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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 50,711 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
ADSENSEFri Feb 14, 2025Google platform for website monetizationSarah Sinclair
AFFIRMSSun Dec 5, 2004States positivelyDavid J. Kahn
ARTSCAMSSun Jun 28, 2020They might involve impersonating a dealerJon Schneider and Anderson Wang
BACKINTHESADDLEFri Jan 22, 2016Functioning againPaula Gamache
BFASFri Dec 24, 1993Arts degs.Merl H. Reagle
BIGTIMERSat Jan 20, 2007Pooh-bahHarvey Estes
CIAASSETSun Mar 1, 2026Mole, maybeMatt Proulx and Jeffrey Martinovic
COLDOPENSSat Aug 30, 2025Sketches that end with "Live from New York, it's Saturday night!"Maddy Ziegler
DARKALESun Apr 6, 2025Brown beerKareem Ayas
DESECRATEFri Sep 16, 2016Treat with violent disrespectPatrick Berry
DEVILINSIDESun Jan 16, 2022VAUDEVILLIAN (#2, 1988)Derrick Niederman
DIEMENSat Dec 21, 1996Van ___'s Land (Tasmania, once)F. Piscop
DRAINBOARDSSun May 18, 2008Sloping surfaces next to sinksBrendan Emmett Quigley
ECARTESFri Apr 2, 2010King-high gamesAlan Olschwang
FAWNOVERMon Apr 8, 2019Lavish praise uponTracy Gray and Jeff Chen
GAURSun Oct 12, 1997Indian oxNancy Salomon
GLANCESATFri Apr 17, 2026Looks over brieflyRachel Fabi
GRIPERSThu Mar 8, 2007Beef producersGilbert H. Ludwig
INAKITSat Nov 21, 2020How model airplane parts are soldSam Ezersky
INDISCERNIBLEFri Jun 16, 1995Not clearThomas W. Schier
JEOPARDIZETue Jan 24, 2017Put at riskJohn R. O'Brien
LANDEDUPSat Apr 21, 2001Finally reached, with "in"David J. Kahn
OHGIRLThu Aug 4, 1994#1 hit for the Chi-Lites, 1972Jim Page
OLIVEGROVESat Nov 22, 2025Outdoor setting for Plato's AcademyBlake Slonecker
PAPUANSSun Oct 9, 2011Some New GuineansBrendan Emmett Quigley
PLAMEThu May 30, 2019Outed covert C.I.A. officer ValerieBrandon Koppy
RAROTue Dec 11, 2012Uncommon: Sp.Gene Newman
REHAULFri Jul 24, 1998Drag off againManny Nosowsky
RIPOSTSFri Aug 14, 1998Counterstrokes: Var.Shannon Burns
RUNSTOSEEDFri Apr 12, 2002Goes downhillManny Nosowsky
SPITZERSun Jan 20, 2008New York governor after PatakiNatan Last
TAKEPLACETue Nov 10, 2009HappenAlan Arbesfeld
TEMPORALLOBEFri May 21, 2004Part of the brain associated with memoryEric Berlin
THEFWORDSun Feb 7, 2021Live broadcast no-noKatie Hale and Christina Iverson
THERIACSat Dec 26, 2009Onetime snake venom antidoteKevin G. Der
TIBETANMONKThu Mar 17, 2011Devout Lhasan, sayAnna Shechtman
TRANSACTIONDATESat Jan 10, 2015Invoice informationJoe Krozel
TREKKEDFri May 29, 1998Migrated like the BoersFred Piscop
WHEREAREYOUTue May 21, 2013Searcher's queryPatrick McIntyre
WITCHTRIALFri Oct 5, 2018Crux of "The Crucible"Robyn Weintraub
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