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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 50,935 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
ANONYMITYMon Dec 14, 1998Fame's oppositeRandy Sowell
APAREJOSat Feb 12, 1994Mexican packsaddleRand H. Burns
APPLECARTSSat Mar 29, 1997They're sometimes upsetFran and Lou Sabin
ARIZAWed Feb 25, 2015Trevor of the N.B.A.Michael Shteyman
ARTEXPOFri Dec 12, 2025Relative of a craft fairAdrian Johnson and Jess Rucks
BANNERHEADLINESFri Jul 18, 1997ScreamersMartin Ashwood-Smith
BLOCKHEELWed Jan 18, 2017Platform sandal featureMatthew Sewell
BRINGTOSat Dec 17, 2005RevivePatrick Berry
BUCKWHEATThu Apr 29, 2004A Little RascalSteven Kahn
DEANSPADESat Jul 19, 2025Trans activist who founded the Sylvia Rivera Law ProjectErik Agard
DEFUSESMon Sep 2, 1996Does bomb squad workF. Piscop
DEPTHCHARGETue Mar 30, 2004Sub sinkerSarah Keller
ECDYSISSat Jul 15, 1995MoltingRand H. Burns
ENTRAPMENTSat Apr 9, 1994SetupRandolph Ross
EVILDEEDSSun Jul 25, 2021Unforgivable acts, sayChandi Deitmer
GETTHEPICTUREMon Jan 20, 2020Comprehend ... or what 20-, 29- and 47-Across do, finallyEvan Kalish
GLASSEELFri Mar 8, 2002ElverDavid J. Kahn
HOPOUTSat Apr 5, 2025Exit quickly from a carRafael Musa
HUNKERThu Jun 27, 2002Squat (down)James R. Leeds
JORDANPEELETue Jan 11, 2022Oscar-winning director of "Get Out"Ross Trudeau
MADWOMANThu May 11, 20232020 Taylor Swift song with the lyric "You'll poke that bear 'til her claws come out"Sheldon Polonsky
MENDOZAFri Sep 6, 2013Baseball's ___ Line (.200 batting average)Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson
OCEANVIEWWed Dec 30, 2020It might cost extra at a beach resortKate Hawkins
ONEOFTHEGUYSSun Sep 7, 1997Jasmine's family memberRandolph Ross
PAPEROVERSat Nov 1, 2025Superficially conceal, as a problemMichael Lieberman
PINONESEARSBACKTue Aug 11, 2015Scold a personJay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor
PONTOONEDFri Jun 25, 2010Nautically equipped, in a wayRobin Schulman and Byron Walden
RAPESTue Mar 1, 1994Mustard plants*D.J. Listort
RIDGWAYSun Jul 22, 2001Eisenhower's successor at NATOPatrick Berry
SAHARASFri Apr 11, 2008Vast arid wastesManny Nosowsky
SNLALUMNISun Mar 1, 2020Will Ferrell and Tina FeySam Trabucco
STATEMAPSun Mar 19, 2006Road atlas partMichael Shteyman
THINBLUELINETue Sep 10, 2019The police, metaphoricallyEthan Cooper
TOBOGGANRUNThu Mar 10, 1994Didja ever see a _____?Lois Sidway
TOLIVEANDDIEINLASun Sep 27, 20201985 thriller with the tagline "A federal agent is dead. A killer is loose. And the City of Angels is about to explode."Alex Eaton-Salners
WASHINGASHOREThu Jul 3, 2014Like seashells at high tideLuke Vaughn
WAYABOVEThu Feb 25, 2016Towering overJoel Fagliano
WORKSLATEFri Jan 30, 2026Doesn't take the regular train home, maybeRobyn Weintraub
WRITTENTESTThu Oct 12, 2006Part of a driver's license procedureDave Tuller
YOUREALLYGOTAHOLDONMESun Jul 2, 2017"With the Beatles" song written by Smokey RobinsonPatrick Blindauer
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