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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 51,028 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
ADMITTOThu Jul 3, 2025Come clean aboutAdam Wagner
ARLOGUTHRIEFri Aug 7, 1998Woodstock performer, 1969Frank Longo
BIRDWATCHERMon Nov 13, 2000One who looks up when someone yells "duck!"?Peter Gordon
BUENOSAIRESARGENTINASun Dec 15, 2024Capital on the Río de la PlataDavid Kwong
BURYTHEHATCHETSun Sep 8, 2019... the guy who vows to take his Stetson to the graveJoe DiPietro
CALMDOWNMon Feb 11, 2019"Chill out!"Howard Barkin
CIRCLEDANCEThu Jul 9, 2020Hora, for oneJoe Kidd
COLORMANTue Mar 14, 1995Play-by-play announcer's partnerBob Klahn
DECRIALSun Jun 25, 2006Noisy censureJim Page
DENTINSun Jan 5, 2014Major part of a toothAlan DerKazarian
DOMESTICANIMALSFri Jan 13, 2012Potential petsTodd Gross and Doug Peterson
FOREIGNMINISTERSat Dec 14, 2013Part of a French cabinetMartin Ashwood-Smith
GALADRIELSun Jan 4, 2026Elf portrayed by Cate Blanchett in "The Fellowship of the Ring"Gene Louise De Vera
GENERALCOUNSELSun Mar 14, 2004Military adviser's other job?Craig Kasper
GENTEFri Apr 28, 1995People, in PonceRich Norris
GILDALIVETue Dec 15, 20151980 one-woman comedy produced by Lorne MichaelsDavid Levinson Wilk
GOVERNORGENERALFri Apr 14, 2000Ottawa officialMartin Ashwood-Smith
GUMLINESWed Feb 23, 2022Teeth disappear under themRose Conlon
HAMPTONSat Jul 13, 2013Jazz legend who turned the Benny Goodman Trio into the Benny Goodman QuartetByron Walden
IDEALOGUESSun Feb 11, 2018Inventors' diaries?Matt Ginsberg
ITISONSun Apr 5, 2026"This. Means. War!"Samuel A. Donaldson
LICENSEPLATETue Aug 21, 2001Vanity item, perhapsSarah Keller
MODELERSun Oct 15, 2006Hobbyist with toy trains, e.g.Norma Johnson & Nancy Salomon
NECROSEDFri Jul 30, 2010Dead, as tissueKevin G. Der
NONFACTORSFri Oct 4, 2019They don't come into playMatthew Sewell
NOUTURNSFri Oct 1, 2004Freeway prohibitionsBob Peoples
OUTOFPLACESun Apr 19, 2026How a misfit might feelMichael Lieberman
PEENINGSat Dec 24, 2005Pounding, in a wayByron Walden
PICKUPTHEPACEMon Aug 9, 2004"Faster!"M. Francis Vuolo
POWEROFTWOSun Jan 14, 2024Indigo Girls song with the chorus "Adding up the total of a love that's true / Multiply life by the ..."John Kugelman
SEEYOUSOONFri Jan 13, 2017"Toodles"Andrew J. Ries
SEYFRIEDSun Oct 3, 2021Actress Amanda of 2012's "Les Misérables"Trenton Charlson
SOOTIESTThu Sep 21, 2006Most like a chimney sweepStella Daily and Bruce Venzke
SUITABLEFri May 12, 2017FitBill Clinton and Victor Fleming
TERNISun May 27, 2018Italian city where St. Valentine was bornAndrew Chaikin
TERRANSun Jun 25, 2023Earthling, in sci-fiJohn Westwig
THATSASHAMEFri Aug 7, 2020"Too bad"Tom Pepper
TOMAHAWKMon Jun 29, 1998Hiawatha's weaponGregory E. Paul
TRUSTEESSat Feb 10, 1996FiduciariesJohn R. Conrad
WHATDIMISSFri May 29, 2026"Can you catch me up?"Hemant Mehta
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