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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 50,654 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
ADHOCCOMMITTEEThu Jun 12, 2025Temporarily established panelDaniel Bodily
AMAZONWAREHOUSETue Jan 20, 2026Modern pickup spot for delivery driversJonathan Raksin
BITEYOURTONGUEMon Oct 13, 1997"Hush!"Gregory E. Paul
BRAGGEDThu Oct 2, 2003GasconadedElizabeth C. Gorski
CALCULIWed Feb 13, 2013Dental depositsRichard and Judith Martin
CAROLINEKENNEDYTue Feb 8, 1994Lefty celebrity relativePeter Gordon
CHAPALASun Jun 6, 2010Mexico's largest lakeDaniel A. Finan
CONCRETESThu Jan 25, 2018*They're not prosAlex Eaton-Salners
CREEPOUTTue Oct 8, 2019Give the heebie-jeebiesRoss Trudeau
EAGLESCOUTSSun Sep 11, 1994N.F.L. recruiters?Louis Sabin
EMASCULATEFri Nov 17, 2023NeuterHemant Mehta
FREETVFri Apr 29, 2016Onetime motel come-onAndrew Kingsley
FRUSTRATIONWed Jul 15, 2009Feeling of nonfulfillmentJoon Pahk
GANGSTERRAPWed Dec 6, 2006Hip-hop subgenreLevi Denham
HEADGAMESThu May 13, 2021Psy-ops, sayNatan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
MAKEANOFFERMon Aug 1, 2005Start a negotiationKendall Twigg
MANDOLINSFri Dec 14, 2001Some trattoria musicBrendan Emmett Quigley
MONTMARTRESat Mar 5, 2011Area where DalĂ­, Monet, Picasso and van Gogh all paintedRandolph Ross
NORMABATESWed Sep 16, 2015"Psycho" character who is (spoiler alert!) actually a corpseJoel Fagliano and Finn Vigeland
NORMCOREWed Sep 25, 2019Fashion trend that involves comfortable, regular-looking clothingNatan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
NUTCRACKERWed Jun 10, 19981892 Tchaikovsky ballet, with "The"Nancy S. Ross
ONETOOFEWSun Jun 25, 2023Not quite enoughJohn Westwig
PARACHUTEJUMPSun Feb 8, 2009Bygone Coney Island attractionAlan Arbesfeld
PARONOMASIATue Aug 25, 2015Art of punningJohn E. Bennett
PARTNERTRACKMon Jan 20, 2025Path of advancement for a lawyerKatie Byl and Jeff Chen
PETERMAXSat Feb 10, 2007Artist on the cover of a 1969 Life magazineBob Peoples
RATESATENSat Mar 1, 2025Deems perfect, perhapsRyan Judge
SAMMYFAINFri Apr 4, 2014Songwriters Hall of Fame member who wrote "April Love"Martin Ashwood-Smith and Joe Krozel
SEADUCKSun Nov 29, 2015Goldeneye or harlequinAlex Vratsanos
SIDEARMPITCHESMon Mar 25, 2002Some thrown baseballsGerald R. Ferguson
SLAMDUNKSSun Sep 7, 2025Sure thingsDerrick Niederman
SPACEJUNKSat Nov 15, 2008Debris around the world?Karen M. Tracey
STAYWITHITMon Mar 10, 2003"Keep going!"Gail Grabowski
STRAWBERRYWINEMon Dec 25, 20231996 Deana Carter hit with the lyric "My first taste of love, oh, bittersweet"Amie Walker
TENTPOLEFri Aug 8, 2025Stick around camp?Rafael Musa and Matthew Stock
THEBOMBWed May 13, 2020PhatBenjamin Kramer
THEYREOFFWed Dec 7, 2005Track cry after "and"Manny Nosowsky
USRIVERThu May 1, 1997The N. Platte, e.g.Martin Schneider
WHUMPSun Jul 8, 2018Heavy hitBruce Haight
YOUDONTKNOWJACKThu Jan 5, 2017*Put-down to an ignorant personEd Sessa
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