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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 50,730 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
ALBUMINSat Oct 6, 2012Egg white componentSteve Salitan
ALLTOOTRUEWed Oct 7, 2020"Regrettably, that's the case"Ross Trudeau
ARTTHERAPYSat Apr 21, 2007Psychiatric discipline pioneered by Margaret NaumburgByron Walden
AUSTENITESSat Aug 16, 2025Lovers of "Emma" and "Persuasion"Byron Walden
AUTOMOBILETRUNKSat Oct 8, 2011It's often popped on a shoulderTim Croce
CAROLYNThu Sep 23, 1999John Jr.'s loveBrendan Emmett Quigley
ELUCIDATESSun Nov 30, 2014ClarifiesMatt Ginsberg
ENGELBERTThu Oct 18, 2018German composer HumperdinckErik Agard
FANTASTSSat May 7, 2005VisionariesPatrick Berry
FEDERALGRANTSun Feb 23, 2025Source of some public fundingDaniel Grinberg and Rafael Musa
FEUERSun Mar 24, 1996Eis's counterpartJ. K. Brill
FORDTOCITYDROPDEADSun Mar 9, 2025New York Daily News, 10/30/1975Michael Schlossberg
GIRARDIThu Dec 27, 2018Former Yankees manager JoeMary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
HULKHOGANSat Oct 28, 2006Wrestler once called the "Irresistible Force"David Quarfoot
IONESKYESun Feb 2, 2014John Cusack's co-star in "Say Anything ..."Dick Shlakman and Jeff Chen
KURTWEILLThu Mar 2, 2000Composer born March 2, 1900Frances Hansen
LANOSESun Dec 23, 2012WoollyJoe DiPietro
LASTPAGEFri Nov 24, 2023Where a whodunit may reveal "who done it"Rafael Musa
MANDUCATESWed Nov 16, 2022Chews ... NOT elaborates condescendingly to a femaleJohn Hawksley
NULLISun Sep 18, 1994None: PrefixMerl Reagle
OLIVETREESThu Apr 11, 2024Subjects in a series of van Gogh landscape paintingsDan Caprera
OPENMOUTHEDMon Apr 5, 1999GapingGregory E. Paul
OPENPRIMARIESFri Oct 16, 2015Events with crossover votersJoe Krozel
OVERABOUNDSat Mar 8, 2025More than teemJoe Deeney
PADDLEBOARDThu May 30, 2019Dog ... / Star ...Brandon Koppy
PINPRICKThu Jan 15, 1998Minor annoyanceArthur S. Verdesca
RANSOMNOTESun Sep 20, 2020Message made with cut-out letters, stereotypicallySam Trabucco
RETROSPECTFri Nov 7, 2003Survey of the pastJim Page
ROYALPAINSSun Nov 30, 2014Major annoyancesMatt Ginsberg
SCARAMANGASun Sep 29, 2002The Man With the Golden GunRandolph Ross
SOLDIERANTSSat Apr 4, 2026Protectors of a queenRoyce Ferguson
SOLITARYSun Mar 6, 2005Prison punishmentJohn Greenman
STAROFBETHLEHEMTue Dec 14, 1993Biblical beaconJoel Davajan
SUPERSTORESat Aug 20, 2016One-stop shopping spotMark Diehl
SYNCHSSun Sep 12, 1999Harmonizes, brieflyNancy Scandrett Ross
TIBETANYAKTue Sep 12, 2006Hirsute Himalayan beastJames R. Leeds
VOCALCOACHTue Jun 2, 2020One who helps you hit just the right noteJohn Guzzetta
VULCANSALUTEWed Oct 14, 2020*1st separate, 2nd and 3rd together, and 4th and 5th togetherRich Proulx
WASTEDPOTENTIALFri Oct 11, 2024Underachiever's issueBilly Bratton
WHATOFITTue Nov 10, 2020"You got a problem with that?"Robert Fisher
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