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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 50,644 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
ACCEPTEDUSAGESun Jul 18, 2010234, as of July 4, 2010?Robert W. Harris
ALLGUSSIEDUPSat Jan 24, 2009Dressed to the ninesMark Diehl
ATIEMPOFri Jan 12, 2018On time, in TijuanaErik Agard
ATOMICMASSWed Jul 23, 2025Figure that roughly equals protons plus neutronsJoseph Gangi
ATQUESat Aug 3, 1996And, to CaesarA. D. Cover
AYINSSat Sep 4, 199916th letters in HebrewBrendan Emmett Quigley
CERTAINTYSun Sep 27, 2015Conviction ... or what's almost required for a convictionTom McCoy
COLOURSSun May 31, 2015Grey and ochreTom McCoy
CUTSUPThu May 22, 2008MisbehavesRichard Silvestri
DELIVERYROOMSun Dec 22, 2019Labor day setting?Laura Taylor Kinnel
EASYOFFMon Sep 1, 1997Popular oven cleanerGregory E. Paul
EDMSSat Jan 28, 2006Teachers' degs.Dana Motley
ENDOFDISCUSSIONThu Mar 22, 2007"Case closed!"Karen M. Tracey
EXODERMThu Jan 3, 2019Outer layer of a membraneTimothy Polin
FACECREAMSSun Jul 31, 2005Some cosmeticsMark Feldman
FATHERSSat Feb 6, 2010Confession receiversFrederick J. Healy
FEELINGTue Oct 6, 2015See 6-DownZhouqin Burnikel
GORIESTFri May 13, 1994Bloody to the maxRandolph Ross
HEREXCELLENCYSun Aug 10, 2014*What to call a female ambassador [the Johnsons]Elizabeth C. Gorski
HORIZONTALLYSun Jan 13, 2013See 119-AcrossElizabeth C. Gorski
HOTCAKESWed Sep 1, 1999Fast sellersAlan Arbesfeld
JOEYFATONEMon Jun 16, 2025'N Sync bandmate of Justin TimberlakeJill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp
KAMALAHARRISSat Nov 20, 2021Joint winner of Time's Person of the Year for 2020Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
KATHARINEGRAHAMWed Dec 31, 2003Post master, once?Alan Arbesfeld
LECONTESun Aug 1, 1999French poet ___ de LisleRandolph Ross
LINEDOUTSun Oct 27, 2024Nearly succeeded ... but there's a catch!Jeffrey Martinovic and Jeff Chen
OTTOVISun Dec 18, 2016Old German ruler nicknamed "the Short"Derrick Niederman
OVIPOSITSat Sep 7, 1996Lay eggs, as a field cricketB. White
PIMPLYThu Oct 9, 2008Broken out, in a wayDoug Peterson
POLITICALDNAFri Feb 10, 2012Party makeup?Barry C. Silk and Brad Wilber
POOLHALLSSat Oct 12, 2013Sites for shark sightingsJohn Farmer
RICEKRISPIESBOXMon Dec 16, 2019*Container for a Kellogg's cerealHoward Barkin and Kevin Christian
SHERMANHEMSLEYThu Jan 2, 1997"The Jeffersons" co-starM. Gaffney
SHOPSTEWARDTue Aug 7, 2018Union representativeAlex Eaton-Salners
SMOKEYBEARSSun Jul 18, 1999What CBers watch forNancy Nicholson Joline
SMOOTHOPERATORSun Dec 1, 2024*1984 Sade hitJohn Lieb
SNUBBEDTue Apr 8, 2003Gave the cold shoulderVerna Suit
TBOONEPICKENSThu Jul 5, 2007*Founder of Mesa PetroleumElizabeth C. Gorski
UNCAREDFORFri Apr 26, 2002NeglectedManny Nosowsky
VENTILATEMon Sep 20, 2004Open the windows inA. J. Santora
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