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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 50,966 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
ATROOTSun Oct 7, 2018IntrinsicallyTom McCoy
BASALTICSat Oct 25, 2008Like some lavaKaren M. Tracey
BENOSun Sep 26, 2010"There Shall ___ Night" (Pulitzer-winning Robert E. Sherwood play)Pamela Amick Klawitter
BILLYZANEFri Nov 18, 2016He played the antagonist to Leonardo DiCaprio in "Titanic"Peter Wentz
BOTTOMLESSSun Nov 6, 2011InfiniteElizabeth C. Gorski
BRIDESMAIDMon Nov 23, 2020Wedding attendantStanley Newman
CARLEASESat Oct 5, 2013Lot arrangementByron Walden
CHANGEOFCLOTHESThu Apr 4, 1996What a pickpocket clearsM. Diehl
CLOSETOHOMESun Jun 5, 2016... "anybody" or "cooking"?Tom McCoy
CROWNVICTORIASMon Jan 11, 2010Full-size FordsRon and Nancy Byron
DELIVERYSERVICEMon Oct 4, 2021FedEx or DHLChristina Iverson and Andrea Carla Michaels
EYEWINKSat Nov 13, 2010Sign meaning "Let this be our little secret"Mark Diehl
FIGUREEIGHTSSat Dec 3, 2005Graceful loopsDana Motley
FORTYLOVEWed May 7, 2014Score just before winning a game, sayKurt Mueller
GAMERRAGESun Aug 5, 2018Cause of a tossed joystick, maybeAlison Ohringer and Erik Agard
GIGGLESThu Jun 16, 2005Slumber party soundsElizabeth C. Gorski
GINGAMESat Jun 27, 1998D. L. Coburn Pulitzer play, with "The"Alan Jay Weiss
GIVETHEONCEOVERThu Oct 21, 1999Appraise quicklyManny Nosowsky
GOGGLESSat Aug 30, 2014Welders' wearDavid Steinberg
HEADLINERFri Mar 22, 2024Festival closing actMansi Kothari and Erik Agard
HOMEOFTHEBRAVEMon Jul 4, 2005Lyric from "The Star-Spangled Banner"Nancy Salomon
INASHOESun Dec 11, 1994How the Old Woman livedWayne Robert Williams
LINDAHAMILTONSun Sep 1, 2013"The Terminator" co-starJohn Farmer
MABELSThu Feb 25, 1999Cabaret singer Mercer et al.Jim Page
MAYOSTue May 2, 1995Minnesota clinic foundersSusan Smith
ORNETTEWed Jan 6, 2016Jazz saxophonist ColemanJules P. Markey
RAISINBREADFri Aug 21, 2009Sweet loafPatrick Berry
RECALCULATESun Oct 8, 2017What 14-Across will do if you miss a turnErik Agard and Alex Briñas
SAMANTHABEEMon Dec 14, 2020"Full Frontal" hostJessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau
SEAFERNSMon Oct 16, 1995Marine growthsBernice Gordon
SKINOFOURTEETHSun Nov 22, 20201943 Pulitzer-winning Thornton Wilder play, with "The"Alex Eaton-Salners
SOUNDOFFWed Jul 11, 2018Express one's opinion in no uncertain termsMichael Hawkins
STIRREDINFri Aug 19, 2011Added to the soup, sayPatrick Berry
STOPORILLSHOOTTue Oct 1, 1996What the photographer-turned-policeman saidR. J. Hartman
SUBSIDIESWed Dec 3, 1997GrantsElizabeth C. Gorski
SUPERBOYWed Jul 9, 2025Comic book hero whose secret identity is Conner KentDesirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock
SUPERSTATEThu Dec 25, 2025Eurasia or Oceania, in "1984"Sam Ezersky
THORPESFri Sep 22, 2006Athletes Jim and IanSherry O. Blackard
TYPIFYThu Nov 25, 2004RepresentNancy Salomon and Earl W. Reed
YARMULKEThu Sep 4, 2014Orthodox trademarkSamuel A. Donaldson
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