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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 50,507 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
BABYDOLLSFri Aug 18, 2017Toys that may open and close their eyesBrendan Emmett Quigley
BABYSNOOKSTue Nov 15, 2005Fanny Brice radio characterSarah Keller
BASEBALLTEAMSun Mar 27, 2011NineKevin G. Der
CAVORTEDThu Jan 11, 2007Made merryLee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
CHUCKYEAGERMon Feb 3, 2014First pilot to travel faster than the speed of soundSean Dobbin
COMPLETELYSun Mar 27, 2016Hook, line and sinkerPatrick Blindauer
DOCTOROFLAWSSun May 22, 1994Salinger's initial occupation?Randolph Ross
DOREMIFASOLLATIDOTILASOLFAMIREDOThu Jun 9, 2005Piano exercise for beginnersDavid J. Kahn
EMERYBOARDSat Sep 27, 2025Digital file?Adrian Johnson and Christina Iverson
FAIRHAIREDCHILDTue Feb 7, 2012One who's favorably looked uponMike Buckley
FEEBLESTSun Dec 28, 2025Least haleAlex Eaton-Salners
FEELSUPTOITSat Feb 24, 2007Is ready for the taskByron Walden
FISHBOWLSSat Apr 18, 2009They lack private partsByron Walden
FORALLTIMESat Jun 17, 2023In perpetuumRyan McCarty
FREONSSat Oct 5, 2013Some refrigerantsByron Walden
INCIDENTALSun Aug 17, 2003FortuitousElizabeth C. Gorski
INDISTRESSSun Jan 27, 2002Requiring a rescuePatrick Berry
INKBOTTLEFri Jun 5, 2020Quaint stationery shop itemJohn Wrenholt
INTELLIGENTLIFEThu Jan 2, 2003Focus of an interplanetary searchElizabeth C. Gorski
JULESVERNEThu May 5, 2016Whom Unesco lists as the world's second most translated author, after Agatha ChristieDavid Poole
LONGEDFORWed Nov 13, 2024Strongly desiredTodd Gross
LUCISSat Nov 27, 2004Anno ___ (in the Year of Light)Byron Walden
MESHTOPThu Nov 5, 2020See-through garmentJeremy Newton
MISSEDTHECUTSun Mar 20, 2022"I was in a serious relationship with a hippie, but he ..."Brad Wiegmann
NATHANIELHAWTHORNESun Jul 1, 2012Novelist who was 65-Across (1804)Dan Schoenholz
NEUTRALLANGUAGEMon Mar 6, 2006Esperanto, for someJack McInturff
ONCOMINGSat Jun 10, 2000Like some trafficGlenton Petgrave
PADEREWSKIWed Jul 30, 1997Pianist born in Kurilovka, PolandJohn D. Leavy
PERFORATIONWed Sep 11, 2019Ace in the hole?Ned White
PERSIANGULFFri Jan 11, 2013A lot of oil moves through itIan Livengood
PROXIESSat Apr 28, 2018Stand-insAndrew Kingsley and John Lieb
RAPGROUPSFri Jul 18, 2014Public Enemy and othersIan Livengood
RUSHJOBSSat Jan 27, 2024They're done on the flyGrace Warrington and Greg Warrington
SCURRYAWAYSun Jan 8, 2017Hoopster Steph not playing at home?Peter Broda and Erik Agard
SHEWOLFThu Feb 9, 2012Suckler of Romulus and RemusKevin G. Der
SLIPOFFTue Oct 10, 2000Remove, as shoesFrances Hansen
SWEETIESFri Jan 5, 2001CupcakesNelson Hardy
TOLDONSat Aug 27, 2005Didn't cover forByron Walden
TRUELOVESThu Jul 17, 2014Soul matesAlan Arbesfeld
UNREQUITEDFri Sep 17, 2010Like some loveJonah Kagan, Brown University '13
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