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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 50,875 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
APESTSun Dec 2, 2012"Don't be ___"Steven E. Atwood
BIGLOSERFri Aug 24, 2018ZeroRoland Huget
BUENOSAIRESFri Nov 28, 2003Teatro Colón localeBrendan Emmett Quigley
CANDLEINTHEWINDWed Nov 5, 1997Diana tributeA. J. Santora
CLASSWORKSun Apr 6, 2003...Joe DiPietro
COATISThu Sep 21, 2006Ring-tailed animalsStella Daily and Bruce Venzke
COMINGINTOFOCUSSat Jul 25, 2009Losing the fuzz?Victor Fleming
COSTAGAVRASThu Nov 19, 2009"Z" director, 1969Tyler Hinman and Jeremy Horwitz
CRANERSun Apr 23, 1995RubberneckerRandolph Ross
CUDDLEPUDDLESat Mar 26, 2022Horizontal group hug sessionAshton Anderson and James Mulhern
DOIEVERSun May 4, 2025Enthusiastic reply to "Want to?"Brandon Koppy
DRESSINWHITEThu Jul 13, 2000Standard advice for a brideRich Norris
FLAMETHROWERSun Feb 23, 2003Criticize a pitcher?Nancy Salomon
GOESFORASPINSun Aug 18, 2019Drives around awhile ... as suggested by this puzzle's circled squares?David Steinberg
GRAFTEDSun Nov 15, 2015Added on, botanicallyAlan Arbesfeld
HIGHFIDELITYSun Sep 15, 2024Record book?Aimee Lucido
HOLDOPENSat Jun 19, 2021Not closeSophia Maymudes
IMNOTWORTHYThu Sep 19, 2002"Wayne's World" catchphraseRandolph Ross
INCROWDSMon Feb 16, 2026GlitteratiIan Livengood
JAZZCLUBThu Jul 18, 2019Where cats play?Matthew Sewell
LASTPLACEFINISHESSun Mar 12, 2023They might result in booby prizes / Physical discomfortsDavid Tuffs
MINTCOINSETSat Sep 10, 2022Case made for significant change?Kameron Austin Collins
MRORANGEFri Sep 21, 2018Tim Roth's character in "Reservoir Dogs"Zhouqin Burnikel
NANTUCKETSat Aug 2, 2003Noted whaling port, onceDana Motley
NEWSAGENTThu Nov 20, 2014British paper vendorTimothy Polin
PALLORSSat Sep 2, 1995Ashen-faced huesManny Nosowsky
PARCSFri Oct 30, 1998Paris's Bois de Boulogne and othersJim Page
PEAKTIMESSat May 27, 2023When restaurants are busiestSamuel Smalley
PRIVACYThu Feb 22, 2024Implied right in the First and Fourth AmendmentsDan Schoenholz
RETRACTIONSSat May 12, 2018Embarrassments for news agenciesAlex Eylar
RIFEWITHTue Dec 15, 2020Permeated byAdam Vincent
ROUTEMANWed Apr 25, 2007Worker who makes roundsJohn Farmer
SNOOZEFESTSSat Dec 2, 2023BoresRoyce Ferguson
STOPORDERTue Apr 19, 2016"Buy" or "sell" directive at a specified priceDavid J. Kahn
SUITEDONESNEEDSSat Jul 21, 2018Fit the billJason Flinn
TENGOSun Nov 1, 2015Indie rock band Yo La ___Zhouqin Burnikel
TENTHOUSANDYEARSFri Jul 22, 2016What "Banzai!" literally meansMartin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany
THIMBLEWEEDMon Jan 13, 2003White-flowered plantGregory E. Paul
TRINITADEIMONTIWed Sep 18, 2024House of worship at the top of 67-AcrossCasey Callaghan and Will Nediger
YESHIVASThu Apr 20, 2017Places to study the TalmudJeffrey Wechsler
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