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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 50,868 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
ADVISORSTue Sep 29, 2020Cabinet members, to the presidentRicky Cruz
AMATEURASTRONOMERSun Dec 19, 2010Many an avid observer of a 125-AcrossKevin G. Der
BADMOUTHSFri Jul 28, 2023TrashesRafael Musa and Hoang-Kim Vu
BRAKEPEDALMon Dec 22, 2014It may bring you to a screeching haltLynn Lempel
BYALENGTHSun Jun 7, 2015"But the winner is ... Inseam ___!"Samuel A. Donaldson
CAMEOUTSWINGINGTue Dec 10, 2019At the big brawl, the jazz musician ...Eric Berlin
CAVINGINTue Mar 26, 2013Relenting after a standoffSamuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson
DISSENTERThu Feb 18, 1999One in the minorityRobert H. Wolfe
EXTREMISMThu May 5, 1994Ultra credoMel Taub
FLYBYNIGHTSun Oct 26, 2025Awesome after dark? (Gen X)Gary Larson and Doug Peterson
GALENASWed Aug 21, 2002Lead oresJoel Kaplow
GETSINTOAPICKLEFri Apr 5, 2002Encounters troublePeter Gordon
GOBBLEUPWed Aug 27, 2025DevourZhou Zhang
HAVENTWEMETFri Jul 14, 2006Party line?Brendan Emmett Quigley
HELLENSun Feb 13, 1994Greeks' ancestorCathy Millhauser
HYPERLINKFri Apr 16, 2021It takes you to another siteTom Pepper
IFIMUSTThu Apr 23, 2026"Assuming there's no other option for me ..."Zhou Zhang and Kevin Curry
ITSANOBRAINERThu Oct 28, 2021Reason the zombies are, of course, skipping the empty house?Alan Massengill
KOMODODRAGONTue Dec 29, 2020Largest lizard on earth (up to 10 feet long)Matthew Trout
LINCOLNCENTERThu May 30, 2002Home to the Juilliard SchoolPeter Gordon
LOWPRICEDSun Feb 24, 2002EconomicalManny Nosowsky
MEGACHURCHSat Sep 18, 2021Home of a massive flockRyan McCarty
MIMERSFri Jan 23, 2015Quiet parrotsEd Sessa
NUMLOCKTue Jan 26, 2016Key near the upper-right corner of a PC keyboardSam Ezersky
OUTATIMETue Apr 7, 2020DeLorean license plate in "Back to the Future"Trent H. Evans
PAULRYANWed Jan 23, 2013P.R. man?Joel Fagliano
PREFERENCESun Feb 13, 1994First choiceCathy Millhauser
PUZZLESOLVERSun Dec 5, 1993You, nowManny Nosowsky
REDPERCHSun Nov 10, 2002Rosefish by another nameCathy Millhauser
ROGEROVERANDOUTFri Aug 27, 2004Communication enderManny Nosowsky
SCAMPERINGSat Aug 21, 1999Like kids in a playgroundCharles E. Gersch
STARWIPESat Aug 16, 2014Tacky television transitionPeter Broda
TABLELEAFTue Apr 26, 2005Holiday dinner insert, perhapsSarah Keller
TESCOTue Oct 7, 2025Major British grocery chainCorry Cropper
TIMEALONEThu Sep 25, 2003Soul searcher's needPatrick Merrell
VEXERSThu Feb 5, 2009Annoying typesDavid J. Kahn
VOYAGERTue Nov 8, 2011First spacecraft to reach Uranus and NeptuneScott Atkinson
WESTMONROEWed Jul 8, 2009Louisiana city named for the fifth U.S. presidentTim Wescott
WILLIAMSCOLLEGEFri Jul 2, 1999Site of the oldest U.S. observatoryRandolph Ross
YETTOSEESat Jul 10, 2010Not taken inJoe DiPietro
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