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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 50,660 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
AIRFONESun May 25, 2003In-flight calling aidDavid J. Kahn
ASCERTAINSTue Oct 9, 2001DeterminesPeter Gordon
ASHOTINTHEDARKTue Oct 21, 2025Wild guess ... or what 19-, 24- and 41-Across let you take?Spencer Leach
ASKFORMESun Aug 5, 2007Personal offer to helpCaroline Leong
BOXEDINMon May 16, 1994TrappedEd Pegg Jr.
BUFFOONWed Apr 2, 2025GoofballDaniel Bodily
BULLSEYEThu Jan 24, 2008*Shoot perfectlyMatt Ginsberg
BYRESun Oct 6, 1996Yorkshire cow shedR. Max Hopkins
CHIGNONSMon Jan 20, 2025Hair knots with a French nameKatie Byl and Jeff Chen
DJKHALEDTue Mar 19, 2019Singer with the 2010 3x platinum single "All I Do Is Win" [10,11]Daniel Larsen
ELITESQUADSun Apr 25, 2021SWAT team or Navy SEAL group, e.g.Jeremy Newton
EVAPORATORSun Feb 11, 1996Fridge deviceHarvey Estes
FBITRUESun Aug 17, 2025Paramount+ docuseries with real-life crime storiesAmsay Ezersky
FLECHEFri Feb 6, 2015Fencing move that means "arrow" in FrenchKyle Mahowald
FORFEITEDGAMESun Dec 28, 2014Li____ntJoe Krozel
HAZARDPAYWed Mar 31, 2004Bomb squad's compensation, sayRandy Sowell
HETAERASat Sep 10, 1994Courtesan of ancient AtticaRand H. Burns
ITAKETHATBACKThu Nov 9, 2017Words of retractionBruce Haight
JEEVESSun Jan 8, 2017Valet in P. G. Wodehouse storiesPeter Broda and Erik Agard
KERPLUNKSSun Oct 4, 2015Sounds of fall?Jeremy Newton
LOCALTVFri May 15, 2015Public access channel, e.g.David Phillips
MACULATue Nov 11, 2014Eye part subject to degenerationJames Mulhern
MAKEACAMEOThu Oct 30, 2025Show up unannounced?Howard Neuthaler
MENUPAGESSat Apr 7, 2018They're flipped at dinersMark Diehl
MMHMMSun Apr 18, 2021Vowelless "yes"Johan Vass
MOSQUITONETFri Sep 27, 2024Debugging soft wear?Jake Bunch
MUDHENSFri Nov 23, 2012Minor-league team of ToledoPatrick Berry
NOFORThu May 29, 1997Can't take ___ an answerGilbert H. Ludwig
OPPORTUNESat Jan 26, 2008HappyKaren M. Tracey
OWEITTOThu Jun 26, 2025Must giveSimeon Seigel
PARTYDIPSat Oct 6, 2012Salsa, saySteve Salitan
PATRIOTMISSILESun Jul 13, 1997Shell shot at a Harrisburg newspaper?Fred Piscop
PEPPERMARTINTue Dec 13, 2005Seasoned baseball player?Roy Leban
PRUEWed Apr 12, 2023Celebrity chef ___ LeithOlivia Mitra Framke and Brooke Husic
PUFFINBOOKSMon Oct 29, 2018Children's publisher whose name includes a black-and-white animalPeter Gordon
REZIPFri Jul 12, 2024Close again, as a piece of luggageMalaika Handa
SAFEENVIRONMENTWed Jul 22, 2020People are protected when they're in itPeter A. Collins
THECELLSun Oct 5, 20082000 Jennifer Lopez thrillerByron Walden
VERACRUZTue May 29, 2001Film starring 60-Across, 1954Frances Hansen
VOICEMAILSat May 28, 1994Modern messagesGerald R. Ferguson
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