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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 50,504 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
ANDNOTSun May 16, 2010ExceptingMatt Ginsberg
BECHETSat Jun 15, 2013Saxophone great SidneyNed White
BRERSSat Dec 11, 2010Backwoods sibsPaula Gamache
CAREERBESTSat Mar 13, 2021High on the job?John Guzzetta
CATSUITSSat Jan 12, 2013Wear for some superheroinesDoug Peterson and Brad Wilber
COMICSANSSat Dec 8, 2018Informal fontTrenton Charlson and David Steinberg
CORSAIRSat Dec 22, 2012PirateTim Croce
CYLONFri Jan 22, 2021Robotic adversary in "Battlestar Galactica"Daniel Larsen
DEFUSEDTue Dec 9, 2025Neutralized, as an explosive situationKate Hawkins
DONTBEEVILFri Nov 22, 2024Google's former mottoSarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa
DOREMIFASOLLATIDOTILASOLFAMIREDOThu Jun 9, 2005Piano exercise for beginnersDavid J. Kahn
DRAWLEDSat Jun 13, 1998Spoke "We-e-ell"?Richard Silvestri
DUSTBUSTERFri Jul 27, 2007Black & Decker offeringJohn R. Conrad
ENDSONASOURNOTESat Mar 7, 2009Doesn't get wrapped up well?Joe Krozel
FARANDWIDESun Jul 12, 2009All overAlan Arbesfeld
GALLEYSLAVEThu Jun 26, 2008"Ben-Hur" extraDavid J. Kahn
GOINSIDESun May 15, 2011Leave the outdoorsCathy Allis
GROMYKOSun Mar 13, 2011Soviet foreign affairs minister during the Cuban missile crisisPatrick Berry
HELLOTHEREFri Oct 18, 1996"Greetings!"M. Gaffney
HOWLERThu Feb 16, 2012ScrewupJim Page
LENDLEASETue Sep 29, 2009War aid program passed by Congress in 1941Paula Gamache
LESSSURETue Oct 31, 2000More skittishBill Zais
LOSTTIMEFri May 21, 2010Something to make up forPatrick Berry
LOWBROWHUMORSun Jan 26, 2003Slapstick, e.g.Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples
NAMENONAMESSat Nov 12, 2022Refuse to squealBilly Bratton
PRECHEWSun Feb 24, 2019Make easier to eat, as an infant's foodErik Agard
RECORDDEALSFri Sep 9, 2022Dreams for aspiring bandsBrandon Koppy
SEEITNOWSat Sep 20, 1997Pioneering 50's news programBob Klahn
SETSONFIRESat Jun 27, 2009LightsTrip Payne
SHANYUSun Oct 4, 2020Villain in 1998's "Mulan"Sam Ezersky
SIZESEVENSun Dec 31, 2000It's smallish, dresswiseElizabeth C. Gorski
SNOWYEGRETSun Apr 20, 2014Bird whose feathers were once prized by millinersElizabeth C. Gorski
SOFACOVERSSat Jul 5, 2025Some stain preventersTracy Bennett
STEERTOSun Jun 8, 2025Point in the direction ofJohn Kugelman
STEPTOSat Dec 11, 2021Confront, in slangHal Moore
STRIPINGSun Dec 15, 2019Pattern on a barber poleChristina Iverson and Jeff Chen
TARGETAREASWed Nov 3, 2021Places to focus onDan Harris
TOADFISHSat Jan 23, 2010Grunting, slimy-skinned swimmerKaren M. Tracey
TOEBEANSun Mar 6, 2022Pink pad on a paw, in slangMatthew Stock and Will Nediger
TOHITThu Jul 10, 1997In French it's frapperMatt Gaffney
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