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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 50,561 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
ACTUALSFri Feb 25, 2022Counterpart to projections, in accountingDamon Gulczynski
BAKERIESMon Sep 25, 2000Pastry shopsPeter Gordon
BEFAZEDSat May 1, 2004Show flusterByron Walden
BLUEPRINTSun Jul 28, 2024Detailed plan of actionPaolo Pasco
BOUNDLESSENERGYMon Nov 1, 19991995 Deepak Chopra bookRobert Frank
CAPPERSat Jan 1, 2005Doesn't this beat all?Raymond C. Young
CASUALTYFri Nov 15, 1996Kind of insuranceR. Norris
CIVILLAWSat Sep 18, 2004Basis on which many suits are pressedBob Peoples
CLASSICALGUITARSat Nov 2, 2024Andrés Segovia won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for itBlake Slonecker
COFFEEBARSTue Mar 31, 2015Java jointsGary Cee
CRASSNESSSat Oct 29, 1994VulgarityFrank A. Longo
DOLINGSun Feb 1, 2004MetingRoy Leban
ENDURANCERUNNERSat Dec 30, 2023Participant in an ultramarathonSimeon Seigel
FIDELISWed May 22, 2019"Semper ___" (Marine Corps motto)Alex Eaton-Salners
FOURROSESSun Mar 28, 1999Blended whisky brand, or a Valentine's giftCathy Allis Millhauser
FUSSYEATERSun Nov 2, 2025Child who refuses to put things away?Rafael Musa
HAPPILYSat Jan 15, 2011One way to be marriedBarry C. Silk
INWAITSun Jul 24, 1994One way to lieMatt Gaffney
JOBOPENINGMon Feb 11, 2008Want ad heading ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 38- and 49-AcrossKen Bessette
JULIANFri Jan 6, 2017Kind of calendarJacob Stulberg
LEITMOTIFSun Sep 7, 2025The shark-warning notes of "Jaws," for exampleDerrick Niederman
LONGRALLYSun Aug 26, 2018Lot of back and forth?Olivia Mitra Framke
MANDIBLESTue Mar 12, 2002Lower jawsSarah Keller
NFLCHEERLEADERThu Jul 25, 1996Figure in a Super Bowl promoA. J. Santora
NOVELETTESSun Jul 1, 2007Longish storiesNancy Salomon and Bill Zais
NOWYOUKNOWSat Aug 25, 2007Response to "I had no idea!"Myles Callum
ONEPOTATOTWOPOTATOThu Apr 13, 2017Start of a counting rhymeMichael Shteyman
QUICKASAWINKTue Dec 6, 2005ProntoNancy Salomon
RESULTINGSat Jul 11, 1998ConsequentialFran and Lou Sabin
ROTARYCLUBMon Dec 11, 2017Service organization with a wheel logoBrian Thomas
SAINTTHOMASSun Sep 11, 1994Supreme Court Justice from the N.F.L.?Louis Sabin
SEMINALLYTue Aug 8, 2000From the very beginningJoy L. Wouk
SHARPSHOOTERMon Dec 6, 2010Annie Oakley, for oneRichard Chisholm
SOCKSANDSANDALSWed Jan 6, 2021Footwear fashion faux pasEric Bornstein
SODACRACKERSun Apr 16, 1995Thin snackMatt Gaffney
SOZZLEDThu Nov 11, 2010Three sheets to the windAndrew Zhou
TIREDBLOODWed Jun 9, 2021Condition better known as anemiaByron Walden
TWITTERYWed Aug 11, 2010Giggling nervouslyEdward Sessa
WINEBARSWed Jul 17, 2002Sipping sitesPeter Gordon
ZIGZAGSSat Dec 4, 1999Irregular coursesRich Norris
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