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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 50,390 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
ANTIPHONYSat Sep 30, 1995Responsive choir singingBryant White
BENEDICTISun Aug 24, 2003Pope during the siege of Rome by LombardsPatrick Berry
BEREAVESSun Dec 3, 1995Deprives (of)Martin Schneider
BOARDIESSat Aug 16, 2025Swimwear that can be worn as shortsByron Walden
BONDPAPERThu Feb 15, 2018Fine writing materialPeter Gordon
DALLIESFri Dec 12, 2008LollygagsMike Nothnagel
DECENTLYThu Jun 25, 2015In a respectable wayDavid Poole
DICTIONWed Feb 27, 2019Subject in acting schoolWill Nediger
ENCROACHThu Dec 19, 2019Horn in (on)Andy Kravis and Erik Agard
FELLOWCOLLEAGUEWed Sep 10, 1997Compatriot, redundantlyRandall J. Hartman
FENNELBULBSSun Oct 12, 2025Licorice-flavored vegetables [32 oz.]Michael Schlossberg
FIREOFLONDONSun Apr 7, 2013"Great" 1666 conflagrationMatt Ginsberg
FOLLICLEFri Feb 28, 2025Hair-raising thing?Michael Lieberman
GRUCCIWed Sep 18, 2002Big name in fireworksDavid J. Kahn
IMPOTENTSun Nov 2, 1997IneffectiveNancy Nicholson Joline
LOBSTERFISHINGWed Nov 5, 2008It's done in Maine watersDoug Peterson
MADDESTWed Mar 12, 2008CrossestLarry Shearer
MARKINGSun Jul 24, 2016Stripe on a zebra, e.g.David Steinberg
MIASMSFri Dec 25, 1998Foreboding atmospheresEd Pegg Jr.
MIXTUREFri Jan 3, 2014SalmagundiBarry C. Silk and Brad Wilber
MOLDIESTSat Apr 1, 1995Most outmodedFred Piscop
NUCLEARENERGYFri Jan 15, 1999Stars produce itJohn Wolting
ORONYMSun Oct 10, 2021Similar-sounding phrase, such as "I scream" for "ice cream"Brandon Koppy
OXYCONTINFri Dec 29, 2017Percocet relativeDavid Steinberg
PETERUSTINOVMon Aug 24, 2015Actor with Oscars for "Spartacus" and "Topkapi"Lynn Lempel
POLIDENTSat Jul 30, 2011Something to clean one's teeth with, maybePatrick Berry
PRICEESTIMATEWed Dec 4, 2024"Daniel Raymon
PROPINQUITYSat Nov 12, 2005KinshipKaren M. Tracey
RAISEAGLASSFri May 14, 2021Begin the toasting processYacob Yonas
RIGGINGSat Sep 19, 1998Support systemWilliam S. Cotter
SCIENTWed Mar 16, 1994KnowingFred Piscop
SENDITBACKFri Nov 1, 2024Line from an unhappy dinerSpencer Leach
THEWORMSun Nov 10, 2024Dance move requiring upper body and core strengthSam Ezersky
TIDINESSSun Oct 8, 2017Good trait in a housemateErik Agard and Alex BriƱas
TRAFFICISLANDFri Dec 28, 2001Middle of the road?Manny Nosowsky
ULTRASONICFri Aug 25, 2017Too high to catch?Sam Trabucco
VARICOSEVEINSun Feb 27, 2011Vessel seen just below the surface?Peter A. Collins
VICTORYLAPSFri Sep 27, 2024Opportunities to soak up adulationJake Bunch
WINGYWed Aug 31, 1994AlateChristopher Hurt
WRITTENONSun May 15, 2005Used, as notepaperPatrick Berry
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