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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 50,376 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
ARENOSEFri Oct 24, 1997GrittyFrank Longo
ATCHISONTOPEKAANDSANTAFESun Dec 19, 1993Train in a song by 74-DownJohn M. Samson
BAGLADYFri Jan 13, 2006One in a shelter, maybeEric Berlin
BINOCULARSTue Jan 19, 2010Bird watcher's accessoryZoe Wheeler
BLANKETDENIALWed Apr 17, 2013"These allegations are completely false!," e.g.Samuel A. Donaldson
BLUENOSESSun Jun 20, 2010Holier-than-thou typesTodd Gross and Ashish Vengsarkar
BUTTNAKEDSat Aug 2, 2014Completely bareKristian House
COWRITESThu Apr 3, 2008Pens togetherKevin G. Der
CUREDPORKFri Feb 9, 2024Bacon or pancettaChristina Iverson
DECISIONPOINTSWed Jun 14, 20172010 Bush autobiographyAndrew Zhou
DONOTSTACKMon Mar 12, 2007Sign for a jury selector?Kevin Der
DUSTCOVERFri Jul 27, 2007Furniture protectorJohn R. Conrad
EXPECTEDLYMon May 23, 2016As predictedOri Brian
EYEBATHSSat Aug 17, 2019Removers of some irritantsMichael Hawkins
GOINGATITTue Jan 30, 1996BrawlingM. Skolsky
HIDINGSSun Aug 3, 1997StashesPeter Gordon
HOTWIREDFri Feb 4, 1994Started wrongly?Joe Clonick
HOWTOBOOKSWed Feb 21, 2007Do-it-yourselfer's collectionElizabeth C. Gorski
INTENSEYEARNINGTue Sep 6, 1994YENJanet R. Bender
KITKATMINISSun Sep 21, 2025Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzleAdrianne Baik
LAIDTORESTFri May 17, 1996BuriedJ. DiPietro
LIMITONESun Apr 14, 2024BEFORE: Coupon stipulationJohn Rippe and Jeff Chen
MADRONESSun Jul 3, 2011West Coast evergreensPete Muller
MALLETSSun Mar 5, 2000Polo clubsNancy Nicholson Joline
MANEATINGSHARKThu Apr 11, 2024"Jaws" menaceDan Caprera
MARCHESWed Apr 19, 1995Subject of this puzzleAlfio Micci
MEANINGLESSSat Sep 27, 2014InaneMartin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany
MISSOUTMon Nov 7, 2016Lose an opportunityBruce Haight
NEWINNOVATIONSun Nov 13, 1994Novelty?Frank A. Longo
PENNYDREADFULSWed Jul 17, 2019Books that Victorians [circled letters] for cheapAda Nicolle
PHILJACKSONMon Sep 29, 2025Coach of Michael Jordan and Kobe BryantBrian Keller
POORDEARSun Sep 26, 2021"I'm so sorry for you!"Priyanka Sethy and Matthew Stock
POPPERTue Oct 30, 2018Device used with corn kernelsJules Markey
RICKEYSun Feb 19, 2012Lime ___James F. C. Burns
SEAOFGALILEEWed Jun 26, 2024*JesusRebecca Goldstein
SENIORCITIZENSMon Nov 28, 2005Retirees, oftenKevan Choset
SINOJAPANESEWARSat Apr 22, 2017Historic conflict in and around the Yellow SeaAdam Fromm
TROMBONESSun Dec 10, 1995Jim Page
UNCANNYVALLEYSat Jul 5, 2025Eerie phenomenon when a robot seems too lifelikeTracy Bennett
VANDAMMESat Sep 9, 2017"Sudden Death" star, 1995John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins
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