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. They're so rare that each of them appears only in a single puzzle. Not all these words make sense. Some of them are unique because they're part of some wacky theme. Some are errors that don't fit the standard Across Lite format. There are 43,255 unique answer words in the database.

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WordDateClueAuthor
ASPERA Sun 8/4/2002"Ad Astra per ___" (Kansas' motto)Robert Malinow
BACKUPCOPY Sun 10/28/2001YPOCMichael Ashley
BAMBOOS Thu 10/31/1996Furniture materialsL. Sidway
BITINGPESTS Wed 1/2/2002They're hidden in 21-, 31- and 40-AcrossSarah Keller
BIVALVE Thu 11/20/1997Oyster, e.g.Raymond Hamel
DANCES Sat 9/10/1994Flings of a sortRand H. Burns
DRYABLE Fri 12/23/2005Not permanently wetManny Nosowsky
EVERO Tue 3/22/1994"It's true," in TorinoStephanie Spadaccini
FIGUREAFINECUT Sun 4/20/2003Calculate good commissions?Bill Zais
FIRSTDAY Sun 3/12/2000Like some coversElizabeth C. Gorski
GEORGERSHWIN Wed 3/25/1998Consolidated composer?Gene Newman
GOSLOW Wed 8/8/2001CreepSam Bellotto Jr.
GROUNDRUNNING Thu 1/24/2008*Get off to a quick startMatt Ginsberg
HALLPASS Sun 8/21/2005Slip out of classByron Walden
HEYSAILOR Sat 8/26/1995Call at port?Joe DiPietro
HIMSELF Sat 7/14/2007Word in a documentary's creditsVictor Fleming
HONEYBS Sat 5/3/2008Nectar collectorsPatrick Berry
HOPENOT Tue 6/13/1995Wish otherwiseTrip Payne
LADIESFIRST Fri 9/16/2005Opening statement?Craig Kasper
LEGACY Sun 12/21/2003InheritanceFrances Hansen
LINKED Wed 2/4/2009Like some sausages and Web sitesPaula Gamache
LIZZIE Mon 7/21/1997Tin ___Gregory E. Paul
MOONEYED Sun 10/20/1996Patently amazedR. Ross
NATURALFOOD Sun 4/16/2000Chemical-free fareElizabeth C. Gorski
PENNPOINT Wed 7/1/1998Erie lighthouse locale?Fred Piscop
REAGENTS Sun 12/5/1993Lab testersManny Nosowsky
REGRETTERS Sat 4/14/2007They'd like to take things backSherry O. Blackard
SANJUAN Sun 2/15/2004Western Hemisphere city founded in 1521Derrick Niederman
SEIZESON Sun 4/4/2004Takes hold of quicklyManny Nosowsky
SGTBILKO Sat 6/4/2005Central figure at the fictional Ft. BaxterByron Walden
SHUTTER Sat 11/19/1994"Eye" openerBrett Blaylock
SNAKEIS Sat 5/3/2008Two, in a wayPatrick Berry
STOPLIGHTCOLORS Mon 5/15/2006Starts of 17-, 27- and 49-Across, collectivelyJohn R. Conrad
TENNIEL Thu 1/12/1995Dodgson's illustratorFran & Lou Sabin
TOASTMISTRESSES Fri 9/8/2000Postprandial speakersMartin Ashwood-Smith
TRIPINSURANCE Sat 9/19/2009Fall guy's protection when travelingMel Taub
UGLYSCENES Sat 6/30/2007MeleesByron Walden
UNHALE Fri 12/11/1998In poor healthJoe DiPietro
UPROARS Sun 6/23/2002HullabaloosEric Berlin
WOOFING Fri 5/29/2009Kennel clamorRandolph Ross