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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 50,868 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
AMOSALONZOSTAGGThu Nov 23, 2000Innovative Chicago football coachLouis Hildebrand
AMPLESTThu Sep 16, 2004Most plentifulPaula Gamache
BEBOPSFri Jan 6, 2012Gets into Monk musicDavid Steinberg
BMXERSSun Sep 22, 2024Olympians on stunt bikes, informallyJeremy Newton and Tracy Gray
CHEESEDANISHMon Jan 31, 2000Breakfast treatPeter Gordon
COFFEERUSHSat Oct 3, 2015Morning buzz, maybeBarry C. Silk
DETENTIONFri May 19, 2017Class clown's comeuppanceMatthew Sewell
DIDIASKSat Aug 24, 2024Snarky reply to some unsolicited adviceRyan McCarty
DIRECTLINKSat Jan 8, 2005Nonstop connectionDavid Levinson Wilk
DOPINGSun Dec 7, 2008Olympics no-noJim Page
FINELETTERINGFri May 13, 1994CalligraphyRandolph Ross
GANGLIESTSun Mar 7, 1999Most awkwardRandolph Ross
GROWLSWed Dec 8, 2021Speaks brusquelyPhilip Koski
HAIRTRAPSat Aug 16, 2025Shower drain protectorByron Walden
HELENABONHAMCARTERSun Feb 15, 2004Actress whose great-grandfather was a British P.M.Derrick Niederman
HELPFULTue May 8, 2018Lending a handOri Brian
HERRSThu Sep 26, 1996Misters, abroadM. Gaffney
INANIMATEOBJECTFri Sep 23, 2016It has no lifeAndrew Zhou
LOXESSun Jul 25, 1999Smoked delicaciesCharles M. Deber
LUDICROUSWed Feb 11, 2015*"Chicken-n-Beer" rapper, to an overzealous copy editor?Will Treece
MAKEARESOLUTIONFri Sep 21, 2007DeterminePaula Gamache
MAKESALISTSun Apr 26, 2020What Santa does before ChristmasRoyce Ferguson
MINUETSFri Feb 27, 2015Dances in 3/4 timeJulian Lim
POTTERYWHEELSSun Nov 2, 2025Ceramicists' devicesRafael Musa
PREDICTABLEFri Feb 7, 2025Like the ending of a typical rom-comKelly Morenus
PULPITSun Jun 3, 2007Sermon siteKelsey Blakley
PUMPKINCOACHMon Apr 3, 2017Cinderella's carriageAgnes Davidson and Zhouqin Burnikel
REDRAGSun Oct 30, 2005Provocation, metaphoricallyMaxwell H. D. Johnson Jr.
REPUBLICANThu Feb 11, 2010See 62-DownPeter A. Collins
ROSARSun Jan 9, 2005Buddy of 1940's baseballBrendan Emmett Quigley
SEASCALLOPFri Apr 11, 2025Creature with over 200 tiny eyes along its shellJesse Guzman
STATUTORYSat Jan 21, 2006Legally punishableBrendan Emmett Quigley
STOPFORBREATHSun Oct 7, 2001Garrote?Patrick Berry
TELLNOTALESSun Oct 14, 2012What dead men are said to doTodd Gross
TERNARYFri Feb 16, 2007ThreefoldCharles Barasch
THINNESTSun Oct 4, 2020Like 0.5-millimeter lead, among popular mechanical pencil optionsSam Ezersky
TICKBIRDTue Sep 5, 2023"Hitchhiker" whose warning cries help a 31-Down avoid poachersAlan Siegel
TURFTOESat Mar 1, 2025Familiar injury in football and soccerRyan Judge
WITCHERYSun Jul 15, 2001Spelling?Elizabeth C. Gorski
XRAYTECHSSat Mar 11, 2023Ones getting under your skin?Tom Pepper
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