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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 51,192 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
AVERAGEAMERICANFri Mar 15, 2013Peoria resident's representationJoe Krozel
CASHLOANFri Jun 30, 2023Borrowing optionCarly Schuna
CATSCANNERSMon Aug 4, 2008Hospital imaging devicesOliver Hill
CHEEKBONEThu Sep 22, 2022What's highlighted in some makeup tutorialsHelen Chen
CHORDEDSun Apr 8, 2001Like guitar musicRandolph Ross
CORKERSFri Jul 18, 2025HumdingersKelly Morenus
CROPTOPSThu Jan 8, 2026Cars with retractable roofsMallory Montgomery and Zhou Zhang
DEVILRYFri Jun 6, 2025Some Halloween mischiefAdrian Johnson
DONTWORKTOOHARDSun Mar 3, 2024"Take it easy once in a while!"Hoang-Kim Vu
DOWNTOASCIENCEMon Sep 19, 2022Implementable with expertise and expert ease ... or how the starred clues' answers can be taken?Leslie Young and Andrea Carla Michaels
GROWINTOThu Mar 31, 2005Become old enough forDavid Liben-Nowell
HERECOMESTHEGROOMSun May 18, 19971951 filmFrances Hansen
HOLYTRINITYTue May 27, 2025Central Christian belief ... or a phonetic hint to 17-, 27- and 44-AcrossGinny Too
HOORAHSSat Apr 2, 2016Shouts of victoryDoug Peterson and Brad Wilber
HYGIENICThu Dec 10, 2015SalubriousTimothy Polin
INTHEHOUSEFri Aug 26, 2005Among those attendingJoe DiPietro
IVOTEDSTICKERFri Nov 1, 2024November handoutSpencer Leach
KVELLEDWed Oct 28, 2020Was verklempt from pridePeter Gordon
LEVELEDOUTSat Aug 9, 2008StabilizedMark Diehl
LIVEWIRESFri May 15, 2026Electrifying people, so to speakMaddy Ziegler
MUDFACIALSat Aug 18, 2018Rejuvenating treatment at a spaMark Diehl
NEARFALLMon Jan 15, 1996Almost a pin, in wrestlingGregory E. Paul
OUTINTHEOPENFri Jul 18, 2003For all to seeSherry O. Blackard
PAISASun Feb 28, 1999Coin of PakistanDave Tuller
POMPEYFri Jul 27, 2001Member of the First TriumvirateBrendan Emmett Quigley
RUNLOOSESat Jun 17, 2023Get unleashedRyan McCarty
SALTLICKSat Jul 1, 2017Source of sodium in the wildDavid Phillips
SCREENTESTSSat Dec 23, 2006Players' tryoutsMyles Callum
SEASTORMSSat Feb 7, 2004Hurricane originsDavid J. Kahn
SISSYBARSat Mar 9, 2013Bicycle support, informallyDavid Steinberg and Barry C. Silk
SLAPBASSFri Mar 13, 2026Guitar player's percussive techniqueJames McCarron and Rachel Souza
SNUFFLESSun Jul 2, 1995WhinesAlex K. Justin
SUBSTANDARDSun Dec 3, 2006Meat, lettuce, cheese and tomato in a foot-long bun?Patrick Merrell
THANKYOUSThu Sep 6, 2007Certain notesDaniel C. Bryant
THEFIELDTue Feb 20, 2007See 17AJonathan Gersch
THENOTORIOUSBIGSat Nov 21, 2015"Mo Money Mo Problems" rapperNatan Last
TOMGIRLSun Jun 19, 2016Gender nonconformistDavid Woolf
WELLABOVESat Mar 13, 2010Easily pastTyler Hinman and Byron Walden
YOULLPAYFORTHISMon Sep 30, 2024Cry from someone seeking revenge ... or a hint to the ends of 16-, 22-, 37- and 49-AcrossAlexander Liebeskind
ZIPOUTMon Jun 3, 2013Like some detachable liningsJohn Lampkin
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