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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 50,581 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
AHOPFri Sep 18, 1998___, skip and jump awayFrank Longo
ATLANTICSALMONSat Mar 28, 1998Seafood entreeDavid J. Kahn
COMESONSun Oct 31, 1999Begins airingFrank A. Longo
DANKMEMESSat Jul 7, 2018Internet in-jokes that have gone viral, in modern lingoRyan McCarty
DELISTEDSun Dec 18, 2022Removed from an exchangeRyan McCarty
DROPINANYTIMEMon Feb 4, 2008"See you again!"Dave and Tracy Mackey
DUNZOWed Nov 19, 2025Finito or kaputJeremy Newton
EARLHINESSat Sep 27, 2008Louis Armstrong's "Weather Bird" collaboratorKaren M. Tracey
FENDINGFORONESELFThu Jan 2, 2014Going without helpTodd Gross
FRIGGAFri May 17, 2019Goddess played by Rene Russo in "Thor"Adam Fromm
GAZETTEERWed May 2, 2012Atlas go-withPaula Gamache
GETONEFREEMon Jun 7, 1999End of a come-on to bargain huntersRobert O. Dillman
HELPUPSun Feb 10, 2019Extend a hand to after a fall, sayLee Taylor
KREWESSat Dec 20, 2025Mardi Gras parading societiesRobert S. Gard
KRUGMANFri May 9, 2014Nobel-winning economist who wrote "Fuzzy Math"James Mulhern
MANICPANICSat Aug 10, 2024Brand of brightly colored hair dye with a rhyming nameSpencer Leach
MAZEPPASat Apr 22, 1995Tchaikovsky operaAlex K. Justin
MISTRANSLATESun Dec 14, 2003Botch the subtitles, maybeElizabeth C. Gorski
MITERSAWSun Jan 25, 2026One cutting cornersMark MacLachlan
MPTHREEPLAYERSThu Nov 6, 2008Devices for music loversJeremy Newton
ORDERBLANKFri Nov 9, 2007Payment is often sent with oneHenry Hook
PAYINCREASESSun Jun 29, 2003Folded-up salary check?Rich Norris
PLECTRUMSFri Aug 2, 2013Hand picks?Barry C. Silk
RIGHTHANDMANSat Jul 20, 2013Friday, e.g.Tim Croce
SIDESPLITTERMon Mar 12, 2001"I Love Lucy," usuallyGregory E. Paul
SLUSHESMon Feb 17, 2014Fruit-flavored ice drinksDavid Gray
SNOOKERCUESun Nov 22, 2015British pool stickSamuel A. Donaldson and Jeff Chen
SOUNDJUDGMENTThu Dec 21, 1995Studio technician's expertise?Rich Norris
SPACIERTue May 24, 2022More likely to daydream, sayElla Dershowitz
STONESTHROWAWAYFri Oct 17, 2003Short distanceBob Peoples
THIRDEYEBLINDSun Mar 26, 2023Band with the 1997 hit "Semi-Charmed Life" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's themeDavid Karp
TIEMEUPSun Nov 20, 19941990 movie "_____ Tie Me Down!"Matt Gaffney
UNDERARRESTSat Jan 21, 2012Oppressed by the heat?Martin Ashwood-Smith
UNIONOFFICIALSun Nov 22, 2009#6: Justice of the peace?Patrick Merrell
WELLTIMEDSun Nov 14, 2004SerendipitousHarvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
WESTJETWed Aug 26, 2015Canadian airline with a directional nameIan Livengood
WHATSHOULDISTAYThu Sep 9, 1999Cleopatra's last wordsSam Bellotto Jr.
WHEEDLERMon Apr 26, 2004Apple-polisherMerle Baker
YOBSWed Aug 25, 2010Rowdies, in British slangClive Probert
ZERODOWNFri Dec 27, 2019Favorable loan termSam Trabucco
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