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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 50,873 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
ACTIONSTARSun Jun 8, 2025Jason Statham or Sylvester StalloneJohn Kugelman
ALASKATOJOINUNIONSun Mar 12, 1995Headline of #36,683 (Ju1y 1, 1958)Charles M. Deber
ALEASHSun Nov 23, 1997Restrained, after "on"Christopher Hurt and Derek Tague
ASMUDTue Sep 16, 2008Clear ___ (hard to understand)Michael Langwald
BACKWASHTue Sep 16, 2025*Motion of receding wavesJonathan Daly
BOOMINGWed Apr 18, 2018Taking off, as businessPeter A. Collins and Bruce Haight
BRAHMASFri Oct 28, 2011Some rodeo bullsTim Croce
CANYOUIMAGINESun May 27, 2001Start of a quoteDana Motley
CASTESYSTEMFri Mar 15, 2019Social hierarchy that rejects individualismJamey Smith
CHOMSKYWed Dec 4, 2002Linguist NoamRichard Hughes
COVEREDDISHESSat Oct 16, 2004Potluck arrayDana Motley
DEADCENTERThu May 10, 2018Bull's-eye ... or a hint to this puzzle's themeCaitlin Reid
DOWNHERESat Sep 13, 2014Call from the cellarJosh Knapp
FIRSTPASTTHEPOSTSun Oct 2, 2016Like a simple-majority voting systemZhouqin Burnikel
FRESHOUTSat May 24, 2003Having just sold the last oneRich Norris
GALILEANSat Apr 7, 2001Like Jupiter's four largest moonsTrip Payne
GRUELINGSun May 10, 2015ArduousJacob Stulberg
HAVEALOTTOOFFERSun Mar 25, 2001What the state gambling board might do to increase sales?Trip Payne
HOPOMYTHUMBMon Nov 22, 1993Small personFred Piscop
KRASNERSat May 14, 2005Abstract Expressionist LeeBob Peoples
MEDITERRANEANFri Aug 17, 2007___ diet, food plan emphasizing olive oil, fish, fruit, vegetables and red wineRoger Barkan
MEESun May 13, 2001English author and editor Arthur ___Nancy Nicholson Joline
MEIOSISThu Jun 20, 2024Process of cell divisionElla Dershowitz
MGMGRANDSSat Jul 2, 2005Gambling venues in Vegas and DetroitSherry O. Blackard
PAXILSat Feb 15, 2014Prozac alternativeJulian Lim
PEELEDOUTSun Jul 6, 2025Burned rubberZhou Zhang and Kevin Curry
REGATHERSun Dec 16, 2007Assemble againDavid J. Kahn and Steve Kahn
ROUGHSTARTThu Jan 12, 2023Inauspicious beginningGrant Thackray
SECONDSTORYSun Dec 25, 2022"Back to Treasure Island," e.g.?John Martz
SENDFORTHTue Nov 29, 2016DischargeJacob Stulberg
SGLSSun Apr 9, 1995Ones: Abbr.Cathy Millhauser
SHREDDEDWHEATWed Feb 5, 2014Breakfast cereal ... or a hint to what's found in the answers to the four starred clues?Tracy Gray
SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUSThu Jul 23, 2015Mouthful from a 1964 songTimothy Polin
SURFTHEWEBFri May 17, 2002Browse, in a wayJoe DiPietro
TABULATETue Aug 24, 2004Arrange in columnsLynn Lempel
TAKEARIDESun Dec 3, 2000Not go by footElizabeth C. Gorski
THELAMBFri Aug 18, 2017Epithet for JesusBrendan Emmett Quigley
TRANSVAALSun Dec 1, 2002Historic region divided in 1994David J. Kahn
TURNTOMUSHFri Jun 27, 2008Get all sentimentalBrad Wilber
WELLWELLThu Jul 8, 2021"Look what we have here!"John Lampkin
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