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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 50,935 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
ACASEOFTHEBLUESMon Nov 3, 2003Out of sorts feeling (and a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 49- and 59-Across)Marjorie Berg
ADJOURNSun Mar 11, 2018Stop for nowMatthew Sewell
ALGEBRAICSat Nov 19, 1994Kind of notationBrett Blaylock
BRAFFFri Mar 1, 2013Zach ___, "Garden State" actor/directorDoug Peterson and Brad Wilber
BURNOUTWed Feb 12, 2025Exhaustion from workPhilip Koski
CONTROLLEDCHAOSSat Mar 22, 2025It's not as random as it seemsKatie Hoody
DAMNEDLIESThu Nov 20, 2025FopsAdam Wagner
DENSEFORESTMon Jun 8, 2009Thick growth of treesRandy Sowell
ELLIOTTGOULDFri Jan 13, 2006"Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" co-starEric Berlin
FAIRISLESWEATERSat Jun 7, 2025Colorful knit top with Scottish originsBlake Slonecker
FINISHAHEADOFSCHEDULESun Sep 13, 2015COMPLETE PLANJoe DiPietro
GOESTOTHETOPFri Mar 23, 2007Really succeedsManny Nosowsky
GOINGTOETOTOESat Sep 16, 2023In direct competitionJonathan Kaufman
GOLDFIELDTue May 1, 2007Place to pick up valuable nuggetsCourtenay Crocker and Nancy Salomon
HALFALOAFSun Aug 12, 2007Proverbial portionCathy Millhauser
HEESThu Sep 13, 2018Partners of hawsAlex Eaton-Salners
JUTTYFri Mar 18, 1994Architectural overhangMark Diehl
KRISTINSCOTTTHOMASSun Mar 10, 2024"The English Patient" actressEnrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock
LATRIASun Jul 26, 2009Highest worship in CatholicismKevin G. Der
MARCHINThu Sep 6, 2007Arrive with authorityDaniel C. Bryant
MORALTENETSun Feb 5, 20129-Across near Boston?Charles M. Deber
PATHANDSat Oct 19, 2019Royal flush in draw poker, sayByron Walden
PHASESOFTHEMOONTue May 8, 2007Starts of 17-, 27- and 49-AcrossSarah Keller
POTFARMSSat Dec 20, 2014Where much grass growsKevin G. Der and Ian Livengood
RIDGWAYSun Jul 22, 2001Eisenhower's successor at NATOPatrick Berry
RIFERFri Aug 20, 2021More widespreadRandolph Ross
SERVESUPSat Dec 1, 2007Dishes outRobert H. Wolfe
SOCANIWed Aug 29, 2018Boaster's retort to a boastAlex Bajcz
SOCIALCHAIRSun Jan 24, 2010Party leadership?David Kwong and Kevan Choset
STATEREGENTSSat Feb 19, 1994University officialsCharles E. Gersch
STORIETTESat Feb 13, 1999Brief taleDavid J. Kahn
STRUTTEDOURSTUFFSun Apr 7, 2019Showed 'em what we've gotPeter A. Collins
TAPEMANThu Aug 14, 1997Surveyor's assistantDavid J. Kahn
TELEPHONELINESun Aug 18, 2013It may come down in a stormElizabeth C. Gorski
THEDARKThu Oct 22, 2009See 27-AcrossJoel Fagliano
TINSMITHSWed Jan 21, 2015Some sheet metal workersJim Hilger
UNAPOCADEGRACIAWed Sep 13, 2017*Repeated lyric in "La Bamba"Daniel Mauer
UNBOSOMSun Mar 25, 2012___ oneself (share private thoughts)Patrick Berry
WIGSHOPSSun Jun 13, 2021They might help with changing your locksStephen McCarthy
WRITEINVOTEFri Feb 4, 2005"None of the above," essentiallyRobert Bridges
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