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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 51,114 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
ARTHURWYNNESat Dec 21, 2013Creator of the first crosswordTodd Gross and David Steinberg
BARRELCHESTEDTue Nov 17, 1998Like some tenorsArthur S. Verdesca
CASINOFLOORTue Mar 15, 2022Locale for baccarat or rouletteMichael Lieberman
CATSUITSSat Jan 12, 2013Wear for some superheroinesDoug Peterson and Brad Wilber
COGITATESSat Oct 8, 2005Works the old beanByron Walden
COUPLESCOSTUMEFri Sep 12, 2025Idea for a pair of trick-or-treatersJoe Marquez
DEMONETIZESat Oct 7, 2023Punish, in a way, as a YouTube creatorAlex Vratsanos
DISPLEASEDSun Apr 12, 2009FrowningEric Berlin
DIVULGERSat May 7, 1994Stool pigeonBryant White
DOESTHETRICKWed Nov 22, 2000Works perfectlyFred Piscop
DOMINATESSat Nov 3, 2012Is clearly #1Milo Beckman
EMONOSun Jan 20, 2008See 81-AcrossNatan Last
ENROLLEESSun Aug 28, 2022Matriculation groupOri Brian
ESKIMODOGSSun Apr 22, 2012They're mushedPaula Gamache and Ed Stein
GANNETSSat Aug 8, 2015Plunge-diving seabirdsAlan Arbesfeld
HABSSun Jul 7, 1996Montreal skaters, in the sports pagesR. H. Wolfe
HEISTEDThu Jun 9, 2022Did a job onDan Ziring
HIDDENMIKEFri Feb 17, 2017BugDavid Steinberg
KAFTANSat Apr 9, 2022Garment of the Middle EastSam Buchbinder
MAFIOSOSSun Mar 22, 2026Family membersAlex Eaton-Salners
MAKEITMAKESENSEFri Jun 5, 2026"Can anyone explain this?!"Kelly Morenus
NAILBITERSat Aug 27, 2011Very close game, e.g.Ashton Anderson
NOSEBLEEDSSat Nov 9, 2024Stadium sectionChandi Deitmer and Hoang-Kim Vu
PARISIANSThu Feb 5, 2015French capitalists?Mike Buckley
RAPTLYSun May 22, 2016With full attentionVictor Barocas and Andy Kravis
REKNOTMon Aug 22, 2011Tie again, as a necktieMilo Beckman
REVESTSFri Dec 27, 1996Places in control againB. White
REWATCHEDSat Sep 25, 2021Like favorite films, typicallyAdam Simon Levine
ROBBERIESSun Dec 24, 2017HeistsMary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
ROLEMODELSSat Jul 1, 2017ParagonsDavid Phillips
RUNAWAYJURYMon Oct 21, 2013John Cusack thriller based on a Grisham novelGary Cee
SOULTRAINLINESat Jul 11, 2020Longtime dance feature on TV beginning in 1971Kameron Austin Collins
TABOURETSun Apr 7, 2024Backless stoolTracy Gray
TACKLINGDUMMIESSun Oct 13, 2024... a D.I.Y. manual on other D.I.Y. manuals?Gary Larson and Doug Peterson
TOOCLOSETOCALLThu Aug 22, 2013Extremely tightStu Ockman
TOPKICKSat Mar 25, 1995First sergeant, in military slangWalter Webb
TRIPLEIPAWed Jul 21, 2021Super-hoppy craft brewAlex Vratsanos
TRUNKSHOWTue May 14, 2024Traveling fashion sale featuring the work of a specific designerAlex Eaton-Salners
UPANDUPSat Mar 18, 2017Honest or respectable courseRoland Huget
WEIRDEDOUTSat Feb 8, 2020Getting a strange vibeHemant Mehta
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