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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 50,781 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
ACUTESTue Dec 10, 1996Accents in "resume"D. Niles
ASPIRATIONSun Mar 6, 2011HopeDavid Levinson Wilk
AVERAGEAGEThu Oct 13, 2016About 25 years, for N.F.L. playersDon Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel
BESTCOMEDYALBUMMon Jan 26, 2026Grammy Award that's good for laughs? [1960s rock musician]Erica Hsiung Wojcik
BIGTIMERSat Jan 20, 2007Pooh-bahHarvey Estes
BOBCOSTASSat Oct 29, 2005NBC Sports personalityJoe DiPietro
CACHINNATEThu Aug 27, 2020Laugh uproariouslyNancy Stark and Will Nediger
COCKPITFri Oct 2, 2020Place for an aceDebbie Ellerin
COTTAGEINDUSTRYWed May 28, 2003Making of handicrafts, sayAlan Arbesfeld
DISTILLERSun Aug 12, 2007Hiram Walker, for oneCathy Millhauser
DOESLUNCHSat Sep 11, 2021Meets and eats, perhapsSid Sivakumar
DRILLBITMon Jun 19, 2017Tool part used to create holesSusan Gelfand
DUCKANDCOVERSun Jul 22, 2001Raw materials for a feather pillow?Patrick Berry
ECYCLEDSat Mar 15, 2025Was eco-conscious with tech waste, in modern parlanceRyan McCarty
ELBOWINGFri Apr 5, 1996Hockey tabooJ. Page
HARMONICATSFri Dec 26, 1997"Peg o' My Heart" hitmakers, 1947Bob Sefick
HESITATERSun Jun 11, 2006Lost one?Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr.
HITOPFADESSat Dec 11, 2021Cousins of crew cutsHal Moore
INTHECORNERTue Jun 3, 2008This puzzle's answer to 35-Across (spelled out four times)Pete Muller
JUNIPEROILSat Aug 22, 2015Aromatherapy optionBarry C. Silk
LASAGNASSun Jul 6, 1997Pasta dishesRobert H. Wolfe
LEADGUITARFri Sep 3, 2021Frequent rock soloistBrendan Emmett Quigley and Paolo Pasco
LITTLEBROWNANDCOMPANYSun Sep 6, 2020Day competitorDavid Kwong
MATALINSun Jan 30, 1994Mary of "Equal Time"Alex K. Justin
MEATSWEATSSat Dec 6, 2025Side effect after a BBQ meal, informallyMarshal Herrmann
MONSIGNORTue Sep 13, 2011Priest's honorificPatrick McIntyre
MUSTHAVEThu May 7, 2020Something indispensableBruce Haight and Peter A. Collins
NARCISSISun Jan 7, 2001Garden perennialsManny Nosowsky
NOREACTIONThu Mar 23, 2006Blank stare, sayEthan Cooper
PEELEDOUTSun Jul 6, 2025Burned rubberZhou Zhang and Kevin Curry
POSSIBILITYMon Dec 2, 2024Potential optionAndrea Carla Michaels and Kevin Christian
POTENCESSat Feb 14, 1998Strengths: Var.Mark Diehl
REARVIEWSSun Apr 10, 2005Mirrors may show themElizabeth C. Gorski
SIDESWIPEDFri Mar 10, 2017Went door to door?Pawel Fludzinski
SLIPKNOTSSat Jul 27, 2002Scouts' creationsRobert H. Wolfe
SPHINXESSat Sep 7, 2019Enigmatic peopleTrenton Charlson
STALLERSSun Mar 10, 1996ProcrastinatorsF. & L. Sabin
TATTOOISTSFri Sep 25, 1998They may have designs on youMark Blakeburn
THELITERALWORSTFri Sep 8, 2023It's awful, awful, awfulRachel Fabi and Ken Stern
TOOKILLSun May 18, 2014Got sickJoe DiPietro
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