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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 50,414 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
ADJOURNSun Mar 11, 2018Stop for nowMatthew Sewell
AFACEINTHECROWDFri Nov 3, 19951957 Elia Kazan filmDavid J. Kahn
ATOMIZERSThu Aug 18, 2022MistersAdam Wagner
BRIEFMOMENTTue Jan 12, 2021JiffyRoss Trudeau
BURNEDATTHESTAKESun Mar 6, 2011Punish Mr. Harris in a medieval way?David Levinson Wilk
DIANTHUSFri Sep 16, 2005Plant of the pink familyCraig Kasper
FORESAILSSun Jun 5, 2005They're adjacent to jibsPatrick Merrell
GOTOARESTAURANTSun Mar 5, 2023Dine outJohn-Clark Levin
HOPEDFORTue Aug 26, 2014DesiredVictor Fleming
IMWITHSTUPIDTue Apr 17, 2012[See note]Milo Beckman
INTERMIXESWed Oct 19, 1994BlendsD.J. Listort
LASTSTEPFri May 15, 2020What to do just before you're doneChristopher Adams
LETHERCRYSat Mar 26, 20161995 top 10 hit for Hootie & the BlowfishDamon Gulczynski
LETSERVEFri Aug 19, 2022It's not your faultPatrick John Duggan
MCTEERThu May 9, 2019Actress Janet with a Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier AwardLewis Rothlein
MESAMISSat Mar 1, 2003Friendly salutation in FranceRandolph Ross
MOUNTSHASTASat Jan 15, 2022Locale 60 miles south of the California/Oregon borderSam Ezersky
NAVAHOSSun Apr 14, 1996Hogan dwellersHenry Hook
NODDEDOFFSat May 10, 2025Didn't make it through the late show, sayShaun Phillips
ONTHEBOARDMon Jun 3, 2024Helping to manage a nonprofit, say ... or where to find the answers to the starred clues?Alana Platt
PALEBLUESun Jun 8, 2008Like forget-me-notsWill Nediger
PRONSat Apr 5, 1997Linguistic stand-in: Abbr.Rand H. Burns
REARSEATSat Nov 12, 2016Back space?David J. Kahn
REDRESSERSFri May 12, 1995Robin Hood et al.Rich Norris
REPUTATIONSFri Jul 17, 2020NamesRich Proulx
STOVERSWed Oct 1, 2003Livestock feedsA. J. Santora
STREAKINGSat Aug 6, 2016Activity for when there's nothing going on?David Phillips
SUGARRAYFri Mar 14, 2025Rock band with the 1990s hits "Fly" and "Every Morning"Brandon Koppy
TESTTAKINGFri Mar 21, 2008Student activityPeter A. Collins
THEKINGSSPEECHWed Jan 13, 2021Address by a Sacramento N.B.A. player?Matthew Stock
TOLEDANSat Jun 21, 2014El Greco, after age 36Brad Wilber and Byron Walden
TOTALASSETSSat May 11, 2024Measures of one's worthBilly Bratton
TRAWLERSSun Dec 23, 2012Fishing boatsJoe DiPietro
TURRETSSun Jul 20, 1997Castle featuresRich Norris
UNERRINGLYSat Apr 2, 2005Without failByron Walden
WASNTCLEARTue May 3, 2022Needed further explanationJulian Lim
WILDGINGERSun Jan 22, 2023Fragrant medicinal plant also called colic-rootGarrett Chalfin
WYNTONFri Dec 21, 2007One of the Marsalis brothersPatrick Berry
XIPHOIDSat Feb 20, 2016___ process (sternum part)James Mulhern
YANGSFri Sep 6, 1996Honks, as a gooseR. Norris
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