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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 50,548 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
AFTERNOONSat Jan 21, 2006It has many soap slotsBrendan Emmett Quigley
BACKBURNERSun Apr 6, 2014Sleeping sunbather, at times?Patrick Berry
BRAINSURGEONSSun Nov 26, 2017Flourishes around monsoon eventsJeff Chen
BUNDLESUPSun Dec 21, 2008Gets ready to go out in the coldElizabeth C. Gorski
BUSAWAYSun Dec 2, 2001Transport to a distant neighborhood, sayNancy Nicholson Joline
BUTTERNUTSQUASHSat Nov 4, 2017Garden fruit that tastes pumpkin-yMichael Shteyman
CLASSWORKSun Apr 6, 2003...Joe DiPietro
CUTTLEFISHTue Jan 2, 2001Squid's cousinSarah Keller
DECAMERONWed Jun 1, 1994Boccaccio work, with "The"Bob Lubbers
DELMONICOSTEAKSTue May 20, 2014Beef cuts named for a New York restaurateurPeter A. Collins
DREDGEDUPFri Sep 13, 1996Brought to the surfaceM. Nosowsky
EVILGRINSFri Feb 21, 2020Dastardly looksErik Agard and Anne Flinchbaugh
FLAGGINGThu Jul 18, 2024Losing steamKareem Ayas
FLYNTSun Dec 8, 2024Larry ___, founder of Hustler magazineJohn Kugelman
FORESTRANGERSun Mar 9, 2008See 106-AcrossPatrick Berry
GETONONESNERVESMon Jan 8, 2001Exasperate, as a neurologist?Gregory E. Paul
GRETATHUNBERGFri Dec 25, 2020Time magazine's 2019 Person of the YearErik Agard and Wendy L. Brandes
HASTENTOSun Sep 6, 2009Reach in a hurryRobert H. Wolfe
HOBBITSMon Oct 5, 1998Tolkien creaturesPeter Gordon
INDEXFUNDSat Jan 21, 2023Charles Schwab offeringDavid Distenfeld
ITSJUSTMEFri Jan 6, 2023Remark made after catching someone by surpriseErica Hsiung Wojcik
JURYOFONESPEERSThu Sep 13, 2007Equals at a trialJoe Krozel & Victor Fleming
KISSYFACESat Mar 15, 2014Indication that one wants to get smackedEd Sessa
KONYSat Sep 6, 2014"___ 2012" (viral video)James Mulhern
KUNGFUPANDAThu May 16, 20192008 animated film set in ancient ChinaJeff Chen
LIVEANDBREATHEThu Dec 18, 2014*eBayTimothy Polin
MELODICASun May 31, 1998Small pipe organCathy Millhauser
NATURALFOODSun Apr 16, 2000Chemical-free fareElizabeth C. Gorski
OHHELLYEAHWed Nov 2, 2022"Amen!"Ethan Zou and Tomas Spiers
ONESLEGSun Jun 12, 2011*Something to stand onC. W. Stewart
OUTERARMThu Aug 28, 2014Part of a spiral galaxy farthest from the centerNed White
PEPPERPOTTSMon Sep 26, 2016*Iron Man's love interestTimothy Polin
PRERECORDSat Feb 6, 2010Get in the can earlyFrederick J. Healy
REHSat May 21, 1994Pre-show show: Abbr.Charles E. Gersch
REPAIRKITSat Nov 15, 2025Set for service?Kyle Dolan
SHAPESUPThu Jul 17, 2008Quits misbehaving ... or a literal hint to 4-, 9-, 13-, 49- and 57-DownElizabeth A. Long
STEALTHFIGHTERMon Jun 4, 2018Jet that evades radar detectionZhouqin Burnikel
TARNATIONSat Apr 12, 1997Euphemism for hellBob Klahn
TUNEINNEXTWEEKTue Aug 10, 1999Cliffhanger phraseBrendan Emmett Quigley
WEARYOFWed Jan 2, 2019No longer interested inJacob Stulberg
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