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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 50,596 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
ANONYMITYMon Dec 14, 1998Fame's oppositeRandy Sowell
APOLOGYCARDSat Nov 29, 2025Part of a make-up routine?Adrian Johnson
BAZOOKABUBBLEGUMTue Jun 19, 2018Candy with a comic, oncePeter Gordon
BELLTENTSun Apr 9, 2023Glamping option named for its shapeJohn Ewbank
BULGESMon Aug 22, 2022Sticks outDoug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel
BUTTERBEERSat Feb 13, 2016Quaff at the Three Broomsticks innPeter Wentz
CBRADIOSSun Jan 7, 2024Gadgets for truckersMichael Schlossberg
CHARMEDSun Sep 12, 2010"___, I'm sure"Paula Gamache
CHICKENORTHEEGGThu Dec 29, 2005Classic paradoxDavid Pringle
COWPOSESat Aug 4, 2018It's performed on hands and knees in yogaSam Trabucco
CUSHINGThu Jun 2, 1994Boston cardinal RichardHarvey Estes
DEEPSPACENINEFri Jun 30, 199590's TV spinoff seriesRich Norris
DEWEYDEFEATSTRUMANSun Mar 9, 2025Chicago Daily Tribune, 11/3/1948Michael Schlossberg
EARLYMASSFri Apr 9, 2010What a priest may say shortly after waking upNed White
ECCESIGNUMWed Oct 24, 2007*Behold the proofPatrick Blindauer
FUNHOUSEMIRRORWed Sep 4, 2024It will change the way you see yourselfKareem Ayas
GIVEAHUGThu Feb 12, 2026Provide comfort, in a way ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred Across cluesKareem Ayas
GRAHAMGREENETue Nov 10, 2015"Dances With Wolves" actor [or] "The Third Man" authorWill Treece
GROUPHUGSTue Nov 4, 2014Many "Family Feud" celebrationsJoel Fagliano
HARDMANSat Jan 26, 2013Mae West reputedly said this "is good to find"Raymond C. Young
IMTOOOLDFORTHISNOWSun Mar 10, 2024"The kids these days have gotten way better than me"Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock
INWARDLYMon Mar 5, 2001Deep downSherry O. Blackard
KCARSSun Mar 13, 20111980s-'90s Chrysler offeringsPatrick Berry
LEADINGSFri Aug 22, 1997Spaces between lines, in printingFrank Longo
LOUIESSun Nov 2, 1997Sarges' superiorsNancy Nicholson Joline
MELBROOKSThu Dec 25, 1997"The Producers" directorA. J. Santora
NECKLETSun Mar 1, 2009Stole, for exampleRobert W. Harris
NOSIDEEFFECTSThu Aug 15, 2019Drugmaker's claim [6]Andrew Zhou
PERSONALSSat Sep 23, 1995Back-of-magazine featureMartin Ashwood-Smith
PLACETOGOThu Jun 30, 2005Guidebook offeringJoe DiPietro
SEWONSTue Feb 8, 2005Some patchesStephen Budiansky
SHORTFALLSat May 14, 2022Unanticipated deficitAda Nicolle
SIDEWAYTue Apr 12, 1994Not a main routeErnie Furtado
SKINTAGFri Jul 25, 2025Harmless growthFritz Juhnke
STATEMOTTOSFri Oct 12, 2018"Hope" and "Friendship," for twoErik Agard and Bruce Haight
TEMPTATIONISLANDWed Nov 29, 2017Early 2000s Fox reality showErik Agard
THELETTEREThu Oct 19, 1995Riddle answerLois Sidway
TOPAZQUARTZFri Sep 28, 2001CitrinePeter Gordon
TOSSOUTWed Aug 2, 2017Offer for consideration ... or remove from considerationBruce Haight
TRUEFALSETESTSSun Jun 21, 2015Exams that students get F's on?Timothy Polin
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