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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
ACHIPOFFTHEOLDBLOCKSun Apr 1, 2012Wedge shot from a worn-out practice range platform?Patrick Merrell
ADMITTINGSat Jun 7, 1997ConcedingMartin Schneider
ANTIMONYSun Mar 22, 2026Sb, on the periodic tableAlex Eaton-Salners
ASMUCHWed Feb 14, 2024In the same quantityElla Dershowitz
ASSAULTEDSun Jul 18, 2004Set uponSeth A. Abel
AUVINSat Oct 9, 2010Coq ___Joe Krozel
BADMOUTHSFri Jul 28, 2023TrashesRafael Musa and Hoang-Kim Vu
BEWAILSWed Apr 30, 1997Loudly lamentsBrendan Emmett Quigley
BLINDERSWed Dec 29, 2004Horse focuserJay Giess
BOSTONLETTUCEMon Nov 22, 2010Meal money in Massachusetts?David Poole
BRANDNAMEPRODUCTSSun Nov 24, 2019Not genericsFrank Longo
CHICKENHEARTEDTue Aug 20, 1996YellowS. Spadaccini
CHOOSERSTue Jul 30, 2002Picky people?Sherry O. Blackard
DISLOCATIONSun Dec 3, 2006Where we be?Patrick Merrell
DOESASOLIDSun Jan 26, 2025Helps, informallyRich Proulx
DORBEETLESun Jan 29, 1995June bugBryant White
DUSTINHOFFMANThu Apr 8, 1999See 20-Across and 54-AcrossDavid J. Kahn
EXCUSEZMOISat Dec 14, 2024Cutesy expression borrowed from FrenchOwen Bergstein
FOURSEASONSSun Dec 31, 20061981 Alan Alda comedy, with "The"Elizabeth C. Gorski
INASCRAPEThu Mar 17, 2016Up the creekDavid Woolf
LAXNESSSun Feb 4, 2001InattentionFrank A. Longo
MARCHESWed Apr 19, 1995Subject of this puzzleAlfio Micci
MEDIEVALROMANCESat Aug 17, 2002Damsel-in-distress tale, maybeFrank Longo
ONEBELOWPARSun Mar 4, 2007*Where to find para in the dictionaryRandolph Ross
PATEKMon Apr 3, 2017___ Philippe (Swiss watchmaker)Agnes Davidson and Zhouqin Burnikel
PINKESTFri Feb 1, 2008Tickled the most?Doug Peterson
PROACTIVESat Feb 11, 1995On the offensiveRandolph Ross
PUTSINATRANCEWed Nov 12, 2008HypnotizesPeter A. Collins
PUTTOANENDSat Sep 5, 2015HaltedByron Walden
QUIZZICALLOOKSat Feb 22, 2020Expression of one at sea, perhapsTrenton Charlson
RAPTUREDTue Mar 6, 2001EcstaticEd Early
ROUTEMANWed Apr 25, 2007Worker who makes roundsJohn Farmer
SCARYFACESun Apr 23, 2000Halloween mask?Nancy Nicholson Joline
SCOTTBAIOMon Mar 8, 2004Co-star of 36-DownAllan E. Parrish
SHRIKESThu Dec 8, 2022Butcher birdsGrant Thackray
SMALTOFri Apr 6, 2001Colored glass used in mosaicDavid J. Kahn
VEGANPIZZAThu Mar 9, 2017Pie made with dairy-free cheese, maybeJeremy Newton
WESLEYANGRADUATEThu Mar 25, 2004One who went to school in Middletown, Conn.David Liben-Nowell and Ryan O'Donnell
WHOLELOTTALOVETue Nov 11, 1997Led Zeppelin hit, 1969Brendan Emmett Quigley
YOUOWEMEFri May 17, 2013Favor doer's commentJosh Knapp
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