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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 50,781 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
AGISTFri Mar 9, 2007Feed for a fee, as cattleRandolph Ross
ASSESSASSun Nov 28, 2010DeemJeremy Newton
BADTHINGSat Apr 6, 2024DemeritByron Walden
BUFFOONWed Apr 2, 2025GoofballDaniel Bodily
CATASTROPHEWed Jul 21, 2010DisasterOliver Hill
CLARESThu Mar 20, 1997Luce and othersA. J. Santora
COLLEGEPREPSun Nov 24, 2019A.P. courses, e.g.Frank Longo
CRISPINSun Nov 14, 1999Patron saint of shoemakersLloyd E. Pollet
FATTIRESun Jun 11, 2023Beer brand with a bicycle in its logoSam Ezersky
FIRSTSTEPFri Dec 13, 2019It's a startLeslie Rogers
GOODCHARLOTTEFri Apr 5, 2013Pop punk band with the 2002 triple-platinum album "The Young and the Hopeless"Peter Wentz
HARVEYDENTTue Jul 31, 2012Gotham district attorney who becomes Batman's nemesis Two-FaceMichael Sharp
HASSOCKSSat Apr 18, 2026Relatives of ottomansJesse Cohn
HEDGEHOPMon Mar 4, 2002Fly a crop dusterRandall J. Hartman
HICKEYTue Jan 27, 1998Kiss markManny Nosowsky
IFTHESHOEFITSSun Sep 9, 2007*"It's true, like it or not"Patrick Berry
INKLINGSFri Feb 6, 1998Vague notionsWayne Robert Williams
IRUETHEDAYFri Oct 4, 2019Expression of regretMatthew Sewell
LAPCATSTue Jan 13, 2026Pet sitters?Nate Hall
MAKEACONFESSIONFri Jun 30, 2000AcknowledgeMartin Ashwood-Smith
MELDINGSat Apr 19, 2014Putting one's cards on the table, in a wayStu Ockman
MERRYANDREWSat Jun 20, 2009ClownBrad Wilber
NEWSRACKSSun Nov 19, 2023Things behind the Times?Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi
NIGHTCOURTWed Sep 22, 2004Popular 80's-90's TV sitcomDavid J. Kahn
ONENOTRUMPFri Jun 13, 1997Bridge openingBob Klahn
OPTSOUTOFSat Mar 22, 2008Steps away fromByron Walden
ORIENTALRUGFri Jan 20, 1995PersianManny Nosowsky
OUTLAWRYMon Sep 11, 2006Criminal activityLynn Lempel
PLAYSWITHFIREThu Mar 12, 2015Risks disasterEllen Leuschner and Jeff Chen
PRICEGOUGETue Sep 26, 2006Earn windfall profits, perhapsRandall J. Hartman
PURSERSSat Dec 6, 2003They may hold money for passengersCraig Kasper
RAUCHThu Sep 22, 2011Jon ___, at 6'11" the tallest player in Major League Baseball historyJeff Dubner
SHARPSETSun Dec 11, 2011Fixed at an acute angleTimothy Polin
SILESIAThu Aug 1, 2002Oder regionWilliam I. Johnston
SLAMBIDSat Oct 11, 2025Ambitious tactic in bridgeSam Ezersky
SWEATOFONESBROWTue Dec 12, 2000Hard laborNick Grivas
SWEEPSECONDHANDSat Jun 2, 2001It's in the same position every minuteJim Page
THEGOBLETOFFIRESat Apr 19, 2014Harry Potter series partStu Ockman
WHITEROCKFri Aug 11, 2000American chicken varietyJoe DiPietro
WONDERBREADTue Aug 22, 2023Royalties from Stevie's "Superstition"?Jay Silverman
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