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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 50,547 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
ACTDUMBSat Jul 26, 2025Play the foolAdam Levav
ALLOCATORFri Apr 16, 2004Budgeter, in a wayEd Early
AVOIDERWed Jun 22, 1994DodgerArthur S. Verdesca
BRIONFri Mar 9, 2007Singer/film composer JonRandolph Ross
BUTTESSun Jul 8, 2001Isolated localesMichael S. Maurer
BYCOMMONCONSENTFri Jun 4, 1999With all members agreeingJohn Wolting
CALMDOWNMon Feb 11, 2019"Chill out!"Howard Barkin
CELLOSUITESThu May 28, 2015Hits hard + famed spokescow = some Bach compositionsJeff Chen
CHARLIERICHTue Jan 21, 1997"The Most Beautiful Girl" singerT. W. Schier
CREWMATESat Dec 7, 2019Other handKevin G. Der and Erik Agard
DUCKLEGGEDTue Nov 18, 1997Like one's fun house mirror image, maybePeter Gordon
EASTWINDWed Nov 22, 2017Eurus, in Greek mythologyTimothy Polin
GEODESICDOMEFri Apr 19, 2019Epcot's Spaceship Earth, architecturallyCaleb Madison
GESSOESFri Jul 14, 2006Plaster preparationsBrendan Emmett Quigley
GETSFARSun Nov 22, 1998Makes a lot of progressNelson Hardy
GIVENTHEAXETue Aug 13, 1996Fired, as a firefighter?R. Hughes
HATTREESSun Mar 24, 2019They might hold derbiesTrenton Charlson
HONEYPIESun Feb 9, 1997Amore from the Beatles, 1968D. Niles
IMSTILLHERETue Mar 22, 2005Song from 57-AcrossDavid J. Kahn
IRIDESCESWed Jun 9, 2021Glistens with shimmering colorsByron Walden
LOSEONESMARBLESFri Mar 28, 2014Go madDavid J. Kahn
MADEITWEIRDSat May 23, 2020Held eye contact for too long, sayWyna Liu and Erik Agard
MCMILLANFri Aug 6, 2021Longtime N.B.A. head coach NateSeth A. Abel
MORALISTTue Dec 30, 1997Holier-than-thou typeElizabeth C. Gorski
NEATVODKASat Jul 5, 2025It's a straight shotTracy Bennett
ONEFLATFri Oct 26, 2007What the key of D minor hasDavid Quarfoot
ORGANICCHEMISTRYSun May 13, 2018Good name for a dating site for lovers of natural foods?Neville Fogarty and Erik Agard
PCBOARDSun Oct 27, 2013Etched computer componentBrendan Emmett Quigley
PLACETOSLEEPTue Jun 1, 2010BEDSarah Keller
PURECHANCEThu Jan 21, 2021Outcome of a coin flip, e.g.Daniel Mauer
SCARPIASun Dec 19, 2004"Tosca" villainFrances Hansen (1919-2004)
SILENTBUTLERTue Dec 11, 2001Busboy's receptacleA. J. Santora
SOLVENTSSat Oct 24, 2015Nail polish removers, e.g.Andrew Zhou
STEPPINGSTONESWed Dec 24, 2003Means of advancementSteve Jones
SYNGMANRHEESat Jun 1, 1996President who was a Princeton graduateB. Klahn
THREEPARTSun Feb 15, 2004Like the names at 33-, 51-, 61-, 73-, 93-, 101- and 120-AcrossDerrick Niederman
TURNSUPMon Feb 6, 2017Appears after being lostAndy Hinz
UNFAMILIARMon Jul 16, 2018AlienErik Agard
WASHINGTONZOOFri Mar 13, 2020Home for some famous 17-Acrosses, informallyAlex Eaton-Salners
WOJTYLASat May 11, 2013John Paul II, originallyMatt Ginsberg
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