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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 50,791 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
ARSENICALSat Feb 17, 2007Like some poisoningRobert H. Wolfe
AUDITIONEDSat Nov 11, 1995Tried outNancy Nicholson Joline
BARRYGIBBFri Mar 29, 2019Only songwriter in history to write four consecutive #1 hits (1978)Martin Ashwood-Smith
CADGINGSun Nov 24, 2019Bumming, as cigarettesFrank Longo
COATISThu Sep 21, 2006Ring-tailed animalsStella Daily and Bruce Venzke
COLANDERSSun Sep 20, 2009Porous kitchen utensilsMichael Ashley
COOSBAYFri Aug 12, 2005Harbor town in OregonManny Nosowsky
CSTUDENTFri Jun 9, 2006Honor society rejecteeManny Nosowsky
CTRLRSun Mar 15, 2026"Refreshing" web shortcutMiranda Kany
DEMONETIZESat Oct 7, 2023Punish, in a way, as a YouTube creatorAlex Vratsanos
DESERTRATThu Jan 4, 2024Rodent in an arid environmentChase Dittrich and Christina Iverson
DOPESTERFri Mar 17, 2000Pre-election consultantGlenton Petgrave
DRASTICMEASURESThu Feb 3, 2005Extreme actionElizabeth C. Gorski
DVDBOXSETSat Mar 16, 2013Gift for a TV buffJulian Lim
ENIWETOKSat May 11, 20131950s H-bomb test siteMatt Ginsberg
ENMERThu Apr 7, 1994On the ocean: Fr.Fred Piscop
EXCULPATESun Mar 20, 2011Clear of chargesBrendan Emmett Quigley
FADEOUTSFri Mar 21, 1997Cinematic techniquesShannon Burns
FLIPFLOPPEDThu Apr 1, 2010Like the clues in all the words in this puzzleLee Glickstein
FLOTILLASun Nov 25, 2001Naval unitBob Klahn and Harvey Estes
HIGHONFri Jul 5, 2002Enthusiastic aboutManny Nosowsky
HIMMELSun Jul 24, 1994Where Gott residesMatt Gaffney
HOUSEMUSICFri Jan 11, 2013Some club tunesIan Livengood
INDORSEDSat Oct 31, 2009Supported: Var.Robert H. Wolfe
LAVALIERESWed Nov 26, 2014Some microphonesMichael S. Maurer
MAINPOINTFri Jun 20, 2025CruxAdrianne Baik
MANDARINCHINESEThu May 16, 2013Language that gave us "kowtow"Brendan Emmett Quigley and Elizabeth Donovan
MEGACONSat Feb 10, 2024Annual mecca for sci-fi and fantasy fansZhouqin Burnikel
MOOREHEADSat Feb 5, 2011Actress who played Endora on TV's "Bewitched"Mark Diehl
ONEINFORTYSat Aug 20, 20162.5%Mark Diehl
PANTYLINESat May 9, 2015Female fashion faux pasKristian House
SCDSat May 7, 1994Postgraduate science deg.Bryant White
SEEYOUSOONFri Jan 13, 2017"Toodles"Andrew J. Ries
SOUSVIDEThu Nov 17, 2022French-developed form of cooking in a precisely temperature-controlled water bathHoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman
SPECULATEThu Oct 23, 2008ConjecturePatrick Blindauer
STARTSWITHABANGMon Oct 25, 2010Has an exciting opening number, say ... or what the answer to each starred clue does?Jonah Kagan
STRINGOFPEARLSSun Mar 13, 1994BAILEY, BUCK, WHITENancy Nicholson Joline
TONYRANDALLFri Jun 9, 2000National Actors Theatre founderJoe DiPietro
UNCLETOMSCABINMon Jan 2, 20061852 bookLinda Schechet Tucker
WHATAGOODBOYAMIThu Apr 14, 2022Homer's self-satisfied assertion?Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan
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