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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 50,885 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
ADRIANIISat Jul 16, 2016Ninth-century pope who was married with a daughterByron Walden
AGGREGATESSat Mar 10, 2001Brings togetherCharles E. Gersch
AMERICANSFri Jun 29, 2012YanksPatrick Berry
ANDRETHEGIANTSat Oct 28, 2006Wrestler once called the "Immovable Object"David Quarfoot
ARTIFICIALRESPIRATIONSun Sep 11, 2005Pulmotor's purposePatrick Berry
BARHARBORTue Jan 6, 1998Maine resortEd Early
BASEBALLFANTue Sep 8, 2009Typical visitor to CooperstownAlan Arbesfeld
BATTLERThu Oct 6, 2016Conflicted sort?Timothy Polin
BEERMONEYFri Apr 27, 2018A little extra for personal spendingDavid Steinberg
CRYPTEXSat Mar 4, 2023Decodable device featured in "The Da Vinci Code"Ryan McCarty
DEMONSTRATIVELYFri Dec 12, 1997Without reticenceManny Nosowsky
DIESESFri May 25, 2007Double daggers, in printingMike Nothnagel
DRIEDAPRICOTSSat Jun 29, 2013Little orange snacksJoe Krozel
EXTRADITIONThu May 20, 1999End of the quoteZack Butler
GAWKYThu Jun 25, 2020Nervously awkwardAmanda Chung and Karl Ni
HOUSETOHOUSEFri May 27, 1994Kind of searchChet Currier
LEVERAGESSat Dec 12, 2015Deploys to one's advantageByron Walden
LOSINGONESNERVEMon May 4, 2009Succumbing to second thoughtsMark Milhet
MOONSIGNWed Nov 9, 2011Lesser-known astrology symbolPaula Gamache
NESCIENTSun Jun 3, 2007AgnosticKelsey Blakley
OSMOThu Oct 29, 2020Odor: PrefixKurt Weller
PEGBOARDSun Jan 22, 2017Place to hang toolsDan Schoenholz
PEPPEREDMon Feb 22, 2021Bombarded, as with questionsBarbara Lin
PINCHEDSun Nov 11, 2018Stole, in slangEric Berlin
PROSANDCONSThu Jan 4, 2024SACRAMENTO KINGSChase Dittrich and Christina Iverson
PUTMEINCOACHFri Mar 14, 2025Bench press?Brandon Koppy
ROULEAUSun Aug 30, 1998Roll of coinsJohn Wolting
STAMBERGSun Sep 11, 2011Susan of NPRKay Anderson
STEALINGThu Jun 16, 1994ThieveryJim Page
STRINGEDWed Jan 16, 2002Like a mandolinLinda Bushman
SYNDICSat Dec 25, 2004Business agentByron Walden
TRYBEFOREYOUBUYMon Mar 29, 1999Advice for the impulsive consumerBill Ballard
TWANGERSun Jan 19, 1997Country guitar player, e.g.B. Klahn
TWOPANDASThu May 23, 1996China's 1972 gift to the U.S.M. E. Brindamour
UNFAVORABLEODDSWed Nov 10, 202156-Across, to a gamblerMax Chen Lauring and Benjamin Chen Lauring
VIABLEMon Jan 2, 2006Practical, as a planLinda Schechet Tucker
WENTOVERTHEEDGEMon Oct 3, 2016Lost one's sanityJacob Stulberg
WONTHURTABITWed Jun 11, 2008Doctor's assuranceDaniel Kantor
YOUKNOWWHOFri Jan 16, 2009Unnamed individualMike Nothnagel
ZESTINGSat Nov 13, 2004Adding piquancy toFrank Longo
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