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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 50,655 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
ADAMSCOTTSun Apr 12, 2020Player of Ben Wyatt on "Parks and Recreation"Joel Fagliano
ANTIACIDThu Aug 29, 1996Stomach calmer: Var.R. Ross
ARCHAEOLOGICALDIGSun May 26, 2024"My dog could translate an ancient Mesopotamian tablet faster than you"John Kugelman
AUNTEMSun Mar 22, 2020Literary character whose house is uprooted by a tornadoBrendan Emmett Quigley
BURSTATTHESEAMSWed Jun 13, 2018Not be contained anymoreMichael Hawkins
BUTHEYTue Sep 1, 2020"Nevertheless ...," informallyDavid Steinberg
CIRCLEOFLIFETue Jun 11, 2019Song that opens and closes 23-Down and whose title is literally described in this puzzle's centerDavid J. Kahn
CLINSat Aug 5, 1995Health facility: Abbr.Frank A. Longo
CLYDESDALEThu Jan 9, 2025Charlie horseDavid P. Williams
COTILLARDSat Jul 23, 2022Marion ___, Best Actress winner for "La Vie en Rose"John Lieb
DEVOUTThu Dec 25, 1997PiousA. J. Santora
DOUBLESTUFOREOMon Jul 14, 2014Sandwich cookie with abundant fillingMaryEllen Uthlaut
FIXIEBIKESat Feb 20, 2016Single-speed two-wheelerJames Mulhern
GETANAFOREFFORTFri Oct 27, 2017Have one's hard work recognizedDavid Steinberg
GIVEPROPSMon May 27, 2024Offer kudos, in modern lingoChristopher Youngs
GLOBALWARMINGMon Apr 22, 2024One symptom of climate changeDavid J. Kahn
JIMMYHOFFASat Jun 12, 2004Labor leader dropping off?Henry Hook
MADCOWSun Mar 21, 2021Bovine diseaseJulian Kwan
METLIFESTADIUMSun Oct 22, 2017Facebook Status: "Nosebleed seats - but home-field advantage! GO GIANTS!!!"Tracy Gray
OILLEAKSun Mar 17, 2024Cause of a driveway stainSimeon Seigel
OSLOFJORDSun Oct 14, 2007Body of water seen in Munch's "The Scream"Elizabeth C. Gorski
PATHFINDERSSun Nov 5, 2017Nissan S.U.V.s ... or, diverged: Emotional appealNatan Last
PORTAGESFri Mar 31, 2000Overland routesNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
PUREBREDDOGSThu May 6, 2021Poodles, but not schnoodles or doodlesEd Sessa
RAWPOWERFri Aug 23, 2002Brute strengthBrendan Emmett Quigley
REAROUSESat Dec 30, 2000Get excited over?Rich Norris
RELIGIOUSRITEMon Jul 1, 2024Bat mitzvah, for exampleMargi Stevenson
RENNYFri Apr 7, 2006"Die Hard 2" director HarlinAdam Cohen
SECRETRECIPESSat Jan 11, 2020Things that might be kept covered in a kitchenAndrew J. Ries
SLASHPINEFri Jul 11, 1997Turpentine sourceBob Klahn
STILLATITSun Jan 4, 2004Not yet donePatrick Merrell
STRANGELOOPMon Apr 12, 2021Cyclical paradox discussed in "Gödel, Escher, Bach"Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz
TAXEXILEFri Feb 20, 2009Wealthy Cayman Islands resident, maybePaula Gamache
THEMANILOVESun Mar 24, 1996Song from Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"J. K. Brill
THEVERYIDEAWed Dec 23, 2015"Nonsense!"Jim Peredo
TNSWed Jan 22, 2014Weigh station wts.Jared Banta
UNLAYTue Sep 9, 2003Separate the strands of, as ropeRobert Zimmerman
WINTERGREENMINTSSun Jun 19, 2022Strong breath freshenersJeremy Newton
XOROThu Mar 20, 2008Tic-tac-toe choiceStephen Edward Anderson
YEAHIBETSun Dec 4, 2016"A likely story!"Bruce Haight
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