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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 50,910 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
ARTTHERAPYSat Apr 21, 2007Psychiatric discipline pioneered by Margaret NaumburgByron Walden
BACKSTROKETue Apr 16, 2013Butterfly alternativePeter Broda
BRAINPOWERSat Jul 26, 2025SmartsAdam Levav
CLIMBDOWNWed Aug 8, 2012DismountPeter A. Collins
CORNCOBSSun Jul 30, 2000Some pipesRandolph Ross
CROWNJEWELSThu Jan 27, 2000Palace display, maybeDavid Ainslie Macleod
CUTTHATOUTMon Jan 12, 2009"Stop!" ... or what you do to 18-, 24-, 40- and 54-AcrossLynn Lempel
DIAGONMon Nov 21, 2016___ Alley, shopping area for Harry PotterJohn Lieb
FANTODSSun Jan 22, 2023State of uneasiness, informallyGarrett Chalfin
FOGGSFri Mar 18, 1994Noted world traveler and namesakesMark Diehl
GOODWILLWed Aug 16, 1995Angelic George?Judith Perry
GUNBOATSat Dec 17, 1994PT 109, e.g.Chuck Deodene
IMPRINTEDFri Sep 17, 1999Like many a cover titlePatrick D. Berry
ISABELALLENDEFri May 12, 2023"The House of the Spirits" novelistEnrique Henestroza Anguiano
LANDSCAPERSSun Sep 15, 2002Manages to get garnishes?Fred Piscop
LEAFLIKESun Sep 4, 2011FolioseDana Delany and Matt Ginsberg
LICENSEFEESSun May 1, 2016Revenue source for Fish and Wildlife departmentsJoel Fagliano and Byron Walden
LUFTBALLONSWed Sep 9, 202099, in pop musicJakob Weisblat
MAXBEERBOHMSat Mar 13, 1999EDWARDIAN WIT WHO WROTE "THE HAPPY HYPOCRITE"David J. Kahn
MEZUZAHSFri Jun 19, 2009Jewish parchment scrolls put on doorpostsDavid Levinson Wilk
MINCEPIESSun Jul 14, 2002British delicaciesPatrick Berry
MODERNWARFARESun Jun 30, 2013West Point subjectAlex Vratsanos and Jeff Chen
PICKUPSTICKTue Jun 9, 2020Item in a game of jackstrawsFreddie Cheng
SAVETHEDATEFri Nov 30, 2018Advance notice for an eventRobyn Weintraub
SHOOTEMThu Feb 3, 1994_____-up (film genre)A.J. Santora
SLAPHAPPYWed Apr 13, 2011Punch-drunkElizabeth C. Gorski
SMELLIESTThu Dec 17, 2020Most foulKathryn Ladner
SONGEURMon Oct 2, 1995Dreamer: Fr.Joy L. Wouk
STAGEMOMSFri May 27, 2022Parents obsessed with play dates?David Distenfeld
SUBSTRATASun Mar 13, 2005FoundationsPatrick Merrell
SWINGBYSun Jan 12, 2020Pay a brief visitEvan Mahnken and David Steinberg
TABLEHOCKEYSun Jun 13, 2021Two-player game invented in TorontoStephen McCarthy
TAILCOATEDSat Mar 6, 1999In formal wearFred Piscop
TAKENTOTASKFri Jan 7, 2011CensuredJoe DiPietro
THEENTERTAINERThu Jun 28, 2018Classic Scott Joplin ragJeff Chen
THROWASPIRALWed Jun 10, 2020Toss the pigskin perfectlyAmanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau
ULTRAMANSun Oct 14, 2018Supervillain in DC ComicsRoss Trudeau
VENIRFri Jan 22, 2010To come, in Cádiz or CaenNatan Last
WAXINGSALONSun Aug 12, 2007Hair removal siteCathy Millhauser
WINTERTIMEFri Sep 10, 2021What comes after the fallAdrian Kabigting
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