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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 50,772 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
AMANDOWNTue May 20, 2014Short playerwise, as in hockeyPeter A. Collins
AMIMAKINGTHATUPSat Jun 15, 2024"Is it not?"Ryan Judge
ANTAWNThu Sep 15, 2005Jamison of the N.B.A.Frank Longo
ARGUMENTThu Oct 23, 2025Case openerAimee Lucido
BEACHBALLSun Sep 18, 2011One may be seen on a 28-Across's noseJosh Knapp
BLANKCHEQUESun Feb 25, 1996Dishonest person's temptationD. Niles
CANADABLUEGRASSSat Jan 11, 2014It has a close "Kentucky" cousinMartin Ashwood-Smith
CHOCOLATESUNDAESFri Oct 7, 1994Baskin-Robbins ordersBryant White
CLUBFEDSat Aug 10, 2024Relatively nice prison, humorouslySpencer Leach
COCKLESWed May 15, 2024Bivalve mollusksMaryEllen Uthlaut
COMMONCOREThu Jan 16, 2025Set of educational standards ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 34- and 46-AcrossRebecca Goldstein and Adam Wagner
CURLBARTue Mar 5, 2024Weightlifting item for a biceps routineChristina Iverson
DANICASun Mar 16, 2025Auto racer ___ PatrickPaul Coulter
DXIXWed Aug 10, 2016519, in old RomeDavid C. Duncan Dekker
EBANKSSun Apr 13, 2014Websites of interest?Dan Schoenholz
FARMCLUBSat Aug 4, 2007Place for some prospectsByron Walden
FEAROFHEIGHTSThu Apr 4, 2013It might prevent you from risingCorey Rubin
FILENEFri Jan 9, 2009Department store founder who pioneered credit unionsPaula Gamache
HIGHWAYENTRANCEMon Jun 30, 2008On-rampLynn Lempel
HITITFATSun Sep 1, 2013Strike turf before the ball, in golfJohn Farmer
HOPELESSCAUSEMon Mar 23, 2020What a last true believer might believe inEd Sessa
ISAACBASHEVISSINGERSun Dec 3, 1995Typing tenorMartin Schneider
JUDIDENCHThu Feb 21, 2019Player of M in "GoldenEye"Sam Trabucco
LANDSCAPERWed Dec 4, 2013Topiary proDaniel Raymon
MASTERCARDSun Jun 22, 2008TRAILHEAD ___ COUNTERTOPPamela Amick Klawitter
MEETTHEPARENTSMon Jan 5, 20092000 De Niro/Stiller comedyAndrea Carla Michaels
MOVEDAROUNDThu Apr 1, 2010Like the clues in all the words in this puzzleLee Glickstein
NOPASSINGThu May 8, 2008What a solid yellow line may indicateHarvey Estes
NORVOThu Oct 22, 2009Red of early jazzJoel Fagliano
NOWSEEHERETue Nov 9, 2021"Listen, bub!"Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson
OVERSUBSCRIBESun Mar 4, 2007* subscapularRandolph Ross
PASSACAGLIASun Aug 21, 2022Italian dance form from the Spanish for "walk in the street"Brooke Husic and Will Nediger
PAYCODTue Feb 13, 2007What you may have to do for goods bought by mail orderNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
PINGPONGPADDLESun Jan 11, 2026Article of sports equipment that typically has two rubber sheets of different colorsDylan Schiff
PRIGGISHSun Aug 4, 2002OvermodestRobert Malinow
RAFFISun Apr 21, 1996One-named children's singerM. Gaffney
SNOWBOARDINGSun Mar 14, 2021Winter sport jokingly predicted by 101-Across in 1965Jacob Stulberg
STOWINGSat Feb 22, 2003Doing warehouse workDana Motley
THERASCALSSat Nov 20, 2010Group whose 1968 album "Time Peace" was #1Joe DiPietro
TITLESONGSat Jul 11, 2015"Hair," for exampleJoe DiPietro
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