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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
ADMONISHMENTSun Oct 14, 2012WarningTodd Gross
BELGIANCONGOSun Apr 14, 2013Setting of Barbara Kingsolver's "The Poisonwood Bible"Elizabeth C. Gorski
BOWSERJRSun Mar 1, 2020Young antagonist in Super Mario gamesSam Trabucco
BROKENENGLISHFri Feb 23, 2007Difficult means of communicationPatrick Merrell
CARRIONWed Jul 28, 2010Buzzard's fareHoward Baker
CINCYTue Aug 1, 2006Bengals' home, familiarlyDavid Sullivan
DATINGSCENEThu Aug 21, 2003Singles' worldPatrick Merrell
DEUTERONOMYThu Jan 22, 2015Book of the BibleTimothy Polin
DRYGINSun May 21, 2023Beefeater, e.g.Robert Ryan
ENDOFMESSAGEWed Feb 10, 2010[Read no further]Ed Sessa
ENROLLEESSun Aug 28, 2022Matriculation groupOri Brian
FLORIDAVACATIONWed Oct 13, 2004What 38-Across might takePatrick Merrell
FREEZETAGTue Sep 24, 2019Playground game with teamsJohn Guzzetta
HOOPEDSat Aug 16, 2003Like some earringsManny Nosowsky
HOPESFORWed Sep 29, 1999WishesPatrick D. Berry
IMPARTEDSun Aug 28, 2005Made knownNancy Nicholson Joline
INADEEPHOLEFri Dec 19, 2025Bad place to be while gamblingHemant Mehta
INHIDEFSat May 27, 2023Very clear, say, colloquiallySamuel Smalley
INTENTIONSThu Feb 18, 2021DesignsZachary Spitz
JODYSSun May 26, 1996Singer Watley et al.R. Ross
JUSTFORSHOWFri Mar 27, 2026Decorative, so to speakZachary David Levy
LASTINGMONUMENTSat Jun 28, 2003Exemplar through the agesRobert H. Wolfe
LINACSat Nov 21, 2020Machine in a particle physics lab, in briefSam Ezersky
MOONISHTue Jan 30, 1996FickleM. Skolsky
MOTTEMon Oct 24, 1994Grove of trees, in the SouthwestSidney L. Robbins
NOWYOUSEEMESun Aug 25, 2019Illusionist's phrase illustrated by seven Across answers in this puzzle?Matt Ginsberg
OMINOUSLYFri Sep 9, 2016In a foreboding mannerKristian House
PEPPERMINTPATTYThu Nov 7, 1996Friend of Charlie BrownG. R. Ferguson
PEQUODMon Dec 18, 2023Captain Ahab's ship in "Moby-Dick"Joe Marquez
PLAYBYPLAYMon Aug 10, 2026*Detailed, real-time description of eventsNate Cardin
POPEAFBSat May 1, 2004Mil. post in Fayetteville, N.C.Byron Walden
RIGHTASRAINWed Nov 11, 2015Perfectly fit and wellDavid Steinberg
SITSHIVASat Feb 15, 2020Mourn, in a wayRandolph Ross
SOUNDSYSTEMSun Aug 1, 2021Band aid?Matthew Stock
TELUGUFri May 15, 2026Language of southern IndiaMaddy Ziegler
TENANTFARMERFri Jul 17, 1998Struggling rural workerRandolph Ross
TOILETTESSat Aug 7, 2004Morning routinesPatrick Berry
WADINGBIRDSun Apr 25, 2004Pink flamingo, for oneElizabeth C. Gorski
WATERUNDERTHEBRIDGESun Dec 17, 2023Past disagreements that are no longer of concern ... or each block of shaded squares in this puzzle?Jeremy Newton
WHITEFLOURSun Jan 26, 2025Gold Medal offeringRich Proulx
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