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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 50,772 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
ANGELDUSTFri May 1, 2015Phencyclidine, colloquiallyDavid Steinberg
BLUEHOLESSun Feb 16, 2025Deep, dark ocean cavernsJohn Kugelman
COSASSun Oct 8, 1995Spanish thingsNancy Nicholson Joline
CROSSSWORDSTue May 31, 2005Duel (with)Merl Reagle
CYDSMon Mar 27, 1995Dancer Charisse et al.Gregory E. Paul
DURBINMon Mar 26, 2012Singer/actress Deanna of the 1930s-'40sRay Fontenot
ELVISPRESLEYFri Jun 1, 2007Subject of some sightingsDavid Quarfoot and Katy Swalwell
ETYPESMon Jun 29, 2009Classic JaguarsPaula Gamache
FALLHARVESTTue Dec 1, 2009Occasion for pumpkin pickingJonah Kagan and Victor Fleming
GOLFENTHUSIASTSTue Apr 6, 1999Quip about links lovers, part 1Stephanie Spadaccini
GOODOLEBOYSSun Jul 23, 2006Enthusiastic cheering section at a bullfight?Fred Piscop
GRACINGSat Jan 9, 1999AdorningHarvey Estes
HAMLETSOLILOQUYThu Jul 24, 1997Shakespeare classicRandall J. Hartman
HOWARThu May 29, 1997Author Barbara of "Laughing All the Way"Gilbert H. Ludwig
HUMONGOUSFri Oct 29, 2021GinormousAimee Lucido
HUNKYSun Nov 14, 2010Like a Chippendales dancerPatrick Berry
JAMESIVSun Jul 30, 2017Last Scottish king to die in battleIsaac Mizrahi and David J. Kahn
JILTEEFri Nov 1, 2013Dickens's Miss Havisham, famouslyBrad Wilber
JOLLYROGERSMon Jun 23, 1997Pirate flagsShannon Burns
LIVINGWILLTue Oct 1, 2013Medical directiveJoel Fagliano
MAINROADFri Jan 3, 2014ArteryBarry C. Silk and Brad Wilber
MANIPULATESun Jul 30, 1995UUUUCharles M. Deber
NASCARRACEFri Jul 18, 2025The Brickyard 400 or Southern 500, e.g.Kelly Morenus
NEOJAZZSat Jan 3, 2009Hard bop, e.g.Peter Wentz
OFFOFTue Oct 15, 2024No longer taking, as a medicationLindsay Rosenblum
ONTOPOFSPAGHETTISun Feb 4, 2001SPAETZLEFrank A. Longo
PEYOSat Jan 17, 2009One-named Belgian cartoonist who created the SmurfsBrad Wilber
REACHEDINWed Dec 31, 2025Began to withdraw mail from a mailbox, sayJeffrey Martinovic
REAFFORESTFri Jan 4, 2008Plant on after a wildfire, sayRaymond C. Young
REDHOTMAMAMon Jul 14, 1997Sophie Tucker was the "last"Mark Elliot Skolsky
RETAILATFri Mar 4, 2011Go forJoe Krozel
SHABBATSHALOMSat Jan 21, 2023End-of-week greetingDavid Distenfeld
SHELLSOUTCASHMon Aug 17, 2020Spends moolahAlan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels
SHOOPSHOOPSONGWed Oct 13, 19991964 Betty Everett hit, with "The"David Levinson Wilk
SHORTHAULSun Jun 11, 2023Easy trucking distanceSam Ezersky
SIBLINGRIVALRYSat Jun 21, 2025Fuel for a family feudChristina Iverson and Doug Peterson
TVAUDIENCEFri May 17, 2002Major advertising targetJoe DiPietro
WATERGASSun May 25, 2025Mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogenDylan Schiff
WELLEXCUUUUSEMEWed Dec 20, 2006Words of apology — NOT!Nancy Salomon
WHATASTEALSun Jan 26, 2020*"Man, that was cheap!"Erik Agard
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