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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 50,389 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
ANALGESIAFri Nov 17, 2017One effect of marijuanaZhouqin Burnikel
ASHOTINTHEDARKTue Oct 21, 2025Wild guess … or what 19-, 24- and 41-Across let you take?Spencer Leach
ATTENDANTSSat Jul 21, 2007RetinueRaymond C. Young
ATTENDONWed Apr 24, 2013Serve, as a maid would a ladyClive Probert
BADINVESTMENTSWed Dec 15, 2021Speculations that don't pay offJessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau
BREATHEDFri Dec 5, 2014Showed signs of lifeTim Croce
CARBONOFFSETTue Mar 30, 2021Compensating reduction of greenhouse gas emissionsAlex Rosen and Brad Wilber
CONSONANTThu Jun 20, 2019Something each of this puzzle's answers begins withTrenton Charlson
COSECANTSun May 28, 2017Reciprocal in trigonometryAndrew Zhou
CRUSADEDFri Aug 20, 1999Fought with Richard the Lion-HeartedManny Nosowsky
DECORATIVESun Nov 24, 2019Like some artsFrank Longo
EASEOFFTHEGASPEDALSun Mar 7, 2021ACC_L_RATORCeleste Watts and Jeff Chen
EGONSSat May 18, 2013Painter Schiele and composer WelleszMartin Ashwood-Smith
GETOFFTRACKMon Aug 22, 2011Go astrayMilo Beckman
GREATUNCLESat Feb 14, 2009Lionel to Drew BarrymoreJoe Krozel
HEDONISTSSun Aug 24, 2003Good-time CharliesPatrick Berry
IFALLTOPIECESThu Oct 28, 2021Country music standard at zombie karaoke night?Alan Massengill
JUSTMARRIEDMon Jan 14, 2008Good sign on a car trunkRobert Dillman
LOGGIASun Feb 15, 2004Open-air arcadeDerrick Niederman
MEGHANFri Sep 26, 2025Duchess of Sussex beginning in 2018Larry Snyder
MEMORANDAFri Jul 30, 2004Attorneys' productionsManny Nosowsky
MESSEDUPSun May 28, 2017Really not O.K.Andrew Zhou
NASCENCYSat Aug 3, 1996Early developmentA. D. Cover
OUTWORETue Nov 21, 2006Lasted longer thanStella Daily and Bruce Venzke
OYSTERBARFri Nov 14, 2003Where to get bluepointsMyles Callum
RETACKLEDSun Jul 21, 2002Took on again, as a problemTrip Payne
ROLETTESat Oct 7, 1995North Dakota town or countyFrank A. Longo
SKETCHINGTue Aug 8, 2000OutliningJoy L. Wouk
SLACKJAWFri May 22, 1998Part of an astonished expressionBrendan Emmett Quigley
SLIDINGSCALEFri Feb 15, 2013Variable pay scheduleTom Heilman
SLOPPINGFri Feb 7, 2014Sty choreNed White
SOREHEADSWed Dec 10, 2003Bad losersNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
SQUIDINKSat Jul 13, 2013Main means of defense?Byron Walden
TALASun May 31, 1998Indian percussion rhythmCathy Millhauser
TENTACLESFri Dec 12, 2003Places where suckers are lined upManny Nosowsky
UNSHAPELYFri Apr 16, 2021Ill-proportionedTom Pepper
WATERPOWERSat Feb 10, 1996Turbine turnerJohn R. Conrad
WINSBYANOSETue Apr 30, 2013*Triumphs, but barelyLynn Lempel
WISHFULSun Jul 16, 2017Like some thinkingAndrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller
YOUSAIDWHATWed Aug 18, 2004Shocked response in conversationNancy Salomon and Levi Denham
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