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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 50,617 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
ABSORPTIONFri Jan 8, 2016Bounty work?Peter A. Collins
BELTSTRAPSun Jun 26, 2005Car seat securerJoe DiPietro
BOYGEORGEMon Oct 10, 2022Lead singer for Culture ClubByron Walden
CLENCHESSun Jul 15, 2001Strong holdsElizabeth C. Gorski
DEMOREELSat Dec 27, 2025Best performances by an actor in a short film?Katie Hoody
DISMISSSun Nov 24, 1996Send awayM. Jacobson
DNEPRSun May 28, 1995Kiev's riverMatt Gaffney
DUPLEXHOUSEWed Oct 8, 1997Shared dwellingGilbert H. Ludwig
DUSTYSPRINGFIELDFri Jul 27, 2007Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee known as the White Lady of SoulJohn R. Conrad
FANTASTSat Apr 19, 2003VisionaryManny Nosowsky
FEELOUTSun Dec 23, 2001Get a sense ofFrances Hansen
GETACHARGEOUTOFSat Nov 4, 2006RelishRich Norris
HALOGENSWed Jun 28, 2000Column 7A of the 20-AcrossRandy Sowell
HAPLYFri Nov 7, 1997By accident, old-styleBrendan Emmett Quigley
HIGHCHOLESTEROLTue Jan 4, 1994Eventual bonus?David A. Rosen
HONORSTUDENTSMon Aug 19, 2013Ones getting all A'sJean O'Conor
HOOKNOSESun Aug 13, 2006Plastic surgeon's targetDerrick Niederman
INVOGUEMon Sep 6, 2021Fashionable ... or where you might find the starts of the answers to the starred cluesJoshua Rosenblatt
JOHNKERRYFri Aug 17, 2012"A stronger America" sloganeerPeter Wentz
KEEPWATCHThu Jun 16, 2022Stand guardParker Higgins and Ross Trudeau
LABORREPRESENTATIVESun Jan 4, 2004Obstetrician?Patrick Merrell
LUFFSun Aug 30, 2015Steer closer to the windLee Taylor
MADEYALOOKWed Sep 24, 2025Taunt that may follow a failed gullibility testPeter A. Collins
MASTEROFARTSSun Jun 3, 2007Leonardo da Vinci?Kelsey Blakley
MENUPAGESSat Apr 7, 2018They're flipped at dinersMark Diehl
MIGHTYAPHRODITEMon Dec 3, 20071995 Woody Allen comedyHarvey Estes
ONEFOLDSun Sep 18, 2005SingleJoe DiPietro
PALOMASWed Jun 21, 2023Cocktails of tequila and grapefruit sodaJimmy Peniston
PAULINEEPISTLESFri Jul 28, 2000The 13 books from Romans to PhilemonHarvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
ROMANCANDLESSun Jun 6, 2010Birthday cake toppersDaniel A. Finan
SKIPOFFSun Oct 6, 2013Leave surreptitiouslyPatrick Berry
STATEOFTENNESSEESun Apr 3, 2022Its motto is "Agriculture and Commerce"Byron Walden
THEFARLEFTSat Aug 16, 2003Radical groupManny Nosowsky
THREEBODYSun Apr 8, 2007___ Problem of celestial mechanicsByron Walden
THRILLEDTOBITSThu Sep 14, 2006See noteKaren M. Tracey
TITLEBOUTSun Mar 20, 2022Boxing highlightBrad Wiegmann
TOMJOADThu Mar 3, 20111940 Henry Fonda roleDavid J. Kahn
UNIRONEDTue Jan 23, 2001Having a pressing need?Nancy Salomon
WHITEHEELSThu Dec 25, 2025Footwear for a bride, perhapsSam Ezersky
WILDOATSun May 11, 2025Something sown, per an idiomBrendan Emmett Quigley
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