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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 50,360 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
AMTOSun Apr 25, 2010"Here I ___ Worship" (contemporary hymn)Elizabeth C. Gorski
APRONSTRINGSWed Aug 21, 1996Symbol of dependencyFred Piscop
AUGMENTEDThu Jun 23, 2005Added value toCourtenay Crocker III
BELOWPARFri Feb 9, 1996Like an eagle, e.g.Rich Norris
BIPARTISANBILLTue Jan 12, 2021Legislation often resulting from compromiseRoss Trudeau
BLACKCARDTue Sep 16, 2025*High-status American Express offeringJonathan Daly
BUSTINONFri Apr 19, 2024Surprise, F.B.I.-styleKate Hawkins
BUTTDIALSTue Dec 3, 2019*Phones inadvertentlyEd Sessa
COINSURINGThu Jul 19, 2012SCOURINGAlan Arbesfeld
COOPEDUPWed Apr 4, 2012ConfinedZoe Wheeler
EGANSThu Mar 3, 2016First first family of AlaskaAndrew Zhou
ELECTRICALOUTLETSun Sep 25, 2022*What's in your walletMeghan Morris
FROZEUPThu Dec 23, 1999Suddenly stopped workingJoe DiPietro
GATEAUXThu Feb 10, 2005Light, rich sponge cakesFrank Longo
GOOGOOGAGAFri Jun 23, 2017Some baby talkJames Mulhern and Ashton Anderson
GREENSEASun Mar 17, 1996Wave of water coming aboard a shipPeter O'Gordon
ISOLATORSSun Feb 20, 2011Quarantine advocatesElizabeth C. Gorski
JOHNCLEESESat Apr 27, 2019Briton who wrote "A Fish Called Wanda"Joe Deeney
JUNCTUREMon Jun 4, 2001Critical pointPatrick Jordan
KIPLINGThu May 29, 2025Source of the line "The female of the species is more deadly than the male"John Kugelman
LEFTLANECLOSEDTue Mar 27, 2007Second sign of a highway headacheLucy Gardner Anderson
MOONEYESFri Oct 1, 2010Silvery fishDavid J. Kahn
MUDVILLETue Jan 30, 2007Joyless town after Casey struck outNancy Salomon
PLAYDIRTYSat Jun 12, 2021Hit below the beltBrooke Husic and Brian Thomas
PUTSONACLINICSun Mar 8, 2020Shows how it's doneLaura Taylor Kinnel
QUEENSOFENGLANDFri Oct 16, 2015Anne and VictoriaJoe Krozel
SMARMIESTSun Oct 6, 2002Most insincereMyles Callum
TAILCOATSat Jul 10, 1999Formal attireRich Norris
THEGREENROOMSun Mar 17, 1996Place to sit before going onPeter O'Gordon
TRIVIALPURSUITSMon Aug 16, 2004Activities that generate no moneyJoy C. Frank
UNFAITHFULTue Jul 27, 2021Not following one's vowsJennifer Lee and Victor Galson
USTIMESun Mar 30, 2025Period that a couple dedicates to themselvesSimeon Seigel
VAPESHOPSSun Nov 7, 2021Vendors of e-cigsSid Sivakumar
WATERSTONWed Aug 19, 1998Actor SamAlfio Micci
WHOWONSat May 26, 2018Question pundits discuss after a presidential debatePeter Wentz
WINCHESTERRIFLEFri Oct 21, 2011Old West gun, crossing over?Patrick Berry
WINERIESTue Oct 31, 2017Many Napa establishmentsAlex Eaton-Salners
WINETOURFri May 6, 2022Napa excursionAaron Ullman
WORKSOVERSat Jul 14, 2001Really interrogatesDavid J. Kahn
YEARNFORWed Aug 11, 2010Want badlyEdward Sessa
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