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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 50,891 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
ALLHALLOWSEVEFri Oct 28, 2016Fright night?Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
BLACKCARDTue Sep 16, 2025*High-status American Express offeringJonathan Daly
BODYSHOTFri Aug 7, 2020Drink that's hard on the stomach?Tom Pepper
BUFFERZONEMon Jun 22, 2020Neutral area between hostile forcesSid Sivakumar
CAMECLOSEWed Jul 18, 2001Almost made itElizabeth C. Gorski
CINCINNATUSSat Jun 10, 2023Roman statesman for whom a Midwest city was namedJohn Hawksley
CONNOTEDSun May 22, 1994ImpliedRandolph Ross
DRIVENUTSSun Apr 11, 2021Result of a merger between Google and Planters?Dick Shlakman and Will Nediger
EVILLOOKSSat May 26, 2007GlaresJoe DiPietro
FLOPPYEAREDMon Apr 5, 1999Like a houndGregory E. Paul
FREEONBAILMon Feb 1, 2016Conditionally released from custodyGary Cee
FROCKSTue Mar 20, 2001Monks' habitsPeter Abide
GOSFORDFri Feb 7, 2003"___ Park" (2001 whodunit)Michael Shteyman
GOTOARESTAURANTSun Mar 5, 2023Dine outJohn-Clark Levin
HAILTOFri Dec 30, 2011Start of a presidential marchMike Nothnagel
JUSTTHISONETIMETue Jan 25, 2000Dad says "yes"William S. Cotter
LIBROWed Jul 10, 2024Book in a bibliotecaHal Moore
LISBETHSat Mar 2, 2019___ Salander, protagonist in "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"Peter A. Collins
MADRILENESat Aug 26, 2000Tomato consomméA. J. Santora
MESSAGETOGARCIASat Jul 24, 1999Elbert Hubbard work, with "A"Rich Norris
MINTCHIPFri Oct 17, 1997Ice cream flavorAlan Jay Weiss
MISSILETESTSat Feb 7, 2026Long shot practiceMark Diehl
MOUNTVESUVIUSWed Oct 23, 2019Famous erupter of A.D. 79Jennifer Nutt
MUSCLEMANTue Nov 18, 2014Bodybuilder, for oneJacob McDermott
NUBBLYMon Feb 17, 2020Rough and textured, as fabricSally Hoelscher
PANICLEFri Aug 18, 2000Flower clusterPatrick D. Berry
PEEPATSun Aug 31, 1997View surreptitiouslyDavid J. Kahn
RECORDCROWDSat Jul 4, 2015Best turnout everSam Ezersky
SAKIASun Dec 3, 1995Egyptian waterwheelMartin Schneider
SAWSLOGSSun Apr 21, 2019SnoresGrant Thackray
SKINCAREROUTINESat Jun 18, 2022Morning ritual for someBrooke Husic
SPRINGOPENFri Nov 21, 2008What jack-in-the-boxes doPatrick Berry
TEDCRUZSun May 10, 2020Senator who once served as an editor of the Harvard Law ReviewAdam Fromm
THRUSTERSun Oct 27, 1996Spacecraft partN. N. Joline
TUNGSTENMon Sep 5, 1994Filament materialJulian Ochrymowych & Amy Goldstein
UEFAWed Jul 24, 2024Soccer org. that runs the Champions LeagueShaun Phillips
UPANDUPSat Mar 18, 2017Honest or respectable courseRoland Huget
UPWELLSSun May 21, 1995Rises, as waterDean Niles
WASABIMAYOFri Mar 28, 2025Poke bowl condimentZhouqin Burnikel
WENSTue Sep 19, 1995CystsJanet R. Bender
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