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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 50,871 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
ABSOLUTVODKAMon Sep 5, 2011Swedish liquor with memorable adsPatrick Merrell
BLOWERTue Aug 29, 2023Leaf ___ (fall tool)Michèle Govier
BLOWITFri Mar 29, 2024Spoil everythingJake Bunch
CALMDOWNMon Feb 11, 2019"Chill out!"Howard Barkin
CHAPBOOKFri Jan 29, 1999Old-fashioned readingEmily Cox and Henry Rathvon
CHORTLESSat May 21, 1994Shows gleeCharles E. Gersch
COMPUTERCRASHTue Jun 7, 2022What the "spinning beach ball of death" might indicateCarly Schuna
CROWDPLEASERSSun Mar 18, 2012Widely popular shows, sayMike Nothnagel and Byron Walden
EXPECTEDLYMon May 23, 2016As predictedOri Brian
FALSEGODThu Apr 7, 2005IdolPatrick Merrell
FOGERTYSat Oct 21, 2000John who sang "Jambalaya"Bob Klahn
HEARSESTue Aug 14, 2018Funeral vehiclesAndy Kravis and Erik Agard
HUTMENTSat Apr 23, 2005Group of rude dwellingsPatrick Berry
IMPRESARIOFri May 4, 2018One who gets the show on the roadMichael Hawkins
INTHEBEGINNINGThu Jan 12, 2006Biblical openingKyle Mahowald
ITSANOBRAINERThu Oct 28, 2021Reason the zombies are, of course, skipping the empty house?Alan Massengill
KEVINDURANTSat Oct 11, 20142014 N.B.A. M.V.P.Evans Clinchy
MAKISat Nov 23, 2024Sushi roll wrapped in seaweedRyan McCarty
MAMANSTue Jan 10, 1995Marseille momsChristopher Page
MOLLYBLOOMThu Oct 12, 1995She has the last word in 24 DownChristopher Hurt
NETGAINSSat Aug 7, 1999Stockholders like to see themTrip Payne
NOLTESWed Jul 29, 2009Actor Nick and familyTim Wescott
OUTMANSSat Feb 16, 2002Has more troops thanFrank Longo
POOLSTICKThu Jan 16, 1997CueW. R. Williams
POORBOXSun Apr 13, 2025Container for almsJohn Kugelman
POORYOUSat May 27, 2023Sarcastic response to a first-world-problem complaintSamuel Smalley
RECIDIVATESat Mar 9, 1996Fall backR. Norris
REFASTENTue Jan 25, 1994Double-check the seat beltsJoel Davajan
RESIZERSat Jan 12, 2002One enlarging pictures, sayBrendan Emmett Quigley
SACREDCOWSFri Feb 20, 1998They are beyond reproachManny Nosowsky
SOUGHEDSun Apr 4, 1999Murmured softlyRichard Silvestri
SPEEDREADSat Aug 5, 2017Get through lines quicklyDavid Phillips
SPYPLANESSat Nov 29, 2025High-level intelligence assets?Adrian Johnson
STANDDOWNTue Jan 2, 2024Cease fighting [Opposite of 61-Across?]Jeffrey Martinovic
STRINESun Apr 21, 2019Broad Australian accent, informallyGrant Thackray
THESILVERSCREENFri Apr 12, 1996MoviesM. Nosowsky
TICONDEROGASat Mar 12, 1994Historic site of 1775Rand H. Burns
TITOVSun Apr 29, 2012Gherman ___, cosmonaut who was the second human to orbit the earthTracy Gray
VERBENASun Jun 12, 1994Fragrant garden plantFrances Hansen
WOODROTSat Jun 7, 2025Corruption below deck, perhapsBlake Slonecker
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