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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 51,184 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
ANIMALCROSSINGWed Oct 2, 2024Nintendo video game series suggested by every answer running through this one?Luke K. Schreiber
BOSTONACCENTWed Aug 19, 2020What may be tested by parking a car in Harvard Yard?Brandon Koppy
BYCOMMONCONSENTFri Jun 4, 1999With all members agreeingJohn Wolting
CANDYCRUSHSAGATue Apr 11, 2023Color-matching puzzle game with billions of downloadsTaylor Johnson and Jeff Chen
CATCHASERSat Nov 20, 20041982 Elmore Leonard novel set in south FloridaRobert H. Wolfe
EXHORTINGTue Dec 5, 1995Giving a rah-rah talkRobert Katz
EYEMINDEDSat Jun 12, 1999Tending to gather information visuallyMatt Gaffney
FILENAMESSat Jan 17, 2009They have extensionsBrad Wilber
FULFILLAREQUESTThu Jan 22, 1998___Patrick Jordan
GOLDENHINDMon Dec 26, 1994Sir Francis Drake shipGregory E. Paul
GORMANDThu May 23, 1996Chowhound: Var.M. E. Brindamour
HIDDENFIGURESTue Oct 9, 20182016 Best Picture nominee ... or a hint to the circled letters in 20-, 25- and 43-AcrossNatan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
IEIGHTYONEWed Jul 20, 2005Major New York-to-Tennessee routeRoy Leban
INDUEDFri Apr 26, 1996Provided: Var.W. Johnson
ISSURETOSun Jun 22, 2003Definitely willJohn Duschatko
JANEGREYFri Jan 16, 2026Shortest-reigning English monarch (9 days)Kyle Dolan
LAPSITUPThu Oct 8, 2020Loves every second of somethingFrancesca Goldston and Jeff Chen
LATOYAJACKSONThu Nov 6, 2008"Bad Girl" singerJeremy Newton
LEGALIZEDTue Mar 24, 2015Like gambling in NevadaRobyn Weintraub
MENSANSSun Sep 22, 2024Brainy bunchJeremy Newton and Tracy Gray
MOONQUAKEFri Dec 11, 2020Phenomenon discovered by Apollo astronautsAri Richter
OFFICETEMPSSun Nov 4, 2012Nine to five, generally, in Grenoble?Brendan Emmett Quigley
OKTOBERSun May 20, 2012When many German steins are liftedAlan Arbesfeld
ONTHREEFri May 24, 2024"I'll count us in"Carolyn Davies Lynch
OVERRIDESSun Oct 15, 2023Pulls rank on, in a wayJeff Chen and Juliana Tringali Golden
PIRATINGSun Jun 23, 2019Using without paying royalties, sayDavid Liben-Nowell and Victor Barocas
RACILYThu Sep 3, 1998In a risqué fashionManny Nosowsky
REAPTHEBENEFITSFri Nov 24, 2006Enjoy perksDave Mackey
SODAFOUNTAINFri Oct 29, 2004Where one can get the shakesSherry O. Blackard
SQUIRTSSat May 19, 2007WD-40 applicationsByron Walden
STARGATESSat Feb 20, 2021Sci-fi portalsAli Gascoigne
STARSANDBARSMon Apr 5, 2010Confederate flagNancy Salomon
TAXCHEATSat Nov 15, 2014Al Capone, famouslyPeter Wentz
TENDAYWARSat Mar 22, 20081991 conflict between Slovenia and YugoslaviaByron Walden
TITIANREDWed Jan 31, 2007Brownish orangeBrendan Emmett Quigley
TRACTIONENGINESFri Jun 8, 2012Road locomotivesMartin Ashwood-Smith
TROTTERSFri Jan 29, 1999Track sightsEmily Cox and Henry Rathvon
TURBOBOOSTMon May 27, 2019Increase in engine powerBruce Haight
UNDERTONESSun Feb 18, 2024Things that perceptive people might pick upSid Sivakumar
VOLCANICROCKMon Apr 27, 2026Pumice or basaltNeville Fogarty
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