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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 50,526 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
ALERTEDTOSun Nov 24, 2019Given a heads-up aboutFrank Longo
ANSWERTHEPHONEWed Jan 18, 202359-Across from an anxious caller?Lindsay McBride
BESTLAIDSun Oct 12, 1997Like Burns's "schemes o' mice an' men"Nancy Salomon
BLESSERSSun Dec 16, 2012Priests, at timesMatt Ginsberg
BLUEBOYSun Jun 2, 2013Thomas Gainsborough masterpiece, with "The"Elizabeth C. Gorski
BOURDAINThu May 26, 2022Anthony of "Parts Unknown"Jonathan M. Kaye
CAMETOGRIPSWITHFri Mar 15, 1996Shook hands?A. J. Santora
CAMOPANTSTue Sep 5, 2017Military bottoms, informallyMichelle Kenney and Jeff Chen
CHEESEBOARDMon Aug 11, 2025Cocktail party staple that may contain the ends of 17-, 25-, 38-, 42- and 55-AcrossRebecca Goldstein
CUTLASSSUPREMEWed May 31, 1995Olds modelJonathan Schmatzbach
GOOGLEABLETue Dec 16, 2025Easily found on the internet, sayJason Reich
HALFDEADWed Feb 9, 2011How a hangover sufferer might feelVictor Barocas
HOMEDINFri Mar 22, 2013Bore down (on)Tim Croce
ITAKETHATBACKThu Nov 9, 2017Words of retractionBruce Haight
LATERBROSat Jan 11, 2025"Peace, dude!"Ryan McCarty
LIBRARYPAGESun Sep 9, 2012... and 86-Across: "focused on improving circulation"Kevin G. Der
MISMARKMon May 25, 2020Place an "X" in the wrong spot on, sayAndrea Carla Michaels and Victor Barocas
MISOGYNYSat Aug 14, 2021What antifeminism is a direct expression of, per Andrea DworkinNam Jin Yoon
NOAPOLOGIESFri Dec 8, 2023"Stop complaining. I didn't do anything wrong"Robert Logan
OFFTOWARSun Apr 13, 2003Where soldiers goCharles Deber
PIRATEEARRINGSWed May 24, 2006Start of a sign in a costume storeAdam G. Perl
PORCUPINEFISHSun Dec 21, 2025Prickly denizen of coral reefsDavid Kwong
PUKINGSat Dec 28, 2024First trimester woe, informallySam Berriman
READALOUDSat Feb 25, 2023Like many children's storiesTrent H. Evans
RIDDICKBOWEMon Aug 15, 1994Ex-heavyweight champFred Piscop
SENDFORFri Jun 5, 2015SummonJames Mulhern
SHOEPRINTFri Aug 28, 2020One might be left in the dustKate Hawkins
SMASHINSun Jan 21, 2024Break, as a windowJohn Westwig
SNAPCHATFRIENDSSat Sep 8, 2018Ones sharing some shotsAndrew J. Ries
SNAZZIESTSun Dec 14, 2003Maximally chi-chiElizabeth C. Gorski
SUBLETTERWed Feb 24, 2016Renter from a renterRuth Bloomfield Margolin
SUDANESESun Dec 31, 2017Neighbors of EgyptiansJohn Lampkin
SWABBIEWed Jul 28, 2021Low-ranking sailorAlex Rosen and Brad Wilber
THENOTORIOUSRBGTue Jun 30, 2020Tongue-in-cheek nickname for 54-AcrossZachary David Levy
TWISTMYARMMon Oct 12, 1998"Make me do it"Richard Chisholm
UPRISINGSThu Jul 21, 2005RevoltsPatrick Blindauer
VENUSESFri Nov 18, 2005Beautiful womenManny Nosowsky
WALTZESSat May 17, 2008Moves briskly and easilyMike Nothnagel
WENTBARHOPPINGThu Aug 4, 2011Painted the town red, in a way ... or successfully completed this puzzle?David J. Kahn
WILBURSun Nov 30, 2025Literary runt of the litterNatan Last
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