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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 51,192 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
ALLSQUAREMon Apr 18, 2022Even-stevenCarl Larson
ANCIENTWORLDSun Mar 27, 2022See 5-DownAugust Lee-Kovach
AQUATEENSat May 5, 2012Any of three title characters in a long-running Cartoon Network seriesNed White
ASHCARTERSat Aug 16, 2025Barack Obama's final secretary of defense (2015-17)Byron Walden
BEHEADINGThu Jan 22, 2009Lady Jane Grey's fateGary J. Whitehead
BOASTERWed Nov 20, 2002Subject of this puzzleManny Nosowsky
CHOPPEDLIVERWed Jul 22, 2015What's found on some canapés (and hiding in the answers to 20-, 31-, 38- and 49-Across?)Peter A. Collins
CHOSENATRANDOMSun Jun 9, 2002___.com (e-mail address for a lottery)Randolph Ross
DANDLESFri Apr 13, 2007Moves gently up and downPatrick Berry
DEADLINKSFri Oct 3, 2025Bad internet connections?Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa
FARMHOUSESun Jan 20, 2019It may have corn on the sideRichard Crowe
FREEDOMOFSPEECHSat Apr 5, 1997"The People vs. Larry Flynt" subjectRand H. Burns
GETSONESIRISHUPFri Mar 11, 2005Becomes angryManny Nosowsky
HONESTWAGESat Aug 17, 2019Fair payMichael Hawkins
INSTRUCTSTue Oct 3, 2023TeachesTroy Laedtke
IVEHADITWITHYOUFri Jul 29, 2005Spat-ending wordsKyle Mahowald
JOEYFATONEMon Jun 16, 2025'N Sync bandmate of Justin TimberlakeJill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp
JUSTTHEOPPOSITEMon Oct 7, 1996"Au contraire"S. Spadaccini
LARDINGSat Apr 20, 2002FatteningDana Motley
LIMBURGERThu Jul 21, 2011One trying to shake a leg, for instance?Michael Sharp
LOOKOUTPOINTWed Feb 4, 2015Warning shouted to a lacrosse defenseman?Julian Lim
LOUFERRIGNOMon Aug 27, 2012He played the Hulk on 1970s-'80s TVMichael Farabaugh
MULLOVERWed May 15, 2013Reflect deeply onDavid Sullivan
NIPANDTUCKSun Dec 14, 1997Job for a plastic surgeon?Nancy Salomon
NYSTRIPSThu Jun 4, 2015Steakhouse offerings, for shortJoe Krozel
ODESSAFILESun Sep 14, 1997Frederick Forsyth best seller, with "The"Frank Longo
ONASIDENOTEFri Jun 17, 2022"Incidentally ..."Pao Roy
OVERHEADDOORSun Jan 17, 2021Way into a garage, typicallyTracy Gray and Tom Pepper
PIESHELLThu Sep 21, 2017Dessert component often bought premadeMatt Ginsberg
PUSHYOURLUCKTue Aug 11, 2015Ask the boss for more vacation time after getting a raise, perhapsJay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor
RETEARMon Mar 31, 1997Open up a rip againJanet R. Bender
SEACOASTSTue Jul 28, 2020ShorelinesRoss Trudeau
SLAMDUNKSSun Sep 7, 2025Sure thingsDerrick Niederman
SNAPSTORYFri Apr 11, 2025Certain ephemeral social media post, informallyJesse Guzman
SPLITPEASOUPSun Mar 1, 2020GAZACHOSam Trabucco
STRAPPEDFORCASHMon May 8, 2000Needing a loanEd Early
THEMAGICKINGDOMTue Jun 3, 1997Disney realmJonathan Schmalzbach
THEMOUNTAINKINGFri Jun 13, 2003Scandinavian folklore figure in a Grieg titleTodd McClary
USARMYINSIGNIATue Oct 10, 1995EagleJanet R. Bender
XANDERSun Mar 19, 2023Friend of Buffy on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"Robert Ryan
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