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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 50,653 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
ACCUTANESat Dec 26, 2015Dermatological drug withdrawn by Roche in 2009James Mulhern
ACTINICSun Mar 15, 2015Like light that causes chemical changeDan Feyer
APPLECRUMBLETue Aug 18, 2009Relative of a certain cobblerTony Orbach
BEERHATSWed Sep 13, 2023Wearable party gear with built-in strawsGuilherme Gilioli
BINGEREADSun Oct 29, 2023Stay up all night finishing a book, maybe (GABARDINE)Alina Abidi
BONNERSat Nov 20, 2010Yelena ___, Soviet dissident and wife of Andrei SakharovJoe DiPietro
BRYANADAMSSun Feb 14, 1999Singer with an Oscar-nominated song from "Robin Hood"Elizabeth Gorski
CONVOYSun Mar 31, 2019Travel groupAndrew J. Ries
COPESTONEFri Feb 28, 1997Crowning point on a buildingBob Klahn
DIENESun Feb 13, 2000Compound with two double bondsBill Zais
DISORDERLYSat Mar 3, 2012ChaoticByron Walden
DOGTVTue Feb 13, 2024Streaming channel sometimes shown at grooming salons and veterinarians' officesPeter Gordon
DRIVELEDSun Mar 10, 1996Talked childishlyF. & L. Sabin
DROPPERSun Nov 19, 2000Baster, basicallyCathy Millhauser
EXPANSIONTue Mar 2, 2021Increase in the number of teams in a league, e.g.Ross Trudeau
FLEAPITFri Jul 11, 2003Run-down theaterPatrick Berry
GENESAKSSat Mar 23, 2002"The Odd Couple" directorAdam Cohen
HYSONSFri May 18, 2018Some Chinese teasRyan McCarty
IONTVFri Jul 27, 2018Broadcast network originally known as PaxBruce Haight
LASERMOUSESat May 28, 2011Optical tool for a computer userDavid Quarfoot
LATINROOTThu Mar 20, 2025The word "aquarium" has oneDaniel Grinberg
METOPERASun Sep 14, 2025Renowned N.Y.C. venue for divasDaniel Grinberg
MILITANTSTue Jul 2, 2002Black Panthers, e.g.John R. Conrad
MIMICRYWed Jun 11, 1997ImitationRich Norris
MODERNHUMORISTSun Apr 26, 2009Comedy webzine founded in 2000Trip Payne
MOUSEYMon Jul 5, 2021Dull brown, as hairPeter Gordon
NOSIRREEBOBSun Apr 1, 2001Turndown #1Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon
OLDCASTLESat Sep 7, 2002English martyr Sir John, the model for Shakespeare's FalstaffPatrick Berry
OTTOOCTAVIUSSun Nov 2, 2008Tentacled enemy of 115-AcrossElizabeth C. Gorski
QUIPUSat Jul 5, 2025Record-keeping device made of strings and knotsTracy Bennett
REPEATEDLYSat Nov 1, 201456 x 42Trip Payne
SELLSFORASONGMon Jul 19, 2004Practically gives awayNancy Salomon and Kendall Twigg
SHIPBOUNDWed Jul 24, 2002Stuck on boardEric Berlin
SIDESWIPEDFri Mar 10, 2017Went door to door?Pawel Fludzinski
STALENESSSun Sep 7, 2003It may leave a bad tasteAlan Arbesfeld
STRAIGHTLACEDFri Mar 4, 1994In her corset, actress Beatrice was _____Betty Jorgensen
SUDDENLYSun Jan 18, 2004By surpriseArlan and Linda Bushman
TERRAINSSat May 12, 2007TractsRich Norris
THEREDPLANETSun Jun 27, 2021MarsRoss Trudeau and Lindsey Hobbs
THESTARRREPORTThu Oct 14, 1999Much-discussed 1998 documentJoe DiPietro
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