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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 51,040 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
ACTIFEDSun Apr 11, 2010Allergy medication brandPatrick Berry
AMERICANGOTHICSun Jun 23, 2024Two Iowans (1930)Michael Schlossberg
ANTIIMMIGRATIONMon Apr 16, 2018Supporting nativist policiesDavid Woolf
BREAKINGTHROUGHSat Jun 14, 2003With 56-Across, successful like Jackie Robinson [and a hint for 22-, 35- and 49-Across]Manny Nosowsky
BUTTONFLIESSun Mar 29, 2026Alternatives to zippers on blue jeansMichael and Oliver Schlossberg
BUYAPIGINAPOKETue May 7, 2019Purchase something sight unseenRoss Trudeau
CROWDSOURCINGThu Mar 23, 2023Mass method for seeking inputDavid Kwong
DEPARTMENTALLYSun Mar 19, 2023Zone out?Robert Ryan
DEPOSITONLYSat Apr 6, 2013What many checks are forMichael Wiesenberg
ENTHRALTue Dec 14, 2021Beguile, to BritsTao Platt
EWENECKThu Jan 22, 2009Conformation defect in a horseGary J. Whitehead
GAMENIGHTTue May 22, 2012Family play timeKyle T. Dolan
GORMANTue Aug 1, 1995First Miss America Margaret ____Jonathan Schmatzbach
GOSLINGSat Dec 4, 1993A little gander?Glenton Petgrave
HAIRGREASETue Oct 2, 2018Pomade? [1968, 1972]Paul Coulter
HOTCROSSBUNSWed Feb 28, 1996Food meant for LentF. A. Longo
IFEELYOURPAINMon May 12, 1997Classic Bill Clinton phraseHugh Davis
IHNENSun Dec 28, 1997"Wie geht es ___?" (German greeting)Matt Gaffney
INMEMSat Dec 17, 2005Gravestone abbr.Patrick Berry
INSTAGRAMMERSun Sep 3, 2017*Certain photo posterAndrew Zhou
ISAACMIZRAHIWed Oct 13, 2021Fashion designer and judge on "Project Runway All Stars"Brianne McManis
LOGSINSun Oct 10, 2021Successfully uses a passwordBrandon Koppy
MICROBEThu Jan 23, 1997GermF. Hansen
RANSOMERSSun Jul 20, 2003They might cut and paste lettersPatrick Merrell
RINSEOFFWed Jul 30, 2014Run some water overJean O'Conor
ROPERYSat Sep 8, 2001Sisal processing plantJim Page
SARAHWOODRUFFSun Sep 29, 2002The French Lieutenant's WomanRandolph Ross
SARGENTPORTRAITWed Dec 8, 2021"Theodore Roosevelt" or "Robert Louis Stevenson"Philip Koski
SKIPSTOWNWed Feb 14, 2007Takes a powderPaula Gamache
SOFTCOLORSun Nov 28, 2010Peach, e.g.Jeremy Newton
STATEOFMINDSat Dec 2, 2006AttitudeBob Klahn
STONEWORKWed Sep 24, 2025MasonryPeter A. Collins
SURREYSSun Jul 22, 2012Fringed carriagesBrendan Emmett Quigley
TOOBIGTOFAILFri Sep 22, 2023Systemically indispensableRafael Musa and Michael Lieberman
TOONEWThu Apr 17, 2008Jarringly unfamiliarByron Walden
TORCHRELAYSSat Feb 9, 2019Some preparations for the OlympicsRyan McCarty
TWISTOFFSun Jul 23, 1995Kind of capFran & Lou Sabin
VIAGRASSat Jan 22, 2005Pep pills?Byron Walden
WHITEASASHEETFri May 24, 2002Scared stiff, maybeManny Nosowsky
WILLYOUFri Apr 18, 2008"Please? Please? Please?"Joe DiPietro
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