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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 51,133 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
APCARTERSat Mar 25, 2006Patriarch of the "First Family of Country Music"Byron Walden
BEAVERHATSun Apr 11, 2021Frontiersman's headgearDick Shlakman and Will Nediger
CABLEGUYSun Dec 7, 2025Samuel Morse?Kate Jensen
CHANGEOFADDRESSSun Apr 1, 2012Golf club repositioning?Patrick Merrell
CRAFTPROJECTFri Sep 16, 2022Making paper flowers, e.g.Juliana Tringali Golden
DEVILRAYSWed Jul 22, 2015Tropicana Field team renamed in 2008Peter A. Collins
DEVILSADVOCATESun Dec 12, 1993Hades newspaper?Cathy Millhauser
DOWNCOMFORTERTue Jun 14, 2011Thick alternative to a blanketDoug Peterson and Angela Olson Halsted
DRINKMESat Mar 18, 2006Label obeyed by AlicePatrick Berry
ECOLIBACTERIATue Jun 18, 1996Dangerous strainE. C. Gorski
GOBBLEUPWed Aug 27, 2025DevourZhou Zhang
GRIZZLIESTue Jan 30, 2007Scary bearsNancy Salomon
INENGLISHSat Dec 12, 2015How the operas "Artaxerxes" and "Iolanthe" are usually performedByron Walden
INTHECLEARINGThu Jan 29, 19981962 Robert Frost collectionFrances Hansen
LESSEROFThu Jan 5, 2012___ two evilsDan Schmiedeler
LIVEDJSun Oct 1, 2023Entertainment at many a weddingJeffrey Lease
MAPOMon Aug 17, 2026___ tofu (Sichuan dish)Zhouqin Burnikel
MEDIOCRESat Apr 6, 2024Nothing to write home aboutByron Walden
NINETYFIVETue Oct 14, 2008See 20-AcrossLucy Gardner Anderson
NODDEDATMon Dec 4, 2023Silently greetedSean Ziebarth
OPTICKSSun Sep 25, 2022Sir Isaac Newton work on the fundamentals of lightMeghan Morris
PACKLIGHTMon Apr 26, 2010Common advice to travelersLynn Lempel
PERSONNELFILESun Dec 24, 2023Record kept on an employeeDrew Schmenner
PILOTSCRIPTFri Oct 13, 2017Initial challenge for certain screenwritersZhouqin Burnikel
PRACTICABLEThu Aug 4, 2016RealisticJonathan M. Kaye
RAILROADSTATIONSSat Jun 21, 2025Training facilities?Christina Iverson and Doug Peterson
RECOILLESSRIFLESat Jul 12, 2003Lightweight antitank gunManny Nosowsky
SNEAKPEEKSFri Aug 30, 2019PreviewsTrent H. Evans
SNOOKERCUESun Nov 22, 2015British pool stickSamuel A. Donaldson and Jeff Chen
SPRINGHASSPRUNGWed Mar 6, 2019Cry when warmer weather returnsMary Lou Guizzo and Erik Agard
STOCKERSFri May 4, 2001Grocery store workersElizabeth C. Gorski
TAKESLIBERTIESSun Jun 6, 1999Isn't cautious (with)David J. Kahn
TEETERONTHEEDGEFri Aug 24, 2018Flirt with disasterRoland Huget
THEEISat Mar 18, 1995"Of _____ Sing"Manny Nosowsky
THEGOPTue Apr 21, 2020Republicans, collectivelyAndrew Kingsley
THEREANDBACKAGAINSun Dec 1, 2013Round trip ... or the subtitle of "The Hobbit"Alan DerKazarian
TURNSTILESSun Mar 21, 2010Prepares to play Scrabble?Adam Fromm
UNLIMITEDBUDGETThu Jun 10, 20109-Across + 26-DownMike Nothnagel
WHATDOYOUEXPECTSat Aug 10, 2019Response to someone with unrealistic hopesAnna Gundlach and Erik Agard
WOODROWThu Feb 20, 2014First name of a former president ... or, read another way, what each of the shaded lines isZhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo
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