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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 50,528 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
AARONCARTERFri Feb 28, 2014Singer who's a Backstreet Boy's brotherMartin Ashwood-Smith
ABITSTRANGESat May 23, 2020Slightly offWyna Liu and Erik Agard
ALLANTESat Feb 11, 2012Late 1980s CadillacJoe Krozel
BEARDOWNONFri Jul 25, 1997Strong-armHarvey Estes
BOWSERJRSun Mar 1, 2020Young antagonist in Super Mario gamesSam Trabucco
CHEATSHEETSat Nov 3, 2012It may give you a final answerMilo Beckman
COIFEDSat Mar 20, 1999Like salon customersChuck Deodene
COLLEGESTATIONWed May 20, 2009Texas city ... and a hint to the starts of 21-, 27-, 45- and 56-AcrossAshish Vengsarkar
COULTERSun Oct 27, 2013Author of "If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans"Brendan Emmett Quigley
DRAMBUIESun Jan 31, 1999Liqueur brandManny Nosowsky
DROIDRAZRSat Nov 22, 2014iPhone competitorDavid Steinberg
FLORENZZIEGFELDSat Aug 11, 2007Biographical subject of the Best Picture of 1936Karen M. Tracey
GETSTAKENABACKThu Jul 27, 2000Shows shockJoe DiPietro
HAPPYEASTERTue Aug 7, 2018Spring greetingAlex Eaton-Salners
HELLETue Feb 26, 2013Figure in the tale of Jason and the ArgonautsGary Cee
HOMEBREDThu Oct 4, 2001NativeDavid J. Kahn
IMNOTOKFri May 15, 2020"These feelings have got me pretty down"Christopher Adams
ISNEWTue Mar 30, 2010"So what else ___?"Elizabeth C. Gorski
JIMHENSONSat Jan 15, 1994He once had a hand in morning TVManny Nosowsky
MANGERSCENESSun Aug 6, 2023Christmas displaysLisa Senzel and Jeff Chen
MASTERCARDSun Jun 22, 2008TRAILHEAD ___ COUNTERTOPPamela Amick Klawitter
NATHANFIELDERMon Mar 25, 2024Emma Stone's co-star on Showtime's "The Curse"Shannon Rapp and Will Eisenberg
OPENSWIMSat Jul 17, 2021Family time at the poolRyan McCarty
PANSEARThu Oct 24, 2024Cook until a crust formsElla Dershowitz
PANTOMIMEQUIZThu Sep 19, 20191949 (first winner)David Kwong
PULPEDThu Feb 1, 2024Like wood prepped for papermakingSimeon Seigel
QANDASESSIONSWed Mar 19, 1997Informative dialoguesTrip Payne
REBOXEDFri Jun 19, 2020Made more secure for shipping, sayGreg Johnson
RESISTORSun Jun 30, 2019Circuit board componentEmily Carroll
SPITTINGIMAGESTue Feb 15, 2005RingersGene Newman
STUDIOSETSat Jan 24, 2015Sitcom stage, e.g.Kevin G. Der
SYMPATHYFri Apr 24, 2009What some cards expressBarry C. Silk
TATAFORNOWMon Feb 28, 2011"Till next time!"Mike Buckley
TOJOSSat Feb 12, 1994W.W. II general and namesakesRand H. Burns
TRELLISESThu Aug 13, 1998Lattices around an island?A. J. Santora
UNPOETICSun Sep 23, 2018ProsyAndrew Zhou
VEALSTEWSat Oct 1, 2005Hearty meat dishJoe DiPietro
VICTORIANPERIODThu Mar 10, 2005Stuffy stretchEd Early
XJSSun Mar 21, 2004Classic JaguarRoy Leban
YESCHEFSat Oct 18, 2025Culinary concurrenceSamuel Smalley
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