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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 50,901 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
AABATTERIESMon Dec 27, 2021*TV remote inserts, oftenAdam Aaronson
ADDUCEDSun Jun 27, 2004Offered as proofPeter Abide and Steven Kahn
AMERICANSTUDIESSat Aug 4, 2007Interdisciplinary college majorByron Walden
BLACKBEANCHILIMon Aug 14, 2017Meal option #3Rich Proulx
COHESIVELYFri Jun 16, 1995In a unified mannerThomas W. Schier
DEMOMODEWed Aug 20, 2025Electronic setting on a floor modelVictor Schmitt
DIESOUTMon Apr 22, 2024Goes extinctDavid J. Kahn
DISCIPLINESat Mar 10, 2007Headmaster's facultyPatrick Berry
DRIVEMECRAZYWed Feb 18, 20091999 Melissa Joan Hart movieSusan Gelfand
EARTHEDSun May 30, 2004Drove to hiding in the groundBrendan Emmett Quigley
EFAXFri Jan 21, 2011High-tech transmissionPete Mitchell
EMPERORPALPATINEFri Jun 10, 2016Film villain who says "Your feeble skills are no match for the power of the dark side"David Steinberg
ENCROACHThu Dec 19, 2019Horn in (on)Andy Kravis and Erik Agard
FASTBUCKARTISTSFri Nov 20, 1998ScammersManny Nosowsky
FRENCHKISSMon Apr 8, 19961995 Kline-Ryan comedyS. B. Whitten
GROMMETSat Jul 19, 1997EyeletRobert H. Wolfe
HEARTTHROBSFri Feb 14, 1997Certain idolsJ. R. Conrad
HIMMELSun Jul 24, 1994Where Gott residesMatt Gaffney
LEGACYSun Dec 21, 2003InheritanceFrances Hansen
LITTLERHODYTue Feb 23, 2016Another nickname for the Ocean StateElizabeth C. Gorski
MACRONSSun Aug 27, 1995Diacritical marksMartin Schneider
MIXTUREFri Jan 3, 2014SalmagundiBarry C. Silk and Brad Wilber
MUSICALTHEATERSat Aug 14, 2021Background for someone who's good with numbersNam Jin Yoon
NICOTINELOZENGESat Aug 4, 2007Patch alternativeByron Walden
OILBOOMSSun Mar 3, 2024High times for the petroleum industryHoang-Kim Vu
ONESTONESun Feb 9, 2003British unit equal to 14 poundsDavid J. Kahn
OUTSCORESFri Sep 29, 2023Does a better job than at making pointsMalaika Handa
OZARKERSun Sep 17, 1995Northern ArkansanStanley Newman
REPUBLICANThu Feb 11, 2010See 62-DownPeter A. Collins
RINGLETSMon Aug 22, 1994Hair curlsSidney L. Robbins
ROBERTMCNAMARASun Jan 18, 2009*Kennedy/Johnson cabinet memberRandolph Ross
ROTARIANSat Jan 1, 2005Civic club memberRaymond C. Young
SAHARASFri Apr 11, 2008Vast arid wastesManny Nosowsky
SIMKAFri Mar 20, 2009Carol Kane's role on "Taxi"David Levinson Wilk
SIMOLEONSSun Nov 11, 2018BucksEric Berlin
STATIONWAGONSun Apr 19, 2015Plus-size model?Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel
TOOLSETSSun Aug 14, 2016Some True Value purchasesIan Livengood
UNDETERMINEDTue Mar 17, 2015Up in the airDavid Phillips
WHITERHINOSat Dec 6, 2025Endangered African grazerMarshal Herrmann
YOUTHFULINDISCRETIONSSun May 10, 2026Wild catsRachel Fabi and Adam Wagner
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