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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 50,940 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
ACEPHATESat Jun 29, 1996Common insecticideF. Longo
AIRRAIDSThu Nov 13, 2003Danger from aboveManny Nosowsky
ALITTLEGIVEANDTAKESun Jul 20, 2014See instructionsEric Berlin
BADGERGAMESat May 29, 2004Cheating-woman-with-an-angry-husband conPatrick Berry
BOASTINGSun Jan 29, 2017Chest-thumpingJim Hyres and David Steinberg
BROCASAREATue May 7, 2019Brain region linked to speechRoss Trudeau
CEASINGFri Jan 23, 2004Knocking offSherry O. Blackard
DAUNTEDWed May 15, 2019DisheartenedZhouqin Burnikel
DEMONIZETue Dec 13, 1994Portray as satanicJon Delfin
DESKCOPYFri Jun 29, 2007Teacher's request of a publisherMike Nothnagel
DRYROASTEDSat Apr 6, 2013Like some nutsMichael Wiesenberg
EATFATSun Oct 1, 1995Emulate Sprat's wifeFrank A. Longo
EXPERIENCESat Sep 2, 2006Go throughMel Rosen
FRANDRESCHERSun Sep 7, 20031990's sitcom starAlan Arbesfeld
GEORGERAFTTue Nov 9, 1999"Bolero" star, 1934Elizabeth C. Gorski
GETANEDGESun May 1, 2016Find some advantageJoel Fagliano and Byron Walden
HASDOWNWed Jun 19, 2024Knows by heartBrad Wiegmann
INGAMESat Oct 1, 2016Like live-blogged sports updatesDavid Woolf
INMEMORYSun Nov 19, 2017As far as one can recallTom McCoy
KENYONFri Sep 30, 2016College where Rutherford B. Hayes was valedictorianJames Mulhern
KISSINGKINThu Feb 19, 2004Close cousinsAlfio Micci (1918-2004)
LETTERDROPWed Feb 8, 2017Opening at the post office ... or, when read as three words, a hint to the answers to the starred cluesNed White
MAJORLYSun Jan 19, 2003In a big wayEric Berlin
MOBIUSSTRIPSun Dec 28, 2025A Strange LoopAlex Eaton-Salners
NATUREWALKTue Apr 30, 2013Activity led by a park ranger, perhapsLynn Lempel
OXTONGUEFri Aug 26, 2011Kind of stewBrendan Emmett Quigley
PERDAYThu Mar 31, 2016Like some parking garage ratesEllen Leuschner and Jeff Chen
PERIODIDESat Mar 22, 2008Salt with the maximum proportion of element #53Byron Walden
PLAYASCENEMon Sep 11, 2006Do some actingLynn Lempel
PROFILEPICSFri Jul 19, 2024Things that are head and shoulders above the rest?Jacob McDermott
QUEENVICTORIAFri May 24, 2019So-called "Grandmother of Europe," born 5/24/1819Stanley Newman
REMINDUSSat Jun 10, 2023"Please jog our memory ..."John Hawksley
ROCKFORDTue Jul 21, 20091970s James Garner TV title roleDonna S. Levin
ROSYSCENARIOSat Jun 26, 2004What an optimist envisionsByron Walden
SEARCHHISTORYSun Apr 27, 2025Depiction of 607-376006Jacob Reed
SIMBASFri Jun 27, 2003"The Lion King II: ___ Pride"Manny Nosowsky
SOSOREVIEWSWed Oct 10, 2018They might have 2 1/2 or 3 starsAlex Eaton-Salners
SPYCATCHERSun Dec 28, 2008Controversial 1987 exposé by ex-MI5 agent Peter WrightPatrick Berry
STATEPARKSat Sep 21, 2002Niagara Reservation was the first one in 1885Rich Norris
WIDEBERTHSun Dec 4, 2011Generous leewayKelsey Blakley
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