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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 50,349 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
ALVARFri Apr 27, 2012Finnish architect AaltoPatrick Berry
BLACKFORESTHAMSun Mar 12, 2023German deli meat / DiscussionDavid Tuffs
BRAKELIGHTSat Dec 18, 2004One of many seen in stopped trafficDana Motley
BRIDESTOBEThu Aug 10, 2023Ones who've answered "Yes!"Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
CARGOSThu Jan 16, 1997Ships' contentsW. R. Williams
COMPANYCARDSun Oct 19, 2025Business traveler's convenienceDaniel Grinberg
DUFUSThu Feb 2, 2006Jerk: Var.Byron Walden
EXPELLEESat Jul 8, 2006Booted oneBarry C. Silk
FIFTHAVENUETue Aug 4, 2015Fashionable shopping area in New York CityJoel Fagliano
FIRELIGHTThu Mar 13, 2025Burning glowRich Proulx and Simeon Seigel
FLEXILESun Feb 5, 1995TractableFrank A. Longo
FRONTROWSEATSFri Apr 23, 2021Ones best in show?Robyn Weintraub
GEOLOGISTSWed Apr 5, 2017Rock scientistsAlex Eaton-Salners
GETACSun Jul 17, 2022Do OK, academicallyGreg Slovacek
GETSONESIRISHUPFri Mar 11, 2005Becomes angryManny Nosowsky
GETTIREDSat Dec 17, 2011Run downTom Heilman
JUNCTUREMon Jun 4, 2001Critical pointPatrick Jordan
LOSTCAUSESWed Feb 2, 2022They're hopelessMeredith Colton Hazy
LOVERSQUARRELFri Jun 24, 2022Cause of a breakupSophia Maymudes and Margaret Seikel
MAGICMARKERSSun Aug 24, 2025If MERCK, MARS & AIG merged and became an art supplies company, they would sell ___Michael Lieberman
MAKEAMOVESat May 22, 2021Begin flirting with someone, so to speakSid Sivakumar and Matthew Stock
MARYCROSBYSat May 8, 1999She shot Larry Hagman on TVRichard Hughes
MASONEDFri Apr 5, 1996Made with bricksJ. Page
MONEYLOVERMon Sep 21, 2009Miser, e.g.Mark Feldman
NEEDLESSTOSAYSun Apr 18, 2021"As you can imagine ..."Johan Vass
NOBAGGAGESun Mar 7, 1999Absence of emotional complicationsRandolph Ross
PLACESTOGOTue Dec 15, 2009See 17-AcrossSteve Dobis
REWOVENThu Jan 5, 2017Mended, as rugsEd Sessa
RIDDENSat Feb 15, 2025Plagued (by), as guiltDavid P. Williams
SENSITIZEDWed Dec 4, 2013Made more awareDaniel Raymon
SIGNOFBADLUCKWed Jul 24, 200213Eric Berlin
SINESTROSat Mar 19, 2016Green Lantern's archenemyByron Walden
SIRTISSat Feb 3, 1996Marina of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"W. R. Williams
SIXPACKOFBEERTue Jan 21, 2020Party purchase ... or a hint to each circled letter setCarl Larson
SKIPSCHOOLThu Jul 2, 2020Emulate Ferris Bueller ... or a hint to understanding the answers to the starred cluesYacob Yonas and Chad Horner
STERILEGLOVESun Sep 20, 2020Doctor's hand coveringSam Trabucco
STEWOVERFri Mar 18, 2016Fret aboutMichael Wiesenberg
THEOLDVICSat May 1, 2021Historic London venueRyan McCarty
TRIJETSSun Jan 7, 2018Three-engine planesDavid Steinberg
UHUHSSun Nov 20, 1994Casual noesMatt Gaffney
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