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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 50,910 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
ACTIONITEMSSun May 13, 2018Good name for an extreme sports dating site?Neville Fogarty and Erik Agard
ADOLESCEThu Nov 16, 1995Grow upRich Norris
AHUGANDAKISSSun Feb 19, 2012Show of affectionJames F. C. Burns
AMAZINGLYThu Aug 6, 2015To everyone's surpriseGary Cee
ANIGHTMAREONELMSTREETSun Feb 27, 2022R.E.M.: alarming to the teens (1984)Sheldon Polonsky
APPLESHORTCAKESFri Jan 10, 2020Some fruit-filled dessertsBrendan Emmett Quigley
ASMIDGEThu Apr 27, 2023The tiniest bitMichael Schlossberg
BETTERTHANSEXSat Oct 25, 2025Especially gratifying, so to speakByron Walden
BUTTONFLYSun Nov 25, 2007Like some jeansTrip Payne
BYYOURLEAVESun Jul 10, 2016Request for permissionPatrick Berry
CADETCORPSSun Aug 3, 2003General assembly?Jim Page
CHAIRYOGAFri Feb 8, 2019Way to get fit while you sitJohn Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins
CHEERINGSun Aug 16, 2015Some stadium noiseDon Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel
COCACOLASFri Apr 11, 2025Some popsJesse Guzman
CUPOLASTue Jun 21, 2011Cathedral toppersKelsey Boes
DUALROLESFri Jan 25, 2008Versatile actors may play themDavid Quarfoot
EXTREMISTSSat Feb 3, 2001They go overboardElizabeth C. Gorski
FEELSOSat Jan 10, 1998Elvis's "I ___ Bad"Mark Diehl
GASRATESFri Oct 25, 2013Utility bill detailsMartin Ashwood-Smith
GOODMORNINGWed May 28, 2025First words of the day, perhapsPeter A. Collins
GUNSMOKEMon Jul 12, 2010TV western that ran for 20 seasonsFreddie Cheng
LIGHTSOUTFri Aug 1, 1997TapsGerald R. Ferguson
MILLERBARBERWed Nov 12, 1997Member of the P.G.A. Seniors TourRandall J. Hartman
NORWEGIANBLUEFri Aug 1, 2008Fictional parrot type featured in Monty Python's "dead parrot sketch"Patrick Berry
PENTECOSTALThu May 7, 2015Fundamentalist ChristianTracy Gray
RANITSCOURSESun Jun 18, 2023Developed and finished naturallyJoe DiPietro
RESERVEONESSPOTTue Oct 18, 2022Secure a seat at the table, sayDan Schoenholz
RICKYFri Jan 27, 2023Skaggs of bluegrass fameJoe Deeney
ROUNDOUTThu Jul 9, 2020Bring to fullnessJoe Kidd
SALTMININGSun Jun 29, 2014Enterprise for MortonByron Walden
SHERBETSSat Dec 5, 2009Ice varietiesBrad Wilber
SLIPKNOTWed Feb 23, 1994Boy Scout tieJoel Davajan
SLOWMOSat Aug 24, 2019Highlight reel effectSam Ezersky
TESSHARPERSat Nov 19, 2005"Tender Mercies" actressByron Walden
THEMONITORFri Oct 17, 2014Church-owned newsweekly, for shortMichael Ashley
TOUCHTYPESFri Apr 17, 2020Enters without looking, sayRobyn Weintraub
UVBLOCKERSun Mar 31, 2019Sunscreen ingredientAndrew J. Ries
VENERATESTue Jan 3, 1995RespectsRich Norris
VIABLEMon Jan 2, 2006Practical, as a planLinda Schechet Tucker
ZILLIONAIRESFri Dec 1, 2017Tiny top percent of one-percentersLily Silverstein
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