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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 50,427 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
ANTINOISEFri Oct 15, 2004Like some town ordinancesEric Berlin
BEASTIEBOYSWed May 31, 2023Rap group with the classic 1986 album "Licensed to Ill" ... or a description of 17-, 24-, 48- and 57-Across?Brandon Koppy
CAMEDOWNINSHEETSSun Sep 11, 2016Rained cats and dogsNed White and George Barany
CARESSERThu Jul 5, 2012One with a lap cat, maybeIan Livengood
CLAYPOTSSat Jan 31, 1998Some earthenwareRich Norris
COMEGETMEMon Sep 22, 2014"I'm stranded and need a ride"Ian Livengood
COMPASSCOURSEMon Nov 3, 2014Ship headingJanet R. Bender
CRABAPPLESFri Aug 8, 2003Base for some jelliesMyles Callum
ENTESSat May 29, 1999Spanish beingsRandolph Ross
EUCHARISTSun Mar 29, 2015Catholic riteAlan Arbesfeld
EXCITEDSat Jun 30, 2018PumpedAndy Kravis
EXTRADITIONThu May 20, 1999End of the quoteZack Butler
EYEWINKSThu Feb 4, 2021Secret-indicating gesturesDerek Allen
FIREFLYThu Jul 21, 2016Night light?Jason Flinn
FIRSTORDERFri Mar 21, 2008Simplest, in math and logicPeter A. Collins
HOTDESKINGSat Feb 8, 2020Office-sharing system, in modern lingoHemant Mehta
ITSINTHEBAGTue Jul 21, 2015"We have this won" ... or what could be said about each of the first words of the answers to the starred cluesDavid Phillips
JAILSENTENCEThu Nov 24, 2005See circlesMichael Shteyman
JJONAHJAMESONMon Nov 5, 2007Editor out to smear Spider-ManJeremy Horwitz
KUNTAKINTESat Sep 21, 2019Role for which LeVar Burton was nominated for an EmmyJoon Pahk and Erik Agard
LIKKERThu Feb 25, 1999HoochJim Page
LOVEISWed Jun 24, 2009Vanessa Williams/Brian McKnight duetCorey Rubin
MMAFIGHTERTue Oct 15, 2024Modern combat athlete, informallyLindsay Rosenblum
MODERNHUMORISTSun Apr 26, 2009Comedy webzine founded in 2000Trip Payne
MOUNTEVERESTThu Dec 24, 2009It was conquered in 1953Nancy Salomon
MUCKSSun Jul 16, 2006GoosAshish Vengsarkar
NETFLIXANDCHILLSat Oct 20, 2018Modern invitation to hook upBen Gross and James Somers
NUTCRACKERWed Jun 10, 19981892 Tchaikovsky ballet, with "The"Nancy S. Ross
PATRONOFTHEARTSSun Oct 17, 2021Ballet supporter, e.g.Jeff Chen
PEACECONFERENCEFri Jul 3, 1998It may follow a cease-fireMartin Ashwood-Smith
PREMONITIONTue Jan 23, 2018ForebodingJim Hilger
ROSIESBARSat Nov 21, 2015"M*A*S*H" watering holeNatan Last
SIXPENCEFri Feb 16, 2001Money in a classic song titleBob Klahn
SLAMDUNKSSun Sep 7, 2025Sure thingsDerrick Niederman
STEPPARENTSat Nov 4, 1995Cinderella's mother, e.g.Frank A. Longo
TAKENPAINSSun May 1, 2016StrivenJoel Fagliano and Byron Walden
THEABSURDSat Apr 21, 2007See 29-AcrossByron Walden
TOREAWAYSat Feb 14, 1998Fled in a hurryMark Diehl
TURKEYINTHESTRAWThu Dec 26, 2019Classic tune often played by ice cream trucksTrenton Charlson
WAGONERSSat Jun 18, 1994Mule train driversRandolph Ross
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