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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 50,587 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
AGENORMWed Dec 12, 2018Benchmark figure given how old a person isDavid J. Kahn
ALOTTOLOSEThu Mar 9, 2023Much on the lineSimeon Seigel
AURALLYSun Nov 5, 2006With respect to hearingDerrick Niederman
BUNRAKUSun Jan 1, 1995Japanese puppet theaterHenry Hook
CAYMANISLANDSSat Nov 28, 1998George Town is its capitalGilbert H. Ludwig
CHOSESIDESThu Dec 14, 1995Didn't engage in fence sittingMatt Gaffney
COMMERCESECRETARYSun May 31, 2020Cabinet position once held by Herbert HooverLewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen
DONTFORGETSat Mar 27, 2021Start of a nudgeMichael Hawkins
DWINDLEWed Apr 9, 2025Fall offAidan Deshong and Oren Hartstein
FISHEYEMon Aug 30, 2010Kind of lens with a wide angleRichard Chisholm
FITUPMon Oct 3, 2011EquipStanley Newman
FROWNSFri Feb 19, 2010Displays displeasureVictor Fleming
GOSFORDFri Feb 7, 2003"___ Park" (2001 whodunit)Michael Shteyman
GOTHMUSICIANSun Jan 22, 2012Bad occupation for Happy?Adam Fromm
GRANDMAMASun Jul 12, 1998Addams Family memberHenry Hook
HERSHSun Oct 5, 2008Pulitzer-winning journalist SeymourByron Walden
INFRAREDCAMERATue Oct 21, 2025Device for capturing thermal imagesSpencer Leach
INSINUATIONSun Apr 19, 2015Sly suggestionDon Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel
JOBONESun Oct 10, 2004Quality, in a Ford sloganElizabeth C. Gorski
LIGHTSUPTHEROOMThu Mar 3, 2005Makes a dazzling entranceByron Walden
METALHEADFri Jul 21, 2017Devotee of Mötley Crüe or MegadethPaolo Pasco
MICROSLEEPMon Aug 15, 2022Super-quick snoozeSimon Marotte
ONONESKNEESFri Sep 29, 1995BeggingManny Nosowsky
PANELISTSSun Oct 31, 1999Game show lineupFrank A. Longo
PARACHUTEINSun Sep 4, 2022*Glide down from aboveTracy Gray
PARLIAMENTThu Oct 25, 2001A ___ of owlsJohn Scott Marrone
PIAOSun Apr 18, 2010Former Chinese Communist military leader Lin ___Randolph Ross
PINKSSun Nov 12, 1995Fox hunter's coatRandolph Ross
POORSPORTFri Apr 3, 2015Person who just can't lose?Patrick Berry
PUBCRAWLMon Nov 16, 2020Bar-to-bar activityJennifer Nutt
RENAISSANCEMANTue Jun 4, 2002Either 38- or 53-AcrossMatthew J. Koceich
ROCKSPRINGSTue Aug 8, 1995Wyoming's fourth-largest cityGregory E. Paul
ROTARYCLUBMon Dec 11, 2017Service organization with a wheel logoBrian Thomas
SEISMOGRAPHERMon Dec 16, 2002Earthquake measurerJim Hyres
SERVESMERIGHTSun Jun 16, 2024"That's what I get"Chandi Deitmer and Wyna Liu
STOPBATHSFri Jul 21, 1995Photo lab rinsesMatt Gaffney
SUMMATHEOLOGICAFri Oct 22, 2004Religious treatise by St. Thomas AquinasPatrick Berry
THEGRANDOLEOPRYThu Sep 17, 2020Major Nashville landmarkSimeon Seigel
VELVETTOUCHTue Nov 28, 20001948 Rosalind Russell film, with "The"Richard Hughes
WRITTENINTHESTARSSun Mar 30, 2025* Composed *Simeon Seigel
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