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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 50,891 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
AFRICANASun Oct 16, 2011Ashanti wood carvings, e.g.Joel Fagliano
ANGORACATSSat Mar 13, 2021Pets that commonly have different-colored eyes, such as one blue and one amberJohn Guzzetta
ANSWERLESSFri Dec 23, 1994Pleading the FifthFrank A. Longo
BEACHGOERTue Jul 23, 2013One packing up the answers to the seven starred clues, maybeJean O'Conor
BEKNIGHTSun Jan 30, 2005Dub "sir"Derrick Niederman
BOLSTERUPSat Jan 31, 2004Support, redundantlyByron Walden
BUGSPRAYERSWed Aug 7, 2002Insect's bedtime ritual?Randolph Ross
COFFEEKLATCHSun Apr 16, 2000Gossip-filled gathering, typicallyElizabeth C. Gorski
COUNTYSEATMon Apr 5, 2021*Home of many a courthouseZhouqin Burnikel
COURTINJUNCTIONSun Jun 14, 2015Municipal building located where major roads intersect?Randolph Ross
DEBITEDFri Jan 16, 2004ChargedManny Nosowsky
EATCAKEMon Feb 6, 2017What Marie Antoinette supposedly said to "let them" doAndy Hinz
ERGOTICSat Dec 7, 1996Like some alkaloidsR. H. Burns
FLAMERESISTANTWed Nov 19, 1997Like some Halloween costumesElizabeth C. Gorski
HEYLOOKThu May 12, 1994"Lo!" modern-styleA.J. Santora
HONEYNUTCHEERIOSSun Aug 16, 1998General Mills cerealBrendan Emmett Quigley
JULIETAYMORTue Jun 11, 2019Director of 23-Down on BroadwayDavid J. Kahn
LACKSPOTENTIALThu Jul 20, 2006Isn't likely to succeedKevin McCann
LADIESTEESTue Mar 29, 2016What red markers may indicate on 59-AcrossesPeter A. Collins
LEADINGASTRAYSun Aug 1, 1999Walking the dogie?Randolph Ross
OBSERVANTSun May 19, 1996DEV*C. M. Deber
PAREDOWNSat Sep 19, 2020Streamline, maybeRobyn Weintraub
PENALTYSHOTSWed Jan 25, 2023Sports bar purchases?Nancy Serrano-Wu
POUTINESSat Mar 12, 2022Popular dishes in Québécois cuisineNatan Last
PREDATORDRONESWed Mar 18, 2015Aircraft in modern airstrikesTimothy Polin
PULLAPARTThu Nov 5, 2020RendJeremy Newton
PUNSTERTue Feb 27, 2007Ogden Nash, notablyAllan E. Parrish
RATIONSOUTWed Jul 27, 2011Distributes stingilyBill Thompson
REFEDSun Aug 1, 2010Served seconds, sayBrendan Emmett Quigley
REVAMPSSun Jul 16, 2017OverhaulsAndrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller
ROPETRICKMon Oct 21, 2024Cowboy's feat with a lassoNeil Padrick Wilson
SALTMININGSun Jun 29, 2014Enterprise for MortonByron Walden
SHEASSun Sep 4, 1994Skating gold medalist John et al.Wayne Robert Williams
SIXYEAROLDSFri Apr 7, 2017Many first gradersPatrick Berry
SLIPSLOPTue Sep 23, 2014TwaddleGerry Wildenberg
SNIFFEDFri Mar 17, 2023Examined, as a dog mightCarter Cobb
STALECEREALWed Apr 17, 2019Menu item #1: A bowlful of Cap'n Crunch that's been on top of the fridge for four yearsAlison Ohringer and Erik Agard
SUMMARIZEDFri Nov 9, 2001DigestedChuck Menning
TRAMPASThu Dec 27, 2001"The Virginian" rolePatrick Berry
UPSTANDINGSun Mar 19, 2000DRY CLEAN ___ ORDER FORMGreg Staples
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