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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 51,034 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
ABTESTSun Sep 4, 2022Marketing experiment comparing two variantsTracy Gray
AKIRAKUROSAWAFri Mar 5, 2021"Stray Dog" director, 1949Sridhar Bhagavathula
AWAREOFSat May 17, 2003OntoBob Peoples
BEEFCHOWMEINMon Oct 13, 2008Faux Chinese dishAnthony J. Salvia
BEERKOOZIEFri Nov 12, 2021Covering for a cold onePatrick John Duggan
BENDTHERULESTue Jul 25, 2006Take libertiesAnne Garellick
BOOMERANGSThu Dec 17, 2020Items that are hard to throw away?Kathryn Ladner
CHALAMETWed Nov 16, 2022Timothée of "Beautiful Boy" and "Dune"John Hawksley
COMMODESWed Mar 31, 2021Going places?Trenton Charlson
DIECASTSSun Jul 14, 2024Forms from a moldJeff Chen
EAGLESWINGSSun Dec 13, 2015They're seen spread on the back of a quarterTracy Gray and Andrea Carla Michaels
EHOWARDHUNTTue Jun 18, 1996"Nixon" characterE. C. Gorski
EYEPOPPERSFri Dec 28, 2018Things that amazeDavid Steinberg
FACEPLATESSun Jul 31, 2005Surrounders of light switchesMark Feldman
FIRSTRUNSun Jul 1, 2007New in theatersNancy Salomon and Bill Zais
GOESOFFWed Jun 28, 2006ExplodesMyles Callum
HEAVYSNOWSun Aug 4, 2024Terrible TV reception?Scott Hogan and Katie Hale
HIDDENCHARGESTue Nov 9, 2004Invoice surprisesRobert Dillman
IMESSAGETue Aug 15, 2023It shows up as a blue speech bubbleMalaika Handa
IMESSEDUPThu Nov 21, 2024"That's on me"Katie Hoody
ISLANDHOPPINGThu Jan 25, 2018Yachter's itinerary, maybe ... or a hint to understanding the answers to the starred cluesAlex Eaton-Salners
ITSHOPELESSWed Mar 7, 2018"I give up"Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
JARLOOSEThu Mar 14, 2019Manage to detach by hittingNancy Stark and Will Nediger
JUVENILEWed Oct 17, 2018MinorPatrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach
NEEDSHELPFri May 31, 2019Can't do it aloneSam Ezersky
NICEMOVESat Apr 28, 2018"Good going!"Andrew Kingsley and John Lieb
NONPOLARSat May 4, 1996Temperate, e.g.B. Klahn
PONYKEGSSun Nov 2, 2025Quarter-barrel containers of beerRafael Musa
PRENATALLYSat Jul 27, 1996Before birthF. Longo
RATRODSat Dec 16, 2023Custom car built with old parts and a shabby aestheticGarrett Chalfin
REMINISCESSat Jul 30, 2011Chats at a high-school reunion, maybePatrick Berry
SOLIDISun Jan 25, 1998Gold coins of ancient RomeDave Tuller
SOLOMONNORTHUPTue Jan 9, 2024Abolitionist who wrote "Twelve Years a Slave"Adam Wagner
TAPSINTOSun Jan 21, 2007AccessesPatrick Berry
TATTIERThu Dec 23, 2021More raggedStephen McCarthy
TEASEDOUTThu Mar 21, 2019Elicited with difficultyChristopher Adams
UPANDQUITSat Apr 22, 2023Abruptly resignByron Walden
WALKSATIGHTROPEMon Dec 13, 1999Takes risksDave and Diane Epperson
WECAMEINPEACETue Jul 21, 2009With 55-Across, message left by 28-Across for future explorersDonna S. Levin
YOUREKIDDINGMEMon Nov 10, 2014"No way!"Bruce Haight
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