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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 51,009 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
AKINETICSun Dec 8, 2019Unable to move wellEmily Carroll
ANNCOULTERSun Jan 15, 2017"In Trump We Trust" author, 2016Joel Fagliano
ATROPHIEDWed Apr 23, 2014Weakened due to inactivityDavid J. Kahn
BATLIKEThu Oct 17, 2024Tall and pointy, as earsAugust Lee-Kovach
BESTSELLERLISTThu Mar 24, 1994Readers' perusalA.J. Santora
BODYMASSINDEXTue Apr 14, 2020Calculation using height and weightJoe Hansen
BOTTOMDOLLARFri Dec 23, 2022End of one's moneyBrandon Koppy
BOZEMANFri Apr 17, 2009Montana State University settingCorey Rubin
CARPAYMENTSat May 21, 2022Rolls dough, perhaps?Ryan McCarty and Yacob Yonas
CENTURYTWENTYONESun Mar 22, 2009Big name in real estateJoon Pahk and Matt Matera
COFFERSSun Apr 30, 2006TreasuryElizabeth C. Gorski
COLDFISHTue Sep 18, 2001Aloof sortJay Livingston
COLONNAWed Aug 13, 2003Jerry ___, mustachioed comedian with 8-AcrossCharles E. Gersch
DEMOLAYFri Mar 19, 2004International young men's clubManny Nosowsky
DEMOLITIONMon Jun 8, 2015Job done with a wrecking ballPeter A. Collins
FLYBYNIGHTSun Oct 26, 2025Awesome after dark? (Gen X)Gary Larson and Doug Peterson
GRAPHPAPERSun Jun 22, 2008PIANO BAR ___ TRAILHEADPamela Amick Klawitter
HADINMEMORYThu Feb 13, 1997What's KNEW?F. Longo
HITRECORDSThu Feb 24, 1994Hot stuffStanley Newman
HOMEBASEMon Dec 22, 2003Catcher's positionJoy C. Frank
HOMEFORECLOSURETue Dec 1, 2020*Devastating event in a real estate bustByron Walden
INTERREGNUMTue Mar 17, 2020Period during which a throne is vacantRoss Trudeau
ITISABEAUTEOUSEVENINGSun Dec 8, 20021807 Wordsworth poemPeter Gordon
KANASat Oct 18, 2003Japanese syllabic scriptMyles Callum
KINDWORDSMon Sep 18, 2006ComplimentDave Tuller
LEBEDSun Oct 4, 1998Russian politician AlexanderFrank Longo
LETSPLAYTHEQUIETGAMESun Sep 18, 2022Librarian's go-to parenting phrase?Katie Hale
MANQUEThu Nov 8, 2012Having failed aspirationsDamon J. Gulczynski
MILKFEDFri Sep 30, 2005Like veal calvesNancy Kavanaugh
MRPICKWICKThu May 1, 2008Club founder and president in an 1836 Dickens novelJim Leeds
MUDLARKSat May 23, 2026Magpie lookalike with black-and-white plumageKameron Austin Collins
NONJEWISHWed Mar 1, 2000GentileM. Francis Vuolo
OOCYTESSun Nov 30, 2014Eggs-to-beMatt Ginsberg
PAPETERIESat Oct 28, 2017Container for writing materials, such as fancy stationeryRoland Huget
RELOANEDSat Dec 22, 2007Made further advances?Harvey Estes
SEMIAXISSat Apr 2, 2005One of a pair in an ellipseByron Walden
STATESPEOPLETue Feb 1, 2005Ambassadors and such, or an appropriate title for this puzzleKevan Choset
TROLLDOLLSun Dec 17, 2023Fad figurine with colorful unkempt hairJeremy Newton
TRUSTINGSat Apr 4, 2009Remaining leery ofMatt Ginsberg
YELLOWFLAGSun Jan 15, 2017Signal meaning "no disease on this ship"Joel Fagliano
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