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 50,707 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.

Word	Date	Clue	Author
AMSTELS	Sun Mar 27, 2011	Dutch brews	Kevin G. Der
AOLRADIO	Fri Oct 14, 2016	App with over 200 free stations	Natan Last
AVENGERSASSEMBLE	Wed Jun 10, 2020	Classic comics rallying cry ... or a hint to 18-, 30- and 49-Across	Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau
AXLEGREASE	Wed Jul 8, 1998	Lube job supply	Sam Bellotto Jr.
BOSTONIVY	Wed Jul 20, 2005	Fenway Park climber	Roy Leban
CAMNEWTON	Sat Jul 29, 2017	2015 N.F.L. M.V.P.	Erik Agard
CUCKOO	Fri Jun 30, 2017	Crackpot	Damon Gulczynski
DAVERAGE	Fri Jun 20, 2008	1.0	Mike Nothnagel
DREWUP	Wed Dec 25, 1996	Drafted	N. S. Ross
EASTERPARADE	Sun Oct 11, 2015	Berlin standard (1990-96)	David J. Kahn
EJECTORSEAT	Sat Jan 18, 2014	Feature of 007's car	David Steinberg
FACIALS	Wed Sep 19, 2007	Spa offerings	Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke
FIFAWORLDCUP	Mon Oct 11, 2010	Quadrennial soccer championship	Robert Fisher
FINNAN	Sun Dec 17, 2006	___ haddie (smoked fish)	Joe DiPietro
FOSTERPARENT	Sun Sep 7, 1997	Jodie's mom or dad	Randolph Ross
GLACIALSTARE	Mon Nov 29, 2004	"If looks could kill" look	Kendall Twigg and Nancy Salomon
GULFOFMEXICO	Thu Feb 6, 2025	Fledge?	Aidan Deshong and Jacob Reed
HADNOCHILL	Sat May 3, 2025	Was way too keyed up, in modern slang	Michael Lieberman
HOWSLIFE	Sat Feb 6, 2016	Friendly query	David Steinberg
KOURTNEY	Wed Nov 27, 2024	Member of a 2000s showbiz family	Jill Singer
LINKUP	Tue Jun 8, 2004	Meeting of spacecraft	Ed Early
MCCRAE	Thu Sep 8, 2016	"In Flanders Fields" poet John	Joanne Sullivan
METEORITES	Sun May 22, 1994	They're seen after a shower	Randolph Ross
MINNESOTANICE	Fri Feb 13, 2026	Polite, friendly stereotype from the Midwest	Evan Mulvihill
MUDFISH	Fri Dec 30, 2016	Swimmer in cloudy water	Patrick Berry
NEXTINLINE	Thu Sep 24, 2015	Like Charles vis-à-vis Elizabeth	Peter A. Collins
OUTRUNS	Sun May 20, 2018	Beats in the race	Will Nediger
POPUPVIDEO	Fri Jun 15, 2012	What an ad blocker might block	Mark Diehl
REINING	Mon Jan 10, 2000	Slowing a horse, with "in"	John Greenman
RESPLENDENT	Sun Aug 21, 2016	Dazzling	Kathy Matheson and Jeff Chen
SHRINKYDINKS	Sun Jun 17, 2018	Arts-and-crafts kit trendy in the 1970s-'80s	Amanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard
SKIEDOUT	Fri Apr 26, 2013	Hit a lazy pop-up, say	Michael Ashley
SLOPPILY	Fri Mar 29, 1996	Sans precision	C. Millhauser
STINKYTOFU	Tue Feb 27, 2024	Vegetarian street food known for its distinct smell	Nate Cardin
SZECHUAN	Tue Apr 30, 2019	Spicy Chinese cuisine	Erik Agard
THEONERING	Sun Apr 27, 2025		Jacob Reed
THEPRU	Sun Feb 4, 2018	52-story Boston skyscraper, familiarly	David Levinson Wilk
THEWALLSHAVEEARS	Thu May 30, 2024	"Shh! People may be listening" ... or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle	Royce Ferguson
TSADE	Sun Dec 3, 1995	18th Hebrew letter	Martin Schneider
WORLDWARIII	Sat Jan 4, 2020	Potential cause of the apocalypse	Adam Aaronson