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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 50,921 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
BECAUSEICANFri Jul 17, 2015"Reason" that doesn't explain anythingPaolo Pasco
BITTORRENTSSat Sep 7, 2024Methods for sharing pirated materialDavid P. Williams
CANONIZINGSat Apr 23, 2005Putting on a pedestalPatrick Berry
COMMOTIONThu Jan 19, 2012*TurmoilDerek Bowman and Sarah Keller
DEDOSun Jun 16, 1996Finger: Sp.N. N. Joline
DIMINISHTue Nov 26, 1996Reduce in sizeS. Spadaccini
DRYUPTue Sep 5, 1995EvaporateJonathan Schmatzbach
ENCRYPTSFri Jun 17, 2005Disguises, in a wayManny Nosowsky
EVADNESun Feb 15, 2004Daughter of Poseidon who was the ancestor of a prophetic clanDerrick Niederman
FAIRTOMIDDLINGTue May 18, 2004PassableElizabeth C. Gorski
FALLAWed May 1, 1996Spanish composer Manuel de___F. Piscop
FLICKERThu Oct 28, 2021Black-and-white movie effectAlan Massengill
FULFILLFri Apr 11, 2008Carry outManny Nosowsky
GLOWINTHEDARKSat Jul 4, 2015Like some rave accessoriesSam Ezersky
HADANEARMISSSat Jun 20, 1998Failed as a corn farmer?Cathy Millhauser
HAIRLINESFri Feb 15, 2008Newspaper column separatorsPatrick Berry
HIGHGEARThu Sep 12, 2002You may kick into itPeter Abide
HIHONEYMon Aug 11, 2025Warm greeting to a spouse or partnerRebecca Goldstein
HOLYCANNOLISun Apr 19, 2026"Mamma mia!"Michael Lieberman
INKINGFri Aug 16, 2019Giving a tattooOri Brian
IOERRORThu Oct 16, 2025Certain Windows hard drive malfunctionKareem Ayas
JOTTERFri May 1, 2015Notepad userDavid Steinberg
KAHANEWed Mar 28, 2018Rabbi Meir who served in the KnessetPeter Gordon
KENTCIGARETTESSun May 17, 2020R. J. Reynolds product that once sponsored "The Dick Van Dyke Show"Byron Walden
KNOCKWURSTSun Feb 23, 2003Criticize links?Nancy Salomon
LEOPOLDBLOOMWed Jun 16, 2004Hero in "Ulysses"Paula Gamache
LORDSHIPSun Feb 24, 2008Term of respect abroadNancy Nicholson Joline
LTILESSun Sep 17, 2006Letter-shaped tesseraeBrendan Emmett Quigley
NETRESULTSWed Jan 15, 2003Bottom lineBrendan Emmett Quigley
OLDLINESTATEMon Jan 30, 2012Maryland's nicknameFrancesco Trogu
PAOLOVERONESESat May 17, 2014Italian artist with the largest painting in the LouvreBrad Wilber
PETODORSSat Oct 27, 2018Certain Febreze targetsByron Walden
PICTUREFRAMETue Mar 12, 2002Oil container #3Sarah Keller
PLUMTOMATOTue Jul 4, 2017Common ingredient in pasta sauceMangesh Ghogre and Brendan Emmett Quigley
SHOVELREADYFri Oct 1, 2021Past the approval stage, in construction slangJim Horne and Jeff Chen
SOLOSHOTFri Apr 24, 2020Homer with one R.B.I., in baseball lingoJohn Guzzetta
TESCOTue Oct 7, 2025Major British grocery chainCorry Cropper
THEDABThu Oct 18, 2018American dance move that, for whatever reason, is illegal in Saudi ArabiaErik Agard
TWICESHYWed Oct 8, 1997Bitten before?Gilbert H. Ludwig
TWOSTRIPERSun Jan 29, 2017Lieutenant, informallyJim Hyres and David Steinberg
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