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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 51,131 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
BEARTHEBURDENSun Aug 26, 2007Be weighed downAndrew M. Greene and Craig Kasper
BESEECHESSun Jul 21, 2002PetitionsTrip Payne
BOLSTERUPSat Jan 31, 2004Support, redundantlyByron Walden
BOUNTYHUNTERMon Aug 28, 2023*Boba Fett's occupation in "Star Wars" filmsBrian Callahan
CHINESECHECKERTue Apr 18, 1995Canton cab?Christopher Page
CLIPSOFFWed Sep 9, 2020ShearsJakob Weisblat
CREDITRISKWed Feb 26, 2014One unable to get a loan, sayRuth B. Margolin
DISCOVERSIONMon Feb 12, 2018Many a 1970s remixMichael Black
DONTTHATBEATALLSat May 27, 2017"Who'da thunk it?!"Damon Gulczynski
DOUBTFIREFri Mar 29, 2019Mrs. of filmMartin Ashwood-Smith
EBSSat Feb 18, 2012"This is a test. For the next 60 seconds ..." org.Matt Ginsberg
ENDURABLESun Jul 1, 2012Like adversity, one hopesDan Schoenholz
EVILGRINSFri Feb 21, 2020Dastardly looksErik Agard and Anne Flinchbaugh
FENNECSun May 14, 2023Small fox with unusually large earsSid Sivakumar
FORMULASThu Jul 15, 2010After 66-Across, marketing gimmicksBrendan Emmett Quigley and Patrick Blindauer
GOANDSEEWed Feb 26, 2020"Check it out ... I'll wait here"Francis Heaney
ITWASNTTOBEWed Feb 14, 2018"Fate would prove otherwise"Mary Lou Guizzo
KCSFri Jun 25, 1999Basketball coach Jones and othersMatt Gaffney
LABOURCANDIDATEMon Sep 4, 1995British runnerRichard Thomas
MISNAMESSat May 6, 2023Calls incorrectlyCarter Cobb
MOLLYBOLTSun Jan 7, 2001She's holding things downManny Nosowsky
MOODCONGRUENCESun Nov 3, 2024Psychological effect whereby memories are recalled more easily when they match one's current emotional stateSid Sivakumar
NANOGRAMTue Apr 7, 2015One-trillionth of a kiloDavid J. Lieb
NATALIEPORTMANWed Mar 11, 2009*"Star Wars" actress who's a Harvard gradCaleb Madison
POUTEDThu Mar 4, 2021Gave a bit of lip?Blake Slonecker
REGULARMEALSSun Sep 12, 2010Three squaresPaula Gamache
REHAULFri Jul 24, 1998Drag off againManny Nosowsky
SHAWMSun Nov 5, 1995Early woodwindDean Niles
SHOTGLASSSat Sep 2, 2000Belt holderRich Norris
SIXHIGHSTRAIGHTTue Jun 22, 199924-Across beaterNancy Salomon
SOSPICYFri Jan 28, 2022"Whew, that's hot!"Jem Burch
SPORTAGESat Apr 24, 2021Kia model introduced in 1993Kristian House and Mike Dockins
TAKINGASTABSat Aug 4, 2001TryingRandolph Ross
THEROOTSFri Jun 23, 2017"Tonight Show" house bandJames Mulhern and Ashton Anderson
TREEFARMSat Feb 12, 2000Where elders grow older?Dave Tuller
TWITTERYWed Aug 11, 2010Giggling nervouslyEdward Sessa
UNORGANICSat Apr 29, 1995Not derived from plants or animals: Var.Fred Piscop
VPPICKSun Jun 19, 2022Major political announcement before a convention, informallyJeremy Newton
WATERSHIPDOWNSun Aug 16, 2020Alternative title for "Titanic"?Francis Heaney
YOKNAPATAWPHATue Aug 8, 2000Fictional county, locale of 20-AcrossJoy L. Wouk
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