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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 50,499 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
AMANDACROSSSat Aug 28, 1999"The Puzzled Heart" mystery novelistFrank Longo
BEAMYFri Mar 26, 2010RadiantHenry Hook
BICKERSun Jun 29, 2014Trade cross wordsByron Walden
BOCKSSun Feb 28, 1999Strong beersDave Tuller
BREWSUPFri Jun 24, 2016Creates, as troublePatrick Berry
CIVILWARGENERALTue Aug 6, 2002End of 17-, 23-, 50- or 61-AcrossEthan Cooper and Michael Shteyman
COMMENTCAVAMon Jul 13, 2015"How's it going?," in ParisZhouqin Burnikel
CONGEEWed Jan 7, 2026Savory rice porridgeAdrianne Baik
DELUDESSun Oct 3, 1999BamboozlesFred Piscop
DERBYHATSFri Feb 12, 2021BowlersGrant Thackray
FACTUMWed Nov 28, 2001Statement of what's known, in legaleseFred Piscop
FANCYFREEThu Oct 11, 20011944 ballet by 24-AcrossNancy S. Ross
FLUXGATEThu Jul 10, 2003Direction indicator of the earth's magnetic fieldMichael Shteyman
HADANEARMISSSat Jun 20, 1998Failed as a corn farmer?Cathy Millhauser
HANDBRASat Aug 4, 2018Makeshift technique for female modestySam Trabucco
HOMECOMPUTERMon Jan 19, 2009Telecommuter's needTracey Snyder
JUMPINTHESHOWERMon Jan 15, 2024Wash oneself quicklyPeter A. Collins
KNOWBYNAMEMon Jan 11, 2016Be familiar with without having metHoward Barkin
KNUCKLEDThu Oct 24, 2024Really got to work, with "down"Ella Dershowitz
LIESDOWNFri Nov 29, 2013RestsNed White
NELSFri Jul 20, 2012Marlon Brando's "I Remember Mama" roleMartin Ashwood-Smith
OHNONOSat May 15, 2021"We absolutely aren't doing that!"Sam Trabucco
OSTRACIZEThu Jun 9, 2011Freeze outJoon Pahk
PEACEKEEPERMon Jan 27, 2014*One placed between warring partiesJames Tuttle
POPELEOXISat Oct 1, 2005Pontiff for just 26 days in 1605Joe DiPietro
PRESELECTEDThu Apr 5, 2012Chosen beforehandElizabeth C. Gorski
RAISEDONESVOICESat Dec 3, 2016ShoutedJason Flinn
RANWITHITThu Jun 29, 2023Reacted purposefully when handed "the ball"Simeon Seigel
SKITTERSMon Apr 8, 1996Runs lightly and rapidlyS. B. Whitten
SPILESat May 13, 2017Tree-tapping spigotJeff Chen
STRANGSSun Dec 10, 1995Dos Passos's Annabelle et al.Jim Page
TOPRANKINGSun Aug 10, 2008Number oneWill Nediger
TRELLISESThu Aug 13, 1998Lattices around an island?A. J. Santora
UBAHNWed Nov 14, 2018German rapid transit systemSam Trabucco
USMAPSThu Dec 13, 2018Many graphics on election nightJohn Westwig
WESTPORTWed Nov 22, 2017Affluent Connecticut townTimothy Polin
WHATADOWNERSat Mar 11, 2023"Bummer!"Tom Pepper
WHISKERWed Dec 18, 1996Narrow margin of victoryM. W. Perry
XENIAOHIOSat Jan 8, 2011Midwest city in the middle of the I-70/I-71/I-75 triangleWill Nediger
YOUANDMESun Aug 30, 2009UsAshish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan
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