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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 50,547 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
ALITTLEGIVEANDTAKESun Jul 20, 2014See instructionsEric Berlin
AMORPHICSun Feb 1, 1998Without formMerl Reagle
ANNEBAXTERSat Jan 17, 1998"All About Eve" actressRich Norris
ARRIVERSun Jan 27, 2008One pulling inMike Nothnagel
ASDRYASABONESun May 27, 2012Severely parchedByron Walden
BANGOUTWed Feb 3, 2021Do quickly, as an assignmentYacob Yonas
CAMERAFILMMon Aug 19, 2013Obsolescent Kodak productJean O'Conor
COREBELIEFSun Jun 18, 2023"Whaddya mean it's the pits? It's the best part of an apple!"Joe DiPietro
CORRECTIONSSat Dec 22, 2018Slip covers?Joon Pahk
CREDENTIALSThu Jun 28, 2018Bona fidesJeff Chen
DATASTORAGESun Jun 18, 2017Cloud's purposeSam Trabucco
DEMOREELSat Dec 27, 2025Best performances by an actor in a short film?Katie Hoody
HALVAHSun Aug 7, 1994Honeyed Turkish confectionDean Niles
HITMEAGAINWed Oct 3, 2007Call in blackjackRobert Dillman
HUNGOVERSat Feb 3, 2018Like many people on January 1Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden
INFANTRYGENERALSat Feb 19, 1994Army bigwigCharles E. Gersch
INGATESun Oct 24, 1999Molten metal channelNancy Salomon
INTRADESat Jul 19, 1997Without money changing handsRobert H. Wolfe
ITOLDYOUAHUNDREDTIMESSun Sep 18, 2022Mathematician's go-to parenting phrase?Katie Hale
JOINTVENTURESun Apr 5, 2009Founding of a hip replacement clinic?Charles Deber
JUDGEWAPNERSat Feb 13, 2016Arbiter of 1980s TVPeter Wentz
LANDOFLINCOLNSun Jan 23, 2005IllinoisJoe DiPietro
LIQUEURThu Oct 1, 1998CordialManny Nosowsky
MAGDALASun Aug 24, 2003Birthplace of a biblical MaryPatrick Berry
OBVIOUSSun Feb 10, 2002Hardly subtleHarvey Estes & Nancy Salomon
PUBLICRELATIONSMon Apr 14, 2003Media consultant's fieldJanet R. Bender
PUGNACITYWed Dec 3, 1997BelligerenceElizabeth C. Gorski
RABFri Jun 16, 1995Mortar beaterThomas W. Schier
RECIPEFORDISASTERSun Jan 21, 2018Very bad planVictor Barocas and Andy Kravis
SATCHELSFri Apr 13, 2001Purse alternativesJoe DiPietro
SAYBYEBYETue Oct 5, 2010Bid adieu, informallyPaula Gamache
SEESITSun Oct 8, 2023Gets the pictureSid Sivakumar
SEXPOTSFri Jul 13, 2018VampsTrenton Charlson
SIXTESun Dec 25, 2011Fencing positionElizabeth C. Gorski
STORAGESPACESFri Feb 27, 2015Trunks, e.g.Julian Lim
TRICKQUESTIONSThu Feb 23, 2017*"Which weighs more - a pound of feathers or a pound of lead?" and others*Jeff Chen
UNDERGROUNDSun Feb 26, 2012London transportationDaniel A. Finan
WANDAVISIONMon Sep 12, 2022Disney+ series in the Marvel Cinematic UniverseMichael Lieberman
WHOLLSTOPTHERAINSun Jun 18, 1995Creedence Clearwater question, 1970Rich Norris
WOIMSun Sep 17, 1995Butch's "Our Gang" palStanley Newman
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