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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 51,074 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
BEERTAXESSun Mar 6, 1994Excises of a sortFrances Hansen
BOWWOWWOWThu Feb 16, 2023Band with the 1982 hit "I Want Candy"Kevin Patterson
BULKUPSat Aug 3, 2019Eat lots of protein and carbs, sayRyan McCarty
CACHINNATEThu Aug 27, 2020Laugh uproariouslyNancy Stark and Will Nediger
CAKIERThu Mar 2, 2017Having more clumpinessPeter Gordon
CAPNUTSThu May 18, 2000Rounded bolt coversPatrick D. Berry
COLLEGEGRADSat Dec 21, 2024One who's made it to some degree?Barbara Lin and Lewis Rothlein
CONVOKEDSat Sep 11, 1999CalledRich Norris
COSMICALSun Mar 26, 2006MeasurelessPatrick Berry
DOESNTMATTERFri Apr 14, 2023"Either is fine, honestly"Billy Bratton and Clay Haddock
EZERWEIZMANFri Aug 22, 2014Mideast president who wrote "The Battle for Peace," 1981Sam Ezersky
FARSIGHTEDSun Oct 19, 2003The estate planner was ...Nancy Nicholson Joline
FIRSTPASTTHEPOSTSun Oct 2, 2016Like a simple-majority voting systemZhouqin Burnikel
FUNERALThu Nov 20, 2008Occasion to say goodbyePete Muller
GAWKYThu Jun 25, 2020Nervously awkwardAmanda Chung and Karl Ni
HADATALKSun Aug 5, 2007ConversedCaroline Leong
HALLELUJAHMon Aug 11, 2014"Thank God Almighty!"David Steinberg and Bernice Gordon
HAVEAPLANSat Jun 25, 2022Go in preparedAdam Aaronson
INSERVICEDAYSThu Feb 13, 2020Times when teachers go to school but students don'tAmanda Chung and Karl Ni
KIRIBATIFri May 13, 2005Republic on the EquatorRobert H. Wolfe
LEADINGNOWHEREWed Aug 5, 2026& 14 Ultimately fruitlessDaniel Bodily
LOOSETILESat Jan 14, 2012Bathroom item on a honey-do listMark Diehl
LOSTCAUSESWed Feb 2, 2022They're hopelessMeredith Colton Hazy
LOTTOODDSWed Aug 12, 199825 million to 1, maybeAlan Arbesfeld
LOWRENTSThu May 25, 2000New York City raritiesElizabeth C. Gorski
MARYASTORSun Oct 17, 2010Oscar-winning actress for "The Great Lie," 1941Patrick Blindauer
MEANGIRLTue May 15, 2018Rachel McAdams or Amanda Seyfried role in a 2004 comedyGarry Trudeau and Ross Trudeau
NEONYELLOWFri Feb 17, 2017Highlighter colorDavid Steinberg
NOENTRANCESat Feb 18, 2023Sign to turn backKameron Austin Collins
NOTWHILETue Mar 22, 2005With 24-Across, song from 18-AcrossDavid J. Kahn
OVERSELLTue Apr 1, 2008Push too hard, as an argumentManny Nosowsky
PEDESWed Nov 21, 2001Zoological feetM. Francis Vuolo
PIERRECORNEILLEThu Apr 28, 199417th-century dramatistRandy Sowell
PLOPPEDSat Jan 11, 1997Fell heavilyR. Norris
PONDSCUMSat Apr 8, 2023Dirty filmSid Sivakumar
THEEDGEOFREASONWed Mar 30, 2005Borderline logic?Richard Silvestri
THEORIOLESSat Sep 8, 2012Rock and Roll Hall of Fame doo-wop group from BaltimoreByron Walden
ULTIMASFri May 25, 2012Concluding syllablesBrendan Emmett Quigley
WHATLLIDOSat May 11, 20021924 Irving Berlin tuneMark Diehl
YEAROFTHEDRAGONSat Feb 10, 20242024, e.g.Zhouqin Burnikel
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