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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 50,371 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
ABREASTOFTue Dec 10, 2019Informed aboutEric Berlin
ABROLLERSun Sep 14, 2025Tummy-toning toolDaniel Grinberg
ACTSASIFMon Aug 24, 1998PretendsAlan Jay Weiss
AMAZEBALLSSat Jul 15, 2017Incredible, in modern slangZachary Spitz
APIARISTSMon Oct 29, 2012BeekeepersGareth Bain
BACKSTROKETue Apr 16, 2013Butterfly alternativePeter Broda
BEACHHOTELSun Nov 5, 2023See inRich Katz
BENTOVERSun Oct 30, 2005Bobbing for apples, e.g.Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr.
DOUBLEEAGLETue Sep 15, 2009*Bygone $20 gold coinFran and Lou Sabin
FINGERBOWLFri Jul 14, 2000You may dip into it at dinnerBrendan Emmett Quigley
FORERUNSat Nov 13, 2004PrecedeFrank Longo
GALEFORCESat Aug 10, 2024Ferocious, as windsSpencer Leach
GAMESHOWNETWORKSat Apr 30, 2022Its slogan "Get Smarter Now" matches its initialsJoe DiPietro
GLOTTISThu Sep 20, 2018Opening between the vocal cordsSam Ezersky
HAWESThu Oct 5, 1995Adventure story writer CharlesChristopher Page
HOTWIREDFri Feb 4, 1994Started wrongly?Joe Clonick
IANMCKELLENTue Nov 11, 2003"Lord of the Rings" actorM. Francis Vuolo
JOANCUSACKThu Mar 20, 2025Actor in "Say Anything …" and "High Fidelity"Daniel Grinberg
JUMBOCDSat May 19, 2007Institutional investmentByron Walden
JUSTDESSERTSSun Feb 23, 1997What a sweet tooth demands?Nancy Nicholson Joline
LACUNARSun Jul 1, 2018Relating to gapsSam Trabucco
MAXROACHTue Jun 13, 2000Noted jazz drummerPeter Gordon
MUSSEDUPFri Sep 14, 2007UncombedJohn Farmer
NARROWERWed Apr 14, 1999More restrictedAlan Arbesfeld
OEILLADESun May 7, 1995Amorous glance: Fr.Bob Klahn
ORNITHOLOGISTSun Apr 25, 20043-Down, for oneElizabeth C. Gorski
PHILIPROTHMon Jun 15, 2009"Portnoy's Complaint" authorJohn Dunn
RETIRINGLYThu Jan 20, 1994"I'm off to bed," said Tom ____Lois Sidway
SILENCESTue Sep 5, 1995MuzzlesJonathan Schmatzbach
SIMONEWEILThu Mar 3, 2005"Waiting for God" philosopherByron Walden
SUBMARINESANDWICHThu Nov 30, 2017GrinderTrenton Charlson
SUGARIESTSun Sep 10, 2000Most cloyingElizabeth C. Gorski
SUSANSARANDONTue Dec 21, 2004She appeared in "The Witches of Eastwick" with 53-AcrossKurt Mengel
TAKEACHANCEONMEWed Sep 18, 20021-Across songDavid J. Kahn
THEDIRTYDOZENThu Jun 15, 2017Hit movie released on June 15, 1967 ... with a hint to this puzzle's themeRichard F. Mausser
THEWEEKNDThu May 24, 2018R&B singer who had a 2015 #1 hit with "Can't Feel My Face"Erik Agard and Andy Kravis
THINGSFALLAPARTSat Nov 26, 2022Chinua Achebe novel that's a response to "Heart of Darkness"Kanyin Ajayi
WEARYWILLIETue Dec 8, 1998Character created by 58-AcrossFrances Hansen
WHITERTHANWHITEMon Jun 17, 1996Ad puffS. L. Robbins
YESPLEASESat Dec 3, 2011Polite acceptanceDavid Quarfoot
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