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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 50,626 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
ARMWRESTLERWed Sep 12, 2007Athlete seated at a table, maybeAlan Arbesfeld
ASSISTANTMANAGERWed Jun 10, 2020Second-in-charge, as at a restaurantAmanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau
BRAFITTINGFri Mar 7, 2025Service for someone who needs support?Malaika Handa
BUSPASSSun Mar 5, 2023Commuter's ticketJohn-Clark Levin
CALFSTRETCHWed Nov 8, 2000Pre-marathon routineElizabeth C. Gorski
CENTUPLESat Sep 30, 2017Increase a hundredfoldMary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
COMBOSTue Nov 17, 2020Jazz ensemblesKyle Dolan
CRENELATESat May 23, 2009Furnish with battlements, as a castleDave Tuller
CROWDSOURCEFri Aug 29, 2014Poll Internet users on, perhapsDaniel Raymon
CYLONSSun Oct 31, 2021"Battlestar Galactica" robotsAlex Eaton-Salners
DEARIEMEFri Aug 4, 2006"Heavens to Betsy!"Manny Nosowsky
FORYOURLOVESat Jul 19, 20141965 Yardbirds hitBarry C. Silk
GUNTERGRASSSun Sep 17, 1995JAZZ DRUMMERStanley Newman
GUTTASun Oct 16, 1994Architectural dropRaymond Hamel
HIDDENTEXTTue Aug 16, 2011Invisible writing on a computer screen ... or a component of 18-, 23-, 36- and 52-Across?David Steinberg
HORNEDTOADWed Apr 7, 2021Small, spiny lizardAdrian Johnson
IFITISFri Nov 5, 2004"So what ___?!"Manny Nosowsky
ITSASMALLWORLDFri Feb 6, 2026Iconic Disneyland rideGeoffrey Schorkopf and Rafael Musa
JOHNMAYERWed Dec 14, 2011"No Such Thing" blues rockerTim Croce
LAKESHORECABINTue Jul 1, 2003Summer retreatKaren M. Tracey
LAUGHLINETue Nov 17, 2020Facial wrinkle suggesting a jovial spiritKyle Dolan
LESMISERABLESThu Nov 21, 20241862: 530,000+ wordsKatie Hoody
MUGSHOTFri Dec 20, 2013Picture with a numberIan Livengood
PERRINEFri Jan 1, 2010Valerie of "The Electric Horseman"Brad Wilber
POLIDENTSat Jul 30, 2011Something to clean one's teeth with, maybePatrick Berry
POSTMODERNISMFri May 17, 2013Style of New York's Sony BuildingJosh Knapp
REMODELLINGSun Jun 25, 2006Fixing up a house in BritainJim Page
RESPANSun Feb 18, 2001Cross overDavid J. Kahn
SCHIZOIDSSat Jun 7, 2008Some sufferers of personality disordersKaren M. Tracey
SKYSCRAPERFri Sep 10, 1999Storied localeDana Motley
SMASHINGMon Mar 27, 2023With 45-Across, "Does the name contain a vegetable?" YES. "Is it a band fronted by Billy Corgan?" YES!Simon Marotte and Trenton Lee Stewart
STALLSFORTIMESun Oct 7, 2001Magazine stands?Patrick Berry
STRESSEATSat Jun 29, 2024Down during difficult times?Adrian Johnson and Rafael Musa
TECLAFri Sep 18, 1998Santa ___, El SalvadorFrank Longo
THENIXONSSun Jun 18, 2000Checkers mastersElizabeth C. Gorski
TIMETRIALWed Jul 10, 2024Segment of this puzzle's raceHal Moore
TOONESIDEFri May 25, 2007Way of turningMike Nothnagel
WETNURSESSun Apr 3, 1994Gives excessive care toErnie Furtado
WHITEASASHEETFri May 24, 2002Scared stiff, maybeManny Nosowsky
WIRTSat Mar 9, 19961832 Presidential candidate WilliamR. Norris
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