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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 50,911 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
ACADIESat Sep 10, 2005Settlement in le Nouveau MondeDavid J. Kahn
ATEANDRANThu Apr 13, 2023Made a fast break after breakfast, sayRobin Yu
BINGEEATERSat Jul 27, 2019Certain obsessive-compulsiveByron Walden
BURKAThu Sep 1, 2022Head-to-toe garmentJohn Wrenholt
CURLEWSat Apr 26, 2008Cousin of the sandpiperBrad Wilber
DEADBODYThu Oct 10, 2013Nonspeaking role on "CSI"Jeffrey Wechsler
DICKVANDYKEMon Oct 27, 2014Eponymous star of a 1960s sitcom, the only American TV star with his three initialsStanley Newman
DIRECTORMon Oct 7, 2019Person who calls "Action!"Keiran King
ELAPSINGFri Feb 1, 2008Going byDoug Peterson
ENERGIZERFri May 17, 1996Certain bunnyJ. DiPietro
FROWNEDUPONTue Jul 18, 2017DiscouragedMichael Hawkins
GETSRIDOFFri Jul 7, 2017Deep-sixesAndy Kravis
HANDWARMERSun Oct 11, 2015Muff, e.g. (2005-13)David J. Kahn
IRONOUTTHEKINKSWed Jan 8, 2003Improve one's golf game?James Rogers
KEYBISCAYNEMon Nov 1, 2010Nixon's Florida homeHolden Baker
KNOXVILLESun Jan 23, 2005City served by McGhee Tyson AirportJoe DiPietro
LAVORISFri Sep 13, 2013Mouthwash with the patented ingredient ZantratePatrick Berry
LUPINESFri May 29, 1998BluebonnetsFred Piscop
MASTERCOPYSat Jul 2, 2022Something kept in a Hollywood archiveEvan Kalish
NEAMEFri Oct 3, 2014Ronald who directed "The Poseidon Adventure"Tracy Bennett
NERDCULTURESat Dec 31, 2016Cosplay and fanfic are parts of itJeff Chen
OXTONGUEFri Aug 26, 2011Kind of stewBrendan Emmett Quigley
PAYFREEZEMon Dec 11, 2017Action taken by a company in distressBrian Thomas
PEYOSat Jan 17, 2009One-named Belgian cartoonist who created the SmurfsBrad Wilber
PINELOGSSat Aug 26, 2023Aromatic fire feedersAdrian Johnson
POPUPSTORESFri Jun 27, 2025Shops for a short time?Carolyn Davies Lynch
RANGOSun Jan 31, 2016Title chameleon of a 2011 animated filmYaakov Bendavid
RENEEZELLWEGERMon Jun 27, 2016Actress with the classic line "You had me at hello"Kevan Choset
SECRETRECIPESSat Jan 11, 2020Things that might be kept covered in a kitchenAndrew J. Ries
SETHMEYERSFri Dec 18, 2015TV host who succeeded Jimmy Fallon on "Late Night"Andrew Zhou
SILVANFri Apr 2, 1999Wooded: Var.Jim Page
SLANTWISETue Feb 18, 1997ObliquelyF. Piscop
SOUSCHEFMon Feb 10, 2014Second-in-command in a kitchenC. W. Stewart
SUPREMELEADERSun Jan 3, 2021Title for Iran's Ali KhameneiPaolo Pasco
TANTSat Sep 18, 2010"___ pis!" ("Too bad!," in France)Natan Last, Brown University '12
THATANSWERSTHATFri Jun 20, 2025"Looks like it's settled!"Adrianne Baik
THERESNOTURNINGBACKThu Nov 9, 2017Comment upon making a fateful decisionBruce Haight
THREEDOGFri Jun 5, 2020Like a very cold night, idiomaticallyJohn Wrenholt
TRIMLYSun Apr 2, 2000In a well-kept wayNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
TRYITOUTSun Apr 12, 2015Experiment with somethingJeff Chen
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