, say, as a ripe peachKate Hawkins
QUITETHEJOKERMon May 9, 2011A real wagNina Rulon-Miller
RADARBLIPMon May 4, 2015Plane's appearance on an air traffic controller's screenZhouqin Burnikel
RESTUPONSun Oct 10, 2021OverlieBrandon Koppy
SECONDOPINIONSat Oct 21, 2023What might be sought before a major decisionKelly Morenus
SEEMOKThu Sep 22, 2022Appear to be fineHelen Chen
SOCKMONKEYSSat Nov 13, 2010Kitschy stuffed toysMark Diehl
STEELJAWSSat Nov 27, 2010Features of some bear trapsXan Vongsathorn
THECASTROThu Dec 2, 2021Historic Bay Area neighborhood with a 600-square-foot rainbow flagRebecca Goldstein
THIRTYMINUTESThu Nov 23, 2017Halftime show?Howard Barkin
TORELLIFri Feb 3, 2006Italian violinist Giuseppe ___Manny Nosowsky
TOUCHERSun Jan 9, 1994Faith healer, perhapsMel Rosen
UNIONSHOPSat Nov 7, 2009Local operation?Bob Klahn
YEAHIKNOWSat Aug 5, 2017"You don't have to tell me twice!"David Phillips
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