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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 51,017 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
ASOURSun Sep 25, 2011Hit ___ notePaul Hunsberger
BESQUARESun Feb 15, 2015-Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen
BOGEYINGTue Sep 23, 2014Barely missing parGerry Wildenberg
BURNINGMANSat Nov 21, 2020Annual mass event in Nevada's Black Rock DesertSam Ezersky
CHAMPAGNETOASTSun Jan 1, 1995New Year's welcome, frequentlyHenry Hook
DISMISSSun Nov 24, 1996Send awayM. Jacobson
DOWNGOESFRAZIERFri Jul 25, 2014Repeated cry in a 1973 fightPeter A. Collins
EUCLASESat Sep 10, 1994Crystal mineralRand H. Burns
GAYBARSSun Oct 5, 2025Venues like New York City's Stonewall InnJohn Kugelman
GETSTHEICKMon May 4, 2026Suddenly feels repulsed by a romantic partner ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-AcrossKate Schutzengel
GOTOELEVENMon Aug 14, 2023Step 1: Exceed the limit à la Spinal TapSimon Marotte and Trenton Lee Stewart
GROUPCHATFri Aug 14, 2020Words with friends on one's phone, sayNam Jin Yoon
HASDOWNWed Jun 19, 2024Knows by heartBrad Wiegmann
HEARTPOUNDINGTue Aug 24, 1999ScaryElizabeth C. Gorski
JULIANBREAMTue Nov 15, 2011*Classical guitarist with four GrammysGareth Bain
LIECHTENSTEINERSat Dec 29, 2012Alpine nativeJoe Krozel
LOADEDUPONSat Feb 16, 2013StockpiledMichael Ashley
MANSPREADThu Aug 30, 2018Annoyance from a subway seatmateGrant Thackray
MUDTIRESun Dec 15, 2019Bit of off-road equipmentChristina Iverson and Jeff Chen
OLIVERPLATTSun Dec 10, 2017"Frost/Nixon" actor, 2008Erik Agard and Laura Braunstein
OUTSIDEAGITATORFri Jan 7, 2000One stirring up trouble for managementManny Nosowsky
OVERAWEDSun Apr 11, 2004Too wowed for wordsPatrick Merrell
OVERLENDThu Jan 25, 1996Make too great an advanceD. Kahn
PAREBACKSun Sep 11, 2016TrimNed White and George Barany
PRANKSTERWed Apr 1, 2015Speaker of the clues for 18-, 24-, 38- and 51-AcrossSharon Delorme
PULLUPTOTHECURBTue Jun 13, 2000ParkPeter Gordon
RAILBARONSSat Mar 8, 2008Cornelius Vanderbilt and Jay GouldBrad Wilber
RETIRETHESIDESat Feb 7, 2026What a pitcher tries to doMark Diehl
ROTISSERIEOVENSFri Aug 13, 2021Revolutionary inventions in the cooking world?John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins
SEATOFTHEPANTSFri Dec 26, 2014Based on instinct and guessworkPatrick Berry
SECONDCUPWed Jun 16, 19991/60-minute drink?Gilbert H. Ludwig
SEEMINGSat Nov 18, 2023SupposedHoang-Kim Vu
SPECTORSun Oct 22, 2023Singer Ronnie of the RonettesRobert Ryan
STUFFEDSOLEMon Nov 18, 2002Surf serving #4Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski
TONGUEINCHEEKThu Sep 7, 1995Not seriousRich Norris
TRUEWESTFri Jul 10, 2020Sam Shepard play about warring brothersJohn Lieb
TUNINGINSun May 18, 2025Getting ready to listenGarrett Chalfin
TURKEYWRAPSFri Nov 5, 2021Deli lunch optionsJoseph Greenbaum
UPPERSThu Jan 29, 2009Amphetamines, e.g.Barry C. Silk
WATERPITCHERSThu May 14, 2026Things often getting free refillsSimeon Seigel
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