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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 50,634 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
ABNERYOKUMSat May 10, 2003Daisy loverBob Klahn
ADDEDCOMPLEXITYSun Jan 19, 2025Rocket science + brain surgeryEmily Sharp and Kunal Nabar
ALTOCLEFFri Dec 1, 2017Viola staff starterLily Silverstein
BANKBALANCETue Jul 24, 2012A.T.M. printoutAndrew Marc Greene
BATTLEOFTHESINAIMon Oct 1, 2018Yom Kippur War clashChuck Deodene
BURSTATTHESEAMSWed Jun 13, 2018Not be contained anymoreMichael Hawkins
CATENASat Oct 21, 2000Connected seriesBob Klahn
CDSTANDThu Sep 17, 2020Music holder before cloud storageSimeon Seigel
CHENIERSat May 31, 1997Guillotined French poet Andre de ___Frank Longo
CLEANUPYOURROOMMon Aug 21, 2006Parental demand #2Elayne Cantor
COLLEGESTUDENTSun Mar 26, 2000This rises by degreesManny Nosowsky
CONSIDERSMon Sep 16, 2019Takes under advisementAmanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau
DEFINERSun Oct 25, 2009Noah Webster, for oneBrendan Emmett Quigley
DISCOUNTEDTue Oct 28, 2014Not full-priceAndrea Carla Michaels
FILLANEEDSun Sep 10, 2023Photographer's setting DETOUR: Come in handyAdam Wagner
FOREIGNMINISTERSat Dec 14, 2013Part of a French cabinetMartin Ashwood-Smith
FRENCHKISSMon Apr 8, 19961995 Kline-Ryan comedyS. B. Whitten
GETSSQUAREWITHSat Oct 2, 2004Pays all that is owedDavid J. Kahn
HAUNTEDHOUSEMon Aug 14, 2000Where to get scaredNancy Kavanaugh
IODEVICEFri Oct 19, 2018PC modem or driveTrenton Charlson
LACKOFEELINGThu Sep 7, 2000What pollution in the Sargasso Sea may lead to?Manny Nosowsky
LINGAMSat Jun 3, 2023Phallic object worshiped as a symbol of ShivaJohn Westwig
NANOTECHFri Feb 18, 2022Small-scale study, for shortAimee Lucido
PBSSHOWFri Jul 27, 2018"Nature" or "Frontline"Bruce Haight
PEPPERPOTTSMon Sep 26, 2016*Iron Man's love interestTimothy Polin
PLUMJOBSat Dec 2, 2017Coveted positionMark Diehl
POINTOFORDERSat Jun 14, 2014Call for a meeting?Alex Vratsanos
PSYCHOANALYSTTue Apr 12, 2022Dream job?Dan Schoenholz
RADIOADSFri Nov 16, 2001Spots that aren't seenElizabeth C. Gorski
REDALDERSSun Sep 14, 2025Trees native to the YukonDaniel Grinberg
REDBREASTWed Nov 6, 1996RobinM. E. Skolsky
RESPIRATORYSYSTEMSun Oct 11, 2020Means of breathingGary Larson
ROOKIEMISTAKEFri Oct 28, 2022Something a veteran won't makeWill Nediger
SHUTTLESSun Feb 16, 2025Atlantis and othersJohn Kugelman
SILVERBULLETSFri Mar 18, 2016Miraculous solutionsMichael Wiesenberg
SPARETHEDETAILSSat Jun 30, 2012Not subject someone to a blow-by-blowTim Croce
STLAWRENCEThu Aug 6, 1998Thousand Islands localeFran and Lou Sabin
UNSHIPThu May 13, 1999Take off the steamerRich Norris
WAKAFLOCKAFLAMEWed May 24, 2023Rapper with the 2010 hit "No Hands"Kavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris
WINEGOBLETSSun Jan 19, 2003They have feet and stemsEric Berlin
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