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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 51,180 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
ABEYANCYSun Nov 9, 2003Suspended state: Var.Patrick Berry
AGESPOTSSun Jan 26, 2025Visible signs of maturityRich Proulx
ANYTHINGYOUWANTSat Jun 3, 2023"Don't hold back, it's my treat!"John Westwig
ATLANTICSALMONSat Mar 28, 1998Seafood entreeDavid J. Kahn
AUGEREDTue Sep 20, 1994BoredChristopher Page
BADTOTue Mar 2, 2010Go from ___ worseElizabeth C. Gorski
BEEFADOBOSun Nov 24, 2024Filipino meat dishAlex Eaton-Salners
BIDENSSun Sep 30, 2012Vice-presidential familyElayne Cantor and Victor Fleming
CAREERCRIMINALSSat Mar 17, 2018Those prone to recidivismRoland Huget
CATSGAMEMon May 31, 2021Tie in tic-tac-toeMichael Lieberman
CENTERSOFATTENTIONSun Jun 26, 1994What egotists want to beNancy Nicholson Joline
CRENELEDFri Nov 10, 2006Having gaps in the top, as a castle wallLynn Lempel
DANNYBONADUCETue Jul 15, 2025Player of the middle son on TV's "The Partridge Family"Daniel Britt
ELECTEESSat Jul 31, 1999The chosenFred Piscop
ENCOILMon May 16, 1994Make into a spiralEd Pegg Jr.
GOOGLEPLAYFri Nov 17, 2017Android app storeZhouqin Burnikel
GOTABREAKFri Sep 30, 1994Finally had some luckMatt Gaffney
GRANDMAMOSESThu Mar 23, 2000American rural life painterNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
HIGHHEELSThu Aug 12, 2021Grate pains?Jake Halperin
IGOTYASat Feb 20, 2021Jeering words after a prankAli Gascoigne
IMAGINERFri Aug 22, 2008Idea personKevin G. Der
INDONESIANSat Apr 20, 2013Like Barack Obama's early schoolmatesDavid Steinberg
JOININMARRIAGEWed Aug 25, 2004[See instructions]Richard Silvestri
LARAJEANSun Jun 11, 2023___ Covey, heroine of the hit book/film series "To All the Boys I've Loved Before"Sam Ezersky
LOADINGZONEThu Mar 13, 2003You can't park hereDavid J. Kahn
PAWNBROKERWed Jan 3, 2007Occupation with an unsavory reputationKim Seidl
POIRESThu Jan 19, 1995Pears, in ParisBryant White
PREAKNESSSat May 2, 2009Part of the 23-AcrossPeter A. Collins
RIGHTONRIGHTONSat Feb 18, 2023"Ni-i-ice!"Kameron Austin Collins
ROCKINMon Dec 24, 2007Brenda Lee's "___ Around the Christmas Tree"Mark Sherwood
SETTINGSUNSFri Aug 4, 2006Sights before nightsManny Nosowsky
SPIKEDHAIRSat Dec 23, 2006Locks up?Myles Callum
STANDINGWATERThu May 14, 2026Prime breeding environment for mosquitoesSimeon Seigel
STEEPISHThu Dec 4, 1997Rather highEileen Lexau
TALARIASat Aug 30, 2014Mercury's winged sandalsDavid Steinberg
THEDIEWed Apr 23, 2014What is cast, in a sayingDavid J. Kahn
THROWITHOMEThu Aug 7, 2008Plea from the platePeter A. Collins and Joe Krozel
TONEDITDOWNWed Dec 9, 2020Stopped being so loudOwen Travis and Jeff Chen
WICHITASun Jan 17, 1999Glen Campbell title cityCathy Millhauser
WILDMANOFBORNEOWed Sep 18, 1996Barnum & Bailey circus fakeD. J. Kahn
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