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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 50,959 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
ANTTREESat Jun 25, 2005Venomous insects live in its hollow stemsJohn Underwood
AUDIOINPUTMon Jan 30, 2023Microphone jack, for oneDavid Steinberg
AUTOSHOWSSat Aug 13, 2005Where new lines are on displayBob Peoples
BONIESTSat Dec 5, 1998Superlatively spareDaniel R. Stark
BORISESSat Mar 2, 1996Three kings of BulgariaN. Joline
BRITISHENGLISHSun Dec 11, 2016Dialect that was called 22-Across before the age of colonialismTom McCoy
CITRONSThu Jun 4, 2009Lemonlike fruitPeter A. Collins and Joe Krozel
COMPASSESSun Mar 29, 2009Circle makersElizabeth C. Gorski
COMPLETECOLUMNSMon Jan 26, 2004Connectors?Patrick Merrell
DALLASGREENWed Feb 1, 1995Former New York Mets managerChet Currier
DOTSTHEISun Aug 8, 2004Attends to a detailBill Zais
DRAWASun Sep 8, 1996___ blankR. H. Wolfe
ELECTRICEELMon May 7, 2007It may come as a shock to a diverJanet Bender
ENTHRALTue Dec 14, 2021Beguile, to BritsTao Platt
EXCOPSThu May 5, 2022Many security guardsAdam Wagner
FLATFISHSat Dec 15, 2001Sole, e.g.Frank A. Longo
GENEROSITYMon May 30, 2022Philanthropic qualityAlexander Liebeskind
HOMERUNTROTFri Jun 19, 2026Field trip?Jack Hatchett
HORSEPOWERSun Jan 30, 2011Bit of a muscle car's muscleKevin G. Der and Jessica A. Hui
HOUSEPAINTERSun Oct 9, 2022*One putting a coat on outside [three rungs]Jessie Trudeau and Ross Trudeau
IWONTASKFri Aug 12, 2022"Clearly, you'd like me to leave that topic alone"Trent H. Evans
MILHOUSEFri Jul 10, 2020"The Simpsons" character named for a U.S. presidentJohn Lieb
NOTGOSat Aug 20, 2011"Let's ___ there"Byron Walden
ONACCOUNTSun Nov 1, 2020Because (of)Julian Lim
PEARTARTMon Oct 18, 2021Pastry made with an orchard fruitFreddie Cheng
PORTCULLISThu Jul 15, 1999Defensive grating in medieval castlesZack Butler
REDDITORFri Sep 28, 2018User of a popular social news siteKameron Austin Collins
RESTASSUREDFri Aug 29, 2014"Don't worry ..."Daniel Raymon
SCOOTEREDThu Jan 31, 2013Traveled by VespaMike Buckley
SKIPARKASat Aug 16, 2008Protection for someone on the run?Byron Walden
SPELLINGBEESat Jul 4, 2015Character-building event?Sam Ezersky
STIVESSun Jul 16, 2017Nursery rhyme destinationAndrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller
TAKESSTOCKTue May 8, 2012Assesses one's options carefullyLynn Lempel
TAPEDEYEGLASSESMon Jun 25, 2001Nerd identifier #1Stanley Newman
THESELFSat Nov 26, 2022Psychoanalytic subjectKanyin Ajayi
TOUCHERSun Jan 9, 1994Faith healer, perhapsMel Rosen
TRANSCENDENTALISMSun Jun 8, 2003Philosophy associated with 59-AcrossElizabeth C. Gorski
UNINHIBITEDSun Feb 13, 2022*Freely expressiveDavid Steinberg
UNSEEMLYTue Mar 16, 2004Socially improperRon Sweet
VALKYRIESSat Nov 27, 2021Those tending to the fallen warriors called einherjar, in mythTrenton Charlson
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