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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 50,346 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
ATAMANSSun Dec 11, 1994Cossacks chiefsWayne Robert Williams
ATRICEFri Aug 1, 2003Instantly, after "in"Manny Nosowsky
BEDANDBOARDMon Jan 17, 2005Rooming house offeringAlison Donald
BIGCOMPANYTue Oct 2, 2018Megacorporation? [1996, 1970]Paul Coulter
BOUFFANTMon Oct 19, 2009*Teased hairdoLynn Lempel
BROCASAREATue May 7, 2019Brain region linked to speechRoss Trudeau
CANARYYELLOWMon Feb 3, 2014Bright colorSean Dobbin
CHINESEAMERICANSat Aug 4, 2001Maya Lin or I. M. PeiRandolph Ross
CLOSEKNITFri Mar 6, 2020TightCaitlin Reid
CONOIDSat Jan 14, 2012Dunce-cap-shapedMark Diehl
DAMENELLIEMELBAFri Jan 2, 2004Toasted singer?Sherry O. Blackard
DIFFERENTLYThu Mar 10, 2011See 16-AcrossMatt Ginsberg
FUTUREPERFECTSun Jan 15, 2017Utopia?Joel Fagliano
GOANNASat Oct 29, 2016Australian monitor lizardPatrick Berry
GOHAYWIREMon Feb 6, 2012MalfunctionTom Pepper
GROENINGFri Aug 12, 2011Creator of "The Simpsons"Julian Lim
HELPMENUSSun Dec 28, 2014Some computer aidsJoe Krozel
KITTENHEELSFri Jun 26, 2020They can give you a bit of a liftRobyn Weintraub
LIVINLAVIDALOCAFri Apr 10, 2015Ricky Martin hit sung by Puss in Boots and Donkey at the end of "Shrek 2"David Phillips
MINDBOGGLINGFri Mar 14, 2025Beyond comprehensionBrandon Koppy
MORAINESWed Jan 20, 2016Deposits of glacial debrisHerre Schouwerwou
NAZCALINESSat Apr 20, 2024Mysterious ancient geoglyphs in the Peruvian desertGarrett Chalfin and Andrew Kingsley
NEGAWATTSTue Dec 11, 2018Units of power saved, in modern lingoAmanda Chung and Karl Ni
NEUNThu Jul 7, 1994Acht, ____, zehnEd Early
OGDENNASHTue Dec 27, 2016Humorist who wrote "Candy / Is dandy / But liquor / Is quicker"Herre Schouwerwou
ONALLFOURSTue Jul 4, 2017Crawling, sayMangesh Ghogre and Brendan Emmett Quigley
PERCHESFri Aug 27, 2004Bar stools, e.g.Manny Nosowsky
PLAGESSat Sep 16, 2000Bathing beachesRobert H. Wolfe
PLAINESSun Jan 21, 1996Des___R. Wolfe
PRINCEFIELDERWed Apr 20, 2022<em>Aptly named six-time All-Star first baseman</em>Joseph Greenbaum
RAWUMBERSun Sep 24, 2006Bygone Crayola colorMark Diehl and Kevin McCann
RETURNKEYFri Dec 17, 2004It enters thingsManny Nosowsky
SCHOOLEDTue Jul 4, 2000TaughtTyler Hinman
TANKTOPSMon Jul 23, 2007Sleeveless shirtsRandall J. Hartman
THEBIGBANGSat Aug 26, 2017Explosive theory?Peter Wentz
THINGSFALLAPARTSat Nov 26, 2022Chinua Achebe novel that's a response to "Heart of Darkness"Kanyin Ajayi
UNCLEBENThu Dec 31, 2015Spider-Man's surrogate fatherBen Tausig
VENTUREDOUTSun Dec 10, 2023Went trekking, sayZachary David Levy and Jeff Chen
WORLDSERIESGAMEWed Oct 7, 2009See 57-AcrossTim Wescott
YOUNAMEITFri Oct 11, 2024"I'll do whatever"Billy Bratton
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