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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 50,641 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
ACCESSLOGSun Jan 25, 2026Site-seeing list?Mark MacLachlan
ARCHONSSat Aug 28, 2010Ancient Athenian magistratesXan Vongsathorn
BLUEHOLESSun Feb 16, 2025Deep, dark ocean cavernsJohn Kugelman
CHECKSANDBALANCESThu Jun 27, 2019What the Constitution provides among the branches of governmentHoang-Kim Vu
CHRISTTHEREDEEMERSun Oct 22, 2017Facebook Status: "2016 Summer Olympics and a day trip to one of the new Seven Wonders of the World!"Tracy Gray
CRASHINTOSun Apr 14, 2024BEFORE: Rear-end, e.g.John Rippe and Jeff Chen
CROSSDRESSINGWed May 15, 2019"Mrs. Doubtfire" plot device - or what the letters in this clue's answer do five times?Zhouqin Burnikel
DESELECTSSun Jan 21, 2007Cancels, as in an online order formPatrick Berry
DEVIATIONSun Feb 24, 2019Word that follows "standard" and means something nonstandardErik Agard
ENCOILMon May 16, 1994Make into a spiralEd Pegg Jr.
FANCYRESTAURANTSSun Nov 20, 2022Gastrophiles ...Joe Deeney
FUDGEFACTORSun Aug 13, 2000Statistician's margin for errorNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
GALLEYSLAVEThu Jun 26, 2008"Ben-Hur" extraDavid J. Kahn
HENRIIISat May 18, 1996Husband of Catherine de MediciM. Nosowsky
HONGCHAUWed Jul 5, 2023Best Supporting Actress nominee for "The Whale," 2022Joe Deeney
INBADODORSun Aug 21, 1994Out of favorTed Fulton
INDICTEDMon Apr 17, 2006Charged with a crimeLarry Paul
ITAKETHATBACKThu Nov 9, 2017Words of retractionBruce Haight
JUSTIFIEDFri Jul 26, 2013LegitimateBrendan Emmett Quigley
LIGHTVERSEWed May 14, 2025Playful poetryRebecca Goldstein and Adam Wagner
LUGEINGThu Jun 16, 1994Coasting at LillehammerJim Page
MORNINGSSun Dec 25, 1994Early timesRandolph Ross
NAGOYASun Sep 13, 2020Japanese city where Lexus is headquarteredMaryEllen Uthlaut
NEEDLEDROPFri Oct 31, 2025Point in a film when an iconic song sets the sceneJuliana Tringali Golden
OWEITTue Apr 24, 2012"You ___ to yourself ..."Adam G. Perl
PLANSTOFri Feb 8, 2008Probably will, circumstances permittingMike Nothnagel
POLISHHAMSWed Apr 18, 2007Deli selectionsJim Page
RECENTPASTSun Jun 22, 2014Several days ago, sayElizabeth C. Gorski
REPULSEDSun Nov 27, 1994Made a successful standJacques Liwer
ROWBTue Jan 14, 2014Near-prime seatingTim Croce
RUNSLOOSESat Oct 15, 2016Goes without a leashMark Diehl
SHERMANSMARCHSun Mar 12, 1995Headline of #4,110 (Nov. 25, 1864)Charles M. Deber
SHRIVELUPFri Mar 3, 1995WitherChuck Deodene
SOCSFri Jan 19, 1996Assns.C. Gersch
TUNNIESFri Feb 24, 1995BluefinsRich Norris
URBANESTFri Mar 6, 1998Most refinedBrendan Emmett Quigley
WECOOLWed Aug 2, 2017"No hard feelings, man, right?"Bruce Haight
WHITEGOLDSun Jun 22, 2003Alloy that resembles platinumJohn Duschatko
WORKSFORPEANUTSMon Dec 29, 2025Is severely underpaidChase Dittrich
WYNONNAFri Sep 21, 20011992 country albumBrendan Emmett Quigley
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