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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 50,248 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
ACUTESTue Dec 10, 1996Accents in "resume"D. Niles
AHEADOFSCHEDULESat Aug 18, 2007EarlyJim Page
AIROFFENSIVEThu Oct 29, 2009Series of sortiesJoe Krozel
ALDEBARANSun Jan 29, 1995Brilliant orange star of the northern skyBryant White
BELIEVINGSat Jul 8, 2000ReligiousRandolph Ross
BETELNUTSFri Dec 23, 1994Tropical kernelsFrank A. Longo
BIGUPSETSat Apr 6, 2024Cinderella's calling cardByron Walden
BLACKBARTThu Oct 20, 2011Famously polite Old West stagecoach robberPatrick Berry
BYALONGSHOTTue Nov 12, 2019EasilyGabrielle Friedman and Jakob Weisblat
COLERIDGESat Jan 15, 2011"Frost at Midnight" poetBarry C. Silk
FEMALELEADTue Aug 15, 2023Feature of "Alien," "Mulan" or "Clueless" … or what the answer to each starred clue has?Malaika Handa
FUNNYMONEYMon Feb 13, 2006Counterfeit cashJanet R. Bender
GODPAPASat May 10, 2003Drosselmeier's title in "The Nutcracker"Bob Klahn
GRATUITOUSWed Apr 25, 2018Provided but not asked forAdam G. Perl
GROWSUPWed Aug 5, 2009MaturesDonna S. Levin
GUPPIESFri Sep 11, 1998Rainbow fishHarvey Estes
HAVINGACOWFri Jan 1, 1999Reacting hystericallyJoe DiPietro
HOWARThu May 29, 1997Author Barbara of "Laughing All the Way"Gilbert H. Ludwig
HOWTIMEFLIESFri Apr 21, 2006"It's getting late"Manny Nosowsky
INEEDALIFTFri Nov 29, 2019"My car's out of commission"Sam Buchbinder
MOVESASIDESat Jun 26, 2004Gets out of the wayByron Walden
NATIONALLEAGUERTue Nov 15, 2016Cub, e.g.David J. Kahn
NEVERDIESat Jan 28, 1995"Old soldiers ___..."Randolph Ross
OBTRUDERMon Jan 24, 1994BusybodyJanie Lyons
OKAYDEARWed Mar 20, 2019"As you wish," to a spouseErik Agard, Amanda Chung and Karl Ni
OOLONGTEASat Jan 16, 2016Twinings productSean Dobbin
PANCAKESSat Jan 13, 1996Flattens informallyJ. Page
PLAYSFORPEANUTSSun Feb 17, 2002Theatrical works featuring Snoopy, Charlie Brown, etc.?Joe DiPietro
RATTLINGSat Mar 14, 2009FazingBarry C. Silk
REFORMATIONTue Oct 31, 2017See 17-AcrossAlex Eaton-Salners
SEMIAXISSat Apr 2, 2005One of a pair in an ellipseByron Walden
SHOWERSTALLWed Jul 12, 1995Bridal party postponement?Robert Malinow
STORIETTESat Feb 13, 1999Brief taleDavid J. Kahn
TASTEMAKERThu Mar 2, 2023Influencer, as with fashionMalaika Handa
TAUTSHIPTue Aug 13, 1996What a strict captain runsR. Hughes
THECIASun Aug 14, 1994Spook house?Deborah Kathryn Trombley
THEPRAIRIEThu Jun 5, 2025Setting for a Laura Ingalls Wilder book seriesTimothy Gaetz
THETUXEDOThu Jul 23, 2015Jackie Chan action film featuring a high-tech jacketTimothy Polin
UNSTOPPEDMon Aug 23, 1999Like a drain after a drain cleanerNancy Kavanaugh
YATHINKSat Dec 10, 2011"Isn't that obvious?!"Corey Rubin
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