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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 50,683 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
ABOMASun Aug 20, 2000Certain constrictorCharles M. Deber
ADINITIUMSat Jan 16, 2016At the beginningSean Dobbin
ADVERBIALWed Jul 23, 1997Kind of clauseBrendan Emmett Quigley
BARYONMon Aug 4, 2008Subatomic particle made of three quarksOliver Hill
BIRETTAThu Jul 16, 2015Cardinal's capPaula Gamache
BLUEMANSun Jun 30, 1996Off Broadway's___GroupR. Norris
CHETATKINSSat Aug 5, 1995"Read My Licks" guitaristFrank A. Longo
DIDWEMon Jul 22, 2024"Where ___ go wrong?"Laura Dershewitz
DJMICSat Dec 30, 2023Part of a turntablist's headgear, for shortSimeon Seigel
EDDOSun Jun 29, 1997Taro rootDavid J. Kahn
EVENINGTHESCOREFri Mar 11, 2005Avenging a wrongManny Nosowsky
FREESOLOEDFri Dec 19, 2025Climbed without ropesHemant Mehta
FRITZIMon Jul 27, 2009Nancy's 56-Down in the comicsAllan E. Parrish
FRUITLESSWed Jan 30, 2019Unproductive ... or, literally, a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred cluesEmily Carroll
HAIRCOLORFri Aug 27, 2004Ash, e.g.Manny Nosowsky
HALVEDSun May 2, 1999Like grapefruit for breakfastJim Page
HITTHEGASWed Sep 8, 2021"Hurry up!" to a nitrous oxide user?Lee Taylor
HOSTINGFri Jan 18, 2019Web serviceAndrew J. Ries
IGETAKICKOUTOFYOUSun May 9, 2021Mom's comment to her child during prenatal bonding? [Frank Sinatra, 1954]Brad Wiegmann
KIMBAPTue Apr 22, 2025Korean dish similar to sushi rollsAlex Eaton-Salners
MISCHIEFWed Sep 22, 2004Monkey businessDavid J. Kahn
MONTSSat Nov 15, 1997Alpes, e.g.Fred Piscop
NEKTONSun Nov 24, 1996Marine organismsM. Jacobson
ONTHEVERGEWed Feb 4, 2026Facing an imminent prospect (of)Hanh Huynh and Ted Mayer
PETALAGEFri Mar 22, 1996Flower's distinguishing featureF. A. Longo
PETSNAKESFri Jan 16, 2026Some terrarium denizensKyle Dolan
PICKINGUPSTEAMSun Oct 13, 2024... a volume on vapor dynamics?Gary Larson and Doug Peterson
PRODUCERSun Apr 12, 2009Film V.I.P.Eric Berlin
RAISESNEDThu Nov 12, 1998Causes trouble, in old-fashioned talkDavid J. Kahn
REIGATEThu Feb 16, 2012Market town that's a suburb of LondonJim Page
ROBUSTOSun Jan 6, 2002Strong, in SalernoFrank A. Longo
SANMARTINSat Sep 6, 1997National hero of ArgentinaRich Norris
SHAOLINWed Oct 1, 2025Chinese monastery known for its style of kung fuNeville Fogarty
SPLITTHEJACKPOTMon Nov 14, 2011What multiple winners of a lottery must doMark Feldman
STREETTEAMSat Jul 8, 2023Grass-roots marketing groupBrandon Koppy
STRESSLEVELSat Feb 28, 2026Pressure gauge?Adam Levav
TINHELMETSat Jun 17, 2006World War headgearRobert H. Wolfe
WALKEDINARUNSun Jul 24, 2011Went far too slowly during the 10K?Kurt Mueller
WELCOMESINSun Jan 3, 2016Beckons through a portalDavid Woolf
WINGBEATSun Jan 28, 2007A hummingbird has a fast oneVictor Fleming and Bruce Venzke
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