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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 51,088 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
AHENSun Dec 23, 2001"Two owls and ___ ...": LearFrances Hansen
ASIATICSSat Sep 24, 1994Frederic Prokosch novel, with "The"Manny Nosowsky
BLAZEDMon Oct 28, 1996Burned brightlyR. Norris
CARYSSun Sep 25, 2005Grant and othersMatt Skoczen
CATATONICSat Sep 22, 2007Beyond obliviousMark Diehl
CHEMICALTESTINGWed Mar 30, 2016Some lab workAndrew Reynolds
CLOSINGASALESun Mar 1, 2009*Good and bad for a marketerRobert W. Harris
CRUNCHBERRYMon May 23, 1994Cereal "fruit"Jonathan Schmatzbach
EIDMUBARAKFri Jul 7, 2023Festive Islamic greetingAdrian Johnson
ETAMESONFri Mar 22, 2013Electrically neutral subatomic particleTim Croce
FALLCOLLECTIONSFri Jan 2, 1998Designers' linesAlex K. Justin
FMSTEREOSat Jan 27, 2018Radio option with improved sound qualityMark Diehl
GATEWAYSTue Dec 18, 2001Entry pointsSarah Keller
GUNSHIPSun Dec 8, 1996Armada componentA. J. Santora
HALOHALOTue Jan 31, 2023Crushed-ice dessert with a reduplicative nameErik Agard
HUMBOLDTSGIFTTue Oct 29, 1996Saul Bellow's Pulitzer-winning novelR. J. Hartman
IMBUYINGFri Sep 15, 2017"It's on me"Damon Gulczynski
INTERSECTSFri Jul 29, 2016Cuts throughJohn Guzzetta
LAWNCARESat Feb 4, 2012Business that's always cutting back?Brendan Emmett Quigley and Caleb Madison
LIBBERSSat Dec 17, 2005Some leftiesPatrick Berry
LOTNUMBERFri Oct 1, 2004Auction infoBob Peoples
MARKEDINCREASESThu Dec 28, 1995Like tie-dyed clothes?Cathy Millhauser
OKELYDOKELYSat Apr 18, 2015All right, to 42-AcrossDamon J. Gulczynski
ONTHEFIRSTCOUNTMon Sep 28, 1998Judge's query to a juryRobert Dillman
PLASTICSHEETSSun May 3, 2026Moisture barrier suppliesMark Diehl
PRINTERINKSat Mar 16, 2019It comes in cartridgesAndrew J. Ries
RESERVEDSEATSat Apr 6, 2024Book it!Byron Walden
ROADGANGSFri May 10, 2002Some work partiesManny Nosowsky
SHEPHERDSCANETue Sep 1, 2009See 37-AcrossSteven Ginzburg
SIPHONINGWed Feb 10, 2016Stealing, as gasolineJohn Guzzetta
SOBRIETYSat Jul 29, 1995Kind of testCharles E. Gersch
SOUTHBEACHFri Jan 30, 2026Florida setting for "The Birdcage"Robyn Weintraub
SPINORSOLVEMon Oct 11, 2004"Wheel of Fortune" phraseJim Hyres
STEVECANYONFri Sep 19, 1997Comics hero since 1947Rich Norris
TULATue Sep 23, 1997Noted site of ancient Mexican ruinsNancy Salomon
UNEMBELLISHEDSun Jun 23, 1996Sans ornamentationF. Hansen
VEBLENSat Oct 20, 2007Economist who wrote "The Theory of the Leisure Class"Patrick Berry
WAUGHThu Jan 10, 2013Novelist whose first wife had the same first name, curiouslyKevan Choset
WINKYFACETue Feb 27, 2024This emoticon: ;-)Nate Cardin
YOUNGMCFri Dec 23, 2022Co-writer of Tone Loc's "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina"Brandon Koppy
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