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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 50,894 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
ALTOONSun Sep 19, 2021Three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver in the New York Jets Ring of HonorPeter Gordon
ANDNOTSun May 16, 2010ExceptingMatt Ginsberg
ANTIQUESHOPSat Mar 17, 2007An old secretary might sit in oneJohn Farmer
BATTLEOFTHESEXESFri Jun 10, 2016Classic conflictDavid Steinberg
BESTSELLERLISTThu Mar 24, 1994Readers' perusalA.J. Santora
CANDYCOATSat Jul 14, 2018Make more palatableKameron Austin Collins
CHARLIEHUSTLETue Aug 26, 2008RoseNancy Salomon
CUTONESLOSSESFri Apr 16, 1999Bailed out, in a manner of speakingJohn Wolting
DANDLESFri Apr 13, 2007Moves gently up and downPatrick Berry
DASHINGLYThu Jan 20, 1994"Gotta run," said Tom _____Lois Sidway
DEVOUTThu Dec 25, 1997PiousA. J. Santora
DUCASun Nov 24, 2019Nobleman above un conteFrank Longo
DUCKINMon Jun 3, 2024Make a quick visit, as to a shopAlana Platt
ENERGIZESSat Jun 11, 1994Peps upDaniel R. Stark
EXITBANQUOFri Apr 26, 1996"Macbeth" stage directionW. Johnson
EZPASSLANEFri Apr 6, 2018Quick way through a toll plazaDavid Steinberg
FEYNMANWed Nov 20, 20131965 Physics Nobelist RichardPeter A. Collins
FIDELISWed May 22, 2019"Semper ___" (Marine Corps motto)Alex Eaton-Salners
FUNSPONGESat Jul 28, 2018One who sucks the joy out of the roomNatan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
GEMOFTHEOCEANMon Jun 18, 2007Columbia, in an old patriotic songRandall J. Hartman
HIDINGSSun Aug 3, 1997StashesPeter Gordon
INVOGUEMon Sep 6, 2021Fashionable ... or where you might find the starts of the answers to the starred cluesJoshua Rosenblatt
LEROUGEETLENOIRTue Dec 6, 19941954 Gerard Philipe filmWayne Robert Williams
MANTISESSun Dec 27, 1998Only insects that can turn their heads to look behind themRich Norris
MELBATOASTFri Oct 25, 2002It's named after an opera starBrendan Emmett Quigley
MEWLINGThu Dec 16, 2021Sound from a cribTrenton Charlson
OVERNICEFri Feb 24, 2012Too accommodating for one's own goodPatrick Berry
PENSIONFUNDSSat Dec 28, 2024Sources of retirement incomeSam Berriman
PRESTIRSFri Jan 17, 1997Mixes before cookingB. Klahn
PROGRESSBARThu Oct 31, 2024Graphic showing the status of a download, saySarah Sinclair and Paolo Pasco
REPEATEDLYSat Nov 1, 201456 x 42Trip Payne
SEWARDSSun Aug 27, 1995_____ FollyMartin Schneider
SEXMANUALSFri May 8, 2026Books that go into intimate detail?Rafael Musa and Geoffrey Schorkopf
SHOEREPAIRThu Jul 9, 2009HOSE?Ashish Vengsarkar
SIXSTORYThu Jan 19, 2012Like the maximum-height New York City apartment building that's not required to have a fire evacuation planDerek Bowman and Sarah Keller
STATESECRETSat Mar 29, 2014Target of a spyBarry C. Silk
TENNISLESSONFri Apr 21, 2006Court sessionManny Nosowsky
TENTPOLINGSat Sep 4, 2021TV lingo for using established hits to prop up weaker showsByron Walden
THEONERINGSun Apr 27, 2025Depiction of 0-5.08718Jacob Reed
UNSEEMLYTue Mar 16, 2004Socially improperRon Sweet
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