This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.

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 51,180 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
ADDEDBONUSSat Mar 8, 2025Something extra, redundantlyJoe Deeney
ANGELEYESSun Apr 18, 2021The titular bad guy in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"Johan Vass
ANGSTROMWed Dec 6, 2017Minute lengthClive Probert
ASALASTRESORTFri Oct 16, 2015If absolutely necessaryJoe Krozel
BEDSPRINGTue Jun 14, 2022Coil in a mattressRobert Won
BOOKAROOMFri Nov 28, 2025Decide where to stayJacob McDermott
BRINDLESun Apr 17, 1994Streaked gray, as an animal's coatR. M. Hopkins
CAKIERThu Mar 2, 2017Having more clumpinessPeter Gordon
DENTINSun Jan 5, 2014Major part of a toothAlan DerKazarian
DONTWALKMon Aug 20, 2007Pedestrian's intersection warningLynn Lempel
DWELLERSTue Apr 6, 2021InhabitantsAmanda Chung and Karl Ni
FRIERSSun Aug 6, 1995Chickens to cookManny Nosowsky
FUNNYBONEMon Jan 25, 2016*Inaptly named part of the elbowIan Livengood
GONESENILESun Feb 19, 2006DeclinedJoe DiPietro
GOODSONWed Feb 20, 2019Mark ___, longtime game show partner of Bill TodmanByron Walden
GRISTLYFri Feb 27, 2015Like some low-grade beefJulian Lim
HARDPANFri Mar 17, 2023Dense buildup in makeup powder containersCarter Cobb
HIGHERLOVEWed Sep 20, 20231986 hit for Steve Winwood (and a 2019 hit for Whitney Houston)Gina Turner
HONEYMOONEDThu Aug 18, 2016Did a tour after joining up?Parker Lewis and Jeff Chen
KANGAROOPOUCHFri Jun 24, 2022Marsupium, by another nameSophia Maymudes and Margaret Seikel
KEEPASHARPEYEONFri Jun 25, 2004Watch closelyManny Nosowsky
MAJORINROADSSun Jun 29, 2003Study highway design at college?Rich Norris
MEETATSun Apr 9, 2023Use as a rendezvous pointJohn Ewbank
MINTPATTYSun Mar 29, 2009York productElizabeth C. Gorski
MISSINGPERSONSun Dec 28, 2014Su____icJoe Krozel
NEWSANGLEThu Jul 13, 2006See circlesManny Nosowsky
POUTINESSat Mar 12, 2022Popular dishes in Québécois cuisineNatan Last
PREFECTUREThu Mar 18, 1999District in JapanRand H. Burns
REFINERSSat Jan 31, 2004Employees in the sugar industryByron Walden
SLOWMOSat Aug 24, 2019Highlight reel effectSam Ezersky
SPLITTHEJACKPOTMon Nov 14, 2011What multiple winners of a lottery must doMark Feldman
STANCHERSun Feb 11, 2001Styptic pencil, e.g.Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon
SUSANDEYFri Apr 24, 2009"L.A. Law" Golden Globe winnerBarry C. Silk
TIMEANDTIMEAGAINMon Oct 7, 2024Repeatedly ... or what can precede both halves of the answers to 19-, 25-, 53- and 63-Across?Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock
TOOTHOFWOLFWed Oct 31, 201264-Across ingredientStu Ockman
WRITINGIMPLEMENTSThu Oct 9, 2008Quills, sometimesDoug Peterson
YESTERYEARThu May 5, 2022A bygone ageAdam Wagner
YUMMYYUMMYMon Aug 23, 2004"Dee-licious!"Nancy Salomon and Kyle Mahowald
ZACHARIAHFri Sep 20, 2019___ Chandler, four-term U.S. senator who helped found the Republican PartyLuke Vaughn
ZOMBIEAPOCALYPSESat Feb 10, 2018Backdrop to AMC's "The Walking Dead"Finn Vigeland
XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2026, Jim Horne
136 ms