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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 50,653 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
AFARSSat Jan 22, 2000___ and the Issas (former French territory)David J. Kahn
ALININGSun Jun 15, 2014Truing: Var.Tony Orbach
ALLSTARCASTFri Jan 30, 2026Feature of a big-budget feature, perhapsRobyn Weintraub
BISCOTTOSat Sep 22, 2007One use for aniseMark Diehl
BLUNDERERSSun May 7, 2023Ones making mistakesWill Nediger
BODINGSat Jan 14, 2012OminousMark Diehl
BOLDSTATEMENTSun Jun 6, 2010AssertionDaniel A. Finan
BOTTLEDUPANGERSun Jul 4, 2021Evil genie's emotion?Howard Barkin
CAPRICORNFri Aug 19, 2011One born on Christmas DayPatrick Berry
CARTOONLIKEFri Mar 4, 2016Rather caricaturedEvans Clinchy
CARYATIDSSun Feb 20, 2022Architectural columns in the form of sculpted female figuresVictor Barocas
DRUMSOUTSat Oct 8, 2022Forces to leaveKyle Dolan
EMUOILSun May 25, 2025Wellness product derived from an Australian birdDylan Schiff
FLYOFFTHEWALLSun Oct 16, 2005Extra-base hit, probably?Con Pederson
FRANZENSat Jul 6, 2024Author of 2001's "The Corrections"Evans Clinchy
FUSEBOXESMon Feb 20, 2023Electrical panels found in older homes ... or what 18-, 24-, 35- and 53-Across do (regarding each half of each answer)?Emily Carroll
GLOWWORMSTue May 24, 2016Luminescent larvaeJonathan Gersch
HAVASUSun Nov 7, 2010Lake ___ City, Ariz.Will Nediger
HICKHOPWed Dec 6, 2023Hybrid genre of country and 33-Across, pejorativelyPeter A. Collins and Bruce Haight
HOWDYEDOFri Sep 10, 2010Hayseed's greetingPeter Wentz
IAMISAIDSat Jun 18, 20051971 Neil Diamond hitSherry O. Blackard
IMACPROSSun Sep 17, 2023Bygone Apple desktopsJill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp
INDULGENCESTue Oct 31, 2017Practice condemned in the "Ninety-Five Theses"Alex Eaton-Salners
INOCULASat Sep 4, 2004They come in shotsPatrick Berry
MADEMINCEMEATOFFri Oct 25, 2013Wiped the floor withMartin Ashwood-Smith
MONKEYTRIALTue Sep 23, 2003Celebrated legal event of 1925Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski
NONETOOSOONSat Jan 27, 2024In the nick of timeGrace Warrington and Greg Warrington
PACKEDHOUSESat Feb 5, 2022Result of selling outKameron Austin Collins
PEACHEMOJISat Sep 21, 2024Butt text?David Karp
PRESOAKEDSun Oct 5, 2014Like many a stain before washingSamuel A. Donaldson
RIOMUNIFri Aug 7, 1998Mainland Equatorial GuineaFrank Longo
SCAPULASThu Jan 21, 2010Shoulder bladesElizabeth C. Gorski
SHIVEREDSat Jan 16, 2016Had a chilling effect?Sean Dobbin
SHONDARHIMESMon Sep 12, 2022Creator of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" ... or, when said aloud, a hint to the starts of 20-, 30 and 45-AcrossMichael Lieberman
SOLEHEIRFri Aug 13, 2021Person who is willfully alone?John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins
STOCKEXCHANGESFri Apr 3, 2015Trading placesPatrick Berry
TOMGIRLSun Jun 19, 2016Gender nonconformistDavid Woolf
TRIPLEOVERTIMEThu Apr 13, 2017Uncommon period in basketball ... or a hint to 19- and 37-Across and 4- and 48-DownMichael Shteyman
UNSTOPPABLESun Jul 2, 2006Like a juggernautElizabeth C. Gorski
VAMPISHSat Mar 26, 2005Like Betty BoopEd Early
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