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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 50,390 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
ALLNETSun Jun 23, 2019Like a swished basketball shotDavid Liben-Nowell and Victor Barocas
ARTICULARFri May 8, 1998Of jointsHarvey Estes
BILINGUALTue Aug 29, 2006Like many immigrantsDavid Pringle
BROADSWORDSun Aug 16, 1998Excalibur, e.g.Brendan Emmett Quigley
BUSYBODYWed Apr 5, 2006ButtinskyPatrick Merrell
BYPLAYTue Jun 14, 2011Incidental activityDoug Peterson and Angela Olson Halsted
CHOPPEDSALADSun Sep 27, 2020Food depicted cryptically at 49-AcrossAlex Eaton-Salners
DESTINATIONMOONWed Oct 25, 19951950's science fiction filmLarry Nargi
DREAMHOUSEWed Jul 26, 2023Ideal place to liveMary Crane
ELDERBERRYSun Jul 24, 2016Fruit used in wines and syrupsDavid Steinberg
ENBANCDECISIONSWed May 25, 2011Some Court of Appeals workJeff Dubner
EXCISINGMon Oct 31, 2016Removing surgicallyPeter A. Collins
HATONSun Jan 11, 2009Hang one's ___ (trust in)David J. Kahn
HAWAIIANCROONERMon Dec 25, 2000HOAdam G. Perl
ICHINGCOINSWed Jul 3, 2024Metal detectors?Juliana Tringali Golden
ILLCATCHUPFri Jul 4, 2025"Go on ahead"Colin Adams
IMMELTINGThu Dec 7, 199537 Across from a witchMichael S. Maurer
IMPRINTEDFri Sep 17, 1999Like many a cover titlePatrick D. Berry
INTURMOILSun Jun 13, 2021AgitatedStephen McCarthy
KERRISTRUGSun Dec 23, 20121996 Olympian noted for performing on an injured ankleJoe DiPietro
LABELLEDSun Jul 4, 2021Identified, in IpswichHoward Barkin
LINUSPAULINGThu Apr 28, 20051962 Peace NobelistElizabeth C. Gorski
MASSAGESONESEGOFri Jan 18, 2013Does some flatteringTim Croce
MITGRADUATETue Dec 5, 2006*Engineer from CambridgeKenneth J. Berniker
MIXEDREVIEWSSun Sep 20, 2020*, *** and *****, saySam Trabucco
NINETOSIXSat Sep 26, 1998Long hoursJerry Ferguson
OLIVEPITSat Dec 12, 2020Tapenade discardSid Sivakumar and Brooke Husic
PARTHENONFRIEZEWed Apr 14, 2010It's a relief in AthensJonah Kagan
PUNKERSSun Oct 25, 2009Some Warped Tour attendeesBrendan Emmett Quigley
SECONDMANASSASTue Aug 9, 1994Battle in which Lee defeated PopeJonathan Schmatzbach
SIMULIUSun Jul 6, 2025Star of Marvel's first film with an Asian-led castZhou Zhang and Kevin Curry
SITSHIVASat Feb 15, 2020Mourn, in a wayRandolph Ross
SLIMCHANCEThu Mar 23, 2017What a long shot hasSandy Ganzell
STURGEONSThu Apr 15, 2021Once-plentiful endangered fish nicknamed "Albany beef"Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ben Zimmer
THREEBSSun Dec 31, 2000Bach, Beethoven and BrahmsElizabeth C. Gorski
TROYERFri Jan 16, 2009Verne of Austin Powers filmsMike Nothnagel
WALKSTHEDOGSat Nov 4, 2023Yo-yos, in a wayDavid P. Williams
WEDDEDTOThu Nov 6, 1997Completely sold onNancy Salomon
WIDEOUTSSun Apr 3, 2022Offensive football positionsByron Walden
WORKINPROGRESSMon Sep 4, 2000Piece of unfinished businessElizabeth C. Gorski
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