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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 50,473 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
ACHENESSun Oct 7, 2007Sunflower seeds, botanicallyNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
AGREESWITHSun Nov 22, 2009SecondsPatrick Merrell
ALLEGATIONSun Jul 8, 2007ClaimElayne Cantor and Nancy Salomon
BERNADETTESat Sep 25, 2004Peasant girl who became the saint of LourdesByron Walden
BILLYZANEFri Nov 18, 2016He played the antagonist to Leonardo DiCaprio in "Titanic"Peter Wentz
BLOODBORNESat Jan 27, 2018Like the hepatitis B and C pathogensMark Diehl
COMBINEDINCOMEMon Jul 26, 1999Family financial figureM. Francis Vuolo
COMPACTEDSun Jul 11, 1999TightNancy Salomon
EXCUSEMEOFFICERWed Jul 26, 2006With 38- and 60-Across, what the man caught taking a dip in the reservoir saidDave Mackey
FOAMPEANUTWed Aug 27, 2014Bit of packaging detritusGareth Bain and David Poole
GEORGEWATSONWed Feb 15, 2023African American who received a posthumous Medal of Honor for valorous service in W.W. IISean Ziebarth
HASSSun Aug 31, 2025Avocado varietyDanny J. Rooney
HBOMAXMon Mar 4, 2024Streaming service that dropped the first three letters of its name when it rebranded in 2023Samantha Podos Nowak
HIDEANDGOSEEKSat Nov 5, 2022Game where It always countsJohn Westwig
JOININTHECHORUSFri Jan 14, 2000Sing alongMartin Ashwood-Smith
KEEPWATCHThu Jun 16, 2022Stand guardParker Higgins and Ross Trudeau
KICKEDUPSat Dec 25, 1999Started again unexpectedlyJohn Scott Marrone
LESTWEMon Dec 13, 1993"_____ forget"Thomas W. Schier
MANGIONESat Aug 2, 2025Flugelhorn player on the 1978 instrumental hit "Feels So Good"Robert Logan
METEORSHOWERTue Jan 8, 2008What you really saw?Malia Jackson and Noah Snyder
OTTERPOPSThu Apr 13, 2017Frozen treats with "six zippy flavors"Michael Shteyman
OURMISSBROOKSMon Sep 25, 199550's sitcomGregory E. Paul
OUTATIMETue Apr 7, 2020DeLorean license plate in "Back to the Future"Trent H. Evans
OVERBEARINGMon Nov 17, 1997DomineeringHolden Baker
PAINRELIEVERSFri Apr 29, 2022They promise no hurt feelingsErica Hsiung Wojcik
PEDROPASCALMon Oct 24, 2022Chilean American actor of "The Mandalorian" and "Narcos"Joe Rodini
PRECIPITATIONSun May 2, 2004See circled squaresDerrick Niederman
PRESCRIBEThu Mar 21, 2024Allow to take, perhapsJoe Marquez
PUTONTHERITZSat Jun 8, 2024Live ostentatiouslyDaniel Sheremeta
RIJOSun Apr 9, 20001990 World Series M.V.P. JoseJoe DiPietro
SETLINESat Dec 24, 1994Fisherman's gearJohn Stanley
SPEESTue Sep 13, 1994Scharnhorst commander et al.Gregory E. Paul
SPICEDALESSat Dec 6, 2025Winter quaffsMarshal Herrmann
TALKSONThu Feb 17, 2011YapsMike Nothnagel
THEAMAZINGRANDISun Apr 1, 2018Magician known for debunking paranormal claimsSam Ezersky
THEDAILYSat Jun 1, 2024Popular news podcast since 2017Eric Warren
THEMOUNTAINKINGFri Jun 13, 2003Scandinavian folklore figure in a Grieg titleTodd McClary
THEUNCONSCIOUSThu May 23, 2002Origin of 36-Across responsesJohn Underwood
UPISSat Jan 22, 2005"Breaking ___ Hard to Do"Byron Walden
VERRAZZANOSat Aug 8, 2009Explorer of North America's eastern coast in 1524Karen M. Tracey
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