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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 50,960 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
ALLSTARGAMEMVPWed Sep 6, 1995Honor for 35 Down in 1991Peter Gordon
ANTIIMMIGRATIONMon Apr 16, 2018Supporting nativist policiesDavid Woolf
APPIASun May 4, 2008Via ___ (Roman road)Richard Silvestri
BALALAIKASSun Feb 20, 2011Three-stringed instrumentsElizabeth C. Gorski
BOLDSTATEMENTSun Jun 6, 2010AssertionDaniel A. Finan
BRONCHIALWed Feb 12, 1997Kind of tubeM. E. Skolsky
CERTITUDESun Oct 25, 2015You can't predict the weather with thisBill Zais
COELHOSat Nov 26, 2022Paulo who wrote "The Alchemist"Kanyin Ajayi
CONCEPTSSat Oct 16, 2004ThoughtsDana Motley
DEBUTANTEBALLThu Dec 28, 2017Coming-out partyGary Larson
EASTERLILYTue Jul 12, 2011Holiday bloomBill Thompson
ETILESSat Apr 25, 2015Most plentiful pieces in a certain board gameJames Mulhern
FEEDERTEAMFri Nov 14, 2025Squad that trains athletes for the prosMalaika Handa
GETWEIRDFri Jul 31, 2015Turn awkward, as a relationshipJames Mulhern and Ashton Anderson
GRIEVEFORFri Mar 31, 2000MournNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
HOPERSSun Apr 24, 2005Optimistic typesBrendan Emmett Quigley
HUXLEYFri Jul 3, 2015"Eyeless in Gaza" novelist, 1936Brandon Hensley
IDEAMONGERSat Apr 15, 2000PhilosopherRaymond Hamel
IDONTSEEITWed Mar 20, 2024"Where?"E. M. Capassakis
IMMIGRATIONOFFICEThu May 2, 2019Administerer of citizenship testsJulie Bérubé
INSTANTANEOUSLYWed Aug 21, 2013Without delayJonathan Gersch
LATETOWORKThu Jun 18, 2020What a 61-Across might make youRicky Cruz
LEADINGARTICLESSat Jun 21, 2008Front-of-magazine piecesTyler Lewis Hinman
LOTTERYPICKSat Apr 18, 2020Reward for a bad N.B.A. teamRyan McCarty
MADTEAPARTYFri Mar 3, 2017Where Alice is asked "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?"Patrick Berry
MEANJOETue Sep 27, 2022Nickname for N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer GreenePeter Koetters
MIGHTIERSun Aug 20, 2000More powerfulCharles M. Deber
MUSCLEHEADTue Feb 11, 2025Obsessive bodybuilderPaul Coulter
PARIPASSUSat Mar 12, 2022On equal footing, in LatinNatan Last
POUILLYFUISSESat Feb 20, 2010Chardonnay from BurgundyPaula Gamache
ROUNDSOFFFri Jul 12, 1996ApproximatesChuck Deodene
SLEDFULSun Jan 26, 1997Santa's loadS. Elliott
STATEMOTTOSFri Oct 12, 2018"Hope" and "Friendship," for twoErik Agard and Bruce Haight
STAYSAWAYMon May 7, 2018Doesn't get nearJulie Bérubé
SUBGOALWed Jun 29, 2005Intermediate targetDavid Liben-Nowell
TENDAYWed Mar 19, 2014Like some short-term N.B.A. contractsSamuel A. Donaldson
THEHILLSAREALIVESun Mar 1, 2015Opening lyric of 118-AcrossFinn Vigeland
TURBANEDSat Jul 29, 1995In Mideast attireCharles E. Gersch
UPUPANDAWAYSun Nov 17, 2024Line before takeoffRebecca Goldstein and Ariela Perlman
YOUHEARDMERIGHTSat Dec 27, 2025"That's what I said!"Katie Hoody
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