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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 50,251 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
AAHSATSun Mar 16, 2025Verbally reacts to in awePaul Coulter
BUTGOODSun Aug 5, 2018In spadesAlison Ohringer and Erik Agard
CARHOODSun Sep 28, 2025Spot for an ornamentRich Katz
CEDRATFri Mar 31, 1995Lemonlike fruitChuck Deodene
CHANUKAHMENORAHThu Apr 3, 2014December displayDavid Benkof and Jeff Chen
DELREYSat Jan 27, 1996Sci-fi writer Lester___R. Norris
DJJAZZYJEFFSat Aug 28, 1999Half of a hip-hop duoFrank Longo
DONTJUDGEFri Jun 4, 2021"Quit looking at me like that"Nam Jin Yoon
DOWDINESSSun Feb 15, 2004Opposite of chicDerrick Niederman
DROLLYSun Sep 10, 2000À la ThurberElizabeth C. Gorski
EQUIPMENTLOCKERSun Aug 10, 2008High-school gym featureWill Nediger
FAMILYCRESTTue Dec 8, 2015The one for the Kennedys has three knights' helmets on itNeville Fogarty
FARMINGThu Mar 9, 2006HusbandryJohn Farmer
FIDGETEDSun Jan 31, 2010Had ants in one's pantsTony Orbach and Andrea Carla Michaels
FIFTHESTATESat Feb 24, 2018Blogs, social media and other nontraditional outletsJohn Guzzetta
FIREDEPTThu Aug 15, 2002Grp. at a stationManny Nosowsky
FORCEFEDThu Sep 23, 1999Compelled to takeBrendan Emmett Quigley
FREEAGENTSFri Aug 18, 2023Ones who haven't signedKameron Austin Collins
GRIMIERSat Jun 29, 2013More in need of a bath, sayJoe Krozel
JOSEJIMENEZSat Jan 8, 2011He pitched a no-hitter in 1999Will Nediger
MENTEESThu Feb 10, 2011Students with personal guidesDerek Bowman
NOTGIVEAHOOTFORFri May 7, 2004Be indifferent aboutManny Nosowsky
ONEMANSHOWSWed Mar 14, 2012Most stand-up comedy actsDave Sarpola
ONRADIOSat Mar 5, 2016Coming in waves?Roland Huget
OURSELVESSun Oct 31, 2004Who we arePatrick Merrell
OUTLAYSSun Feb 5, 2012ExpendituresCharles M. Deber
PENHOLDERSMon Jun 15, 1998Jail cells?Nancy Salomon
PREVENTEDTue Mar 1, 2016StoppedFreddie Cheng
ROWBTue Jan 14, 2014Near-prime seatingTim Croce
SALESPEOPLESat Jan 27, 1996They're often in the fieldR. Norris
STRAPPEDFORTIMETue Jul 11, 2023"Got any news magazines?" "Sorry, we're ..."Aaron M. Rosenberg
TOSSESANDTURNSTue Jul 25, 2023Two things associated with a game of horseshoes?Gary Larson and Doug Peterson
TRAILEDFri Mar 4, 1994Finished secondBetty Jorgensen
TRAPPISTSat Dec 11, 2004Member of a silent religious orderJames E. Buell
TRICKLEDOWNTHEORYThu Apr 28, 2022Concept in ReaganomicsPao Roy
UNITARIANCHURCHSun May 31, 2009*Religious affiliation of John Adams and William Howard TaftKelsey Blakley
WANTAFri Dec 27, 19961911 song "I ___ Girl..."B. White
WENTOVERTHEEDGEMon Oct 3, 2016Lost one's sanityJacob Stulberg
WHATSYOURETAMon Sep 23, 2024Question to someone who's on the wayFreddie Cheng
WILLIWAWTue Mar 28, 1995Violent squall in the near-polar regionsChristopher Page
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