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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 51,032 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
ARTICLEIIIFri Oct 12, 2001Part of the Constitution covering judicial powersManny Nosowsky
ASTEROSat May 27, 2000Star: PrefixRobert H. Wolfe
BABALUFri Nov 18, 2016Ricky Ricardo's signature songPeter Wentz
BELTOUTASONGMon Nov 4, 2024Perform karaoke with passion, sayColin Adams
CARLOSTHEJACKALFri Aug 24, 2018Real-life villain who was an antagonist in Robert Ludlum's "The Bourne Identity"Roland Huget
CERESun Sep 12, 2010Smear with wax, old-stylePaula Gamache
CHAMPAGNECOOLERTue Mar 3, 2009Prison for vintners?Jeffrey Wechsler
CLIMBUPFri Mar 28, 1997ScaleJim Page
CORPUSCHRISTISat Oct 19, 2002Catholic observanceDonald E. West
COUNTERIRRITANTFri Jul 24, 1998Distractive annoyanceManny Nosowsky
CUPASOUPTue Nov 11, 2014Powdered lunch product from LiptonJames Mulhern
DINNERETIQUETTEWed Oct 6, 2010Keeping your elbows off the table, e.g.Ian Livengood
DOGYEARSat Feb 25, 2023It's equivalent to over 2,500 human daysTrent H. Evans
FIREPOTSun Dec 18, 2022Earthenware container for transporting heatRyan McCarty
GASFIREThu Oct 15, 2015Certain stovetop hazardKevin G. Der
HANDCAMERASat Jul 21, 2007Little shooterRaymond C. Young
IUSEDTOTue Feb 22, 2000Start of a quipDorothy E. Donaldson
LIKEASISTERSat Jun 16, 2001One way to love someoneDana Motley
LMNOPSun Jan 3, 2010Run in "The Alphabet Song"Jeremy Newton
OLDFORMTue Aug 2, 2011What one might return to after a slumpAlbert R. Picallo
ONLYATHOUGHTBUTTue Dec 9, 2025"Feel free to dismiss this idea — however ..."Kate Hawkins
ORANGYFri Oct 13, 1995Like ocherCharles E. Gersch
OSONGSun Jan 11, 2009"Sesame Street" tune, with "The"David J. Kahn
OVERONESDEADBODYThu Aug 17, 2006How the murderer kneels in a whodunit?Harvey Estes
PAYTOILETSat Aug 8, 2020Place to go that requires cash at the door?Brooke Husic and Sid Sivakumar
PERINATALSun Feb 4, 2018Around the time of birthDavid Levinson Wilk
PIGHEADEDTue Aug 21, 2001ObstinateSarah Keller
POWERPACKSat Aug 19, 2006Electrical converterBob Peoples
RAFFLEDFri Mar 26, 2010Like some party prizesHenry Hook
REQUESTWed Mar 26, 2014Radio station listener's call-in, perhapsAlex Vratsanos
REWATERSat Jul 25, 1998Hose againRobert H. Wolfe
SHAKYCAMThu Feb 24, 2022Deliberately amateurish filming techniqueJake Halperin
STOMPSONMon Apr 2, 2007Crushes with the feetRichard Hughes
TANNINGBEDSun Jan 5, 2025Place for some light rest?Kareem Ayas
TEAEGGSSun Sep 12, 2021Savory Chinese snacksAlex Rosen
TRIESTOSat Jun 16, 2018Hopes, with some effort, that one willSam Trabucco
TRUSTABLESat Dec 6, 2003Not at all shadyCraig Kasper
UMBRIANSun Nov 18, 2012From Assisi, e.g.Timothy Polin
WALLPLATETue Feb 8, 2005Light switch surrounderStephen Budiansky
WISECRACKEDTue Sep 5, 2017Made snappy commentsMichelle Kenney and Jeff Chen
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