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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 50,566 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
ACTTHREEFri Jul 7, 2000When "To be or not to be" is recitedM. Francis Vuolo
APLACEINTHESUNMon Jun 20, 19941951 movie with 16-AcrossBette Sue Cohen
APMUSICThu Oct 27, 2022College-level H.S. class with scales and intervalsBarbara Lin
BARLINESSun Jul 26, 2009Additions to a musical staffKevin G. Der
BIMBOERUPTIONFri Mar 27, 2009Certain sex scandal, in slangPaula Gamache
BOOKRECSun Sep 1, 2019Suggestion for a reading circle, informallyFinn Vigeland
BUSHISMMon Dec 14, 2015Statement such as "They misunderestimated me"Timothy Polin
CHILICONCARNEThu Jun 13, 2002Spicy dish (-)David J. Kahn
COFFEEPOTThu Jul 31, 2008One that's "perky" in the morningAllan E. Parrish
DISACCHARIDESun Mar 9, 2008Double sugar / Travel freely? [merger]Patrick Berry
DROVEMADMon May 6, 2013Sent up the wallJoel Fagliano
EGGFOOYUNGSun Jun 8, 2025Chinese restaurant orderJohn Kugelman
EMUEGGWed Nov 27, 2019Delicate surface for Aboriginal artMatthew Sewell and Jeff Chen
FLIRTYSun Jan 12, 2025Like some playful teasingJeffrey Martinovic
FUNEMPLOYEDFri Feb 8, 2019Between jobs and loving itJohn Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins
GAWDSMon May 29, 2006"Oh, fer ___ sake!"Alex Boisvert
GIGGLYSat Aug 16, 2025Full of snickersByron Walden
HALFPENNYSun Jun 20, 2010British coin discontinued in 1984Todd Gross and Ashish Vengsarkar
HANGINGCHADTue Nov 2, 2004Potential problem with 7-DownPatrick Merrell
HARDPRESSEDMon Aug 11, 2008Put-uponThomas Heilman
IMPEACHESSun Aug 11, 2013Casts doubt onDan Schoenholz
INSULTCOMICTue Oct 15, 2024One might be found at a roastLindsay Rosenblum
LETSGETONITSat Mar 2, 2019"People, we have work to do!"Peter A. Collins
LIMITONESun Apr 14, 2024BEFORE: Coupon stipulationJohn Rippe and Jeff Chen
LOTSWIFESun Jan 20, 2013Biblical figure punished for hindsight?Yaakov Bendavid
MRATINGSat Jan 5, 2019Classification for violent video gamesAndrew Zhou
NATHANDETROITTue Jul 18, 1995"Guys and Dolls" guyJonathan Schmatzbach
OHISTHATSOFri Aug 27, 2021"Hmm ... really?"Robyn Weintraub
ORANGEPOPSICLESSat Mar 21, 2015Alternatives to lemon icesFrederick J. Healy
PHFFFTSat Nov 17, 2001Sound of a dudBob Peoples
QUEENBEYSat Nov 11, 2017Pop icon, to members of her "hive"George Barany and Michael Shteyman
RECIPEFILEFri Apr 21, 2000Cook's referenceMark Diehl
RICHARDDREYFUSSTue Feb 8, 1994Lefty actorPeter Gordon
SHOWSOFSTRENGTHSun May 1, 1994Military moves carrying a warningPeter Gordon
SIRKAYFri Aug 1, 2014Boorish member of King Arthur's Round TableAshton Anderson and James Mulhern
SKITTLESTue Mar 11, 2025"Taste the rainbow" candyJared Cappel
TALKERSSun Apr 24, 2016Chatty Cathy typesKathy Wienberg
THATTOUCHOFMINKMon May 12, 19971962 Cary Grant/Doris Day movieHugh Davis
ULTRACOOLSun Sep 3, 2017Really happeningAndrew Zhou
YESTHANKSSat Jun 1, 2024Polite casual assentEric Warren
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