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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 50,525 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
ACVFri Nov 25, 1994Hovercraft, for shortDaniel R. Stark
ALIGHTSFri Nov 3, 1995DescendsDavid J. Kahn
ALLSWELLMon Jul 31, 2006"Things are fine "Elizabeth C. Gorski
ASSISTINGWed Mar 7, 2001Aide's jobNoah Dephoure
BASHOSat May 19, 2012Poet credited with popularizing haikuPatrick Berry
BEATTHERAPWed Jul 10, 2013Escape convictionEd Sessa
BIBLIOWed Jan 19, 2005Book lover's prefixLeonard Williams
CANDLEINTHEWINDWed Nov 5, 1997Diana tributeA. J. Santora
CREPEYSat Jan 30, 2016Saggy and crinkledSamuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber
DEACONJONESThu Apr 20, 1995Religious Rams end?Raymond Hamel
GARDENPARTYWed Nov 16, 2011Outdoor affairGary Cee
GINANDTONICWed Jun 22, 2016What NOTICING can anagram toFred Piscop
GREENCHEESETue Jul 4, 2023Moon's makeup, fancifullyBarbara Lin
ICANTSTOPFri Apr 14, 2023Addict's plaintBilly Bratton and Clay Haddock
IDIOSYNCRASYSat Jun 14, 2014Kojak's love of lollipops or Reagan's love of jellybeans, e.g.Alex Vratsanos
IWILLSOThu Dec 12, 2019Insistent comebackAlex Eaton-Salners
JETHROTULLMon Feb 27, 2012Group with the 1971 3x platinum album "Aqualung"Bill Thompson
MUDSLIDESTue Mar 26, 2002Malibu menacesNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
ORESTSun Jun 19, 1994"Elektra" baritoneNancy Scandrett Ross
OXTONGUEFri Aug 26, 2011Kind of stewBrendan Emmett Quigley
PARISMAINEWed Jan 7, 2009Birthplace of Vice President Hannibal HamlinWilliam Frank Macreery
PASSAMILESTONETue Jan 24, 2023Go through one of life's significant momentsAaron M. Rosenberg and Jeff Chen
PIQUANTMon Jan 1, 2018Pleasingly tangyMatthew Sewell
REDIVIDESun Dec 12, 2004Multiply like an amoebaLee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
ROSEMILKWed Sep 4, 2024Floral bubble tea flavoringKareem Ayas
SCARIFYSun Feb 13, 2005Severely criticizeDaniel C. Bryant
SEWINGONSat Feb 28, 2004Attaching, in a wayByron Walden
SHIRELLESFri Apr 29, 2022"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" group, with "the"Erica Hsiung Wojcik
SHOTINTHEDARKTue Jun 14, 1994Night photographer's work, with "a"?Jonathan Schmatzbach
SMOKEUPSat Sep 2, 2000Opposite of "make clear"Rich Norris
SOUPDUJOURFri Apr 3, 2009Restaurant specialJohn Farmer
STUFFYSun Feb 5, 1995PompousFrank A. Longo
TEABASKETFri Jul 1, 2005Picnic container in BritainBrendan Emmett Quigley
TEENWOLFSun Jul 9, 2017Movie starring Michael J. Fox as a lycanthropeWill Nediger
THEMASTERSSat Jun 6, 2015Annual Augusta eventJason Flinn
TITLEDEEDSat Jun 27, 2020Monopoly card with property infoRyan Mccarty
TOORICHFORMYBLOODThu Jan 24, 2019"I'm out"Stu Ockman
VAGUEIDEASat Jun 18, 2022InklingBrooke Husic
WIDEOUTSun Jan 21, 2024Football receiverJohn Westwig
WORThu Nov 25, 1999Flagship station of the old Mutual Broadcasting SystemDavid J. Kahn
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