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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 51,141 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
AMORALITYSat Jun 29, 2019Principle associated with MachiavellianismKameron Austin Collins
AYMARASat Feb 11, 2006One of Bolivia's official languagesDavid Quarfoot
BUSINESSINSIDERSThu Feb 19, 2026They may have knowledge of corporate secretsJohn Ewbank
CANTERBURYWed Jan 5, 1994"Murder in the Cathedral" settingChet Currier
CASHLOANFri Jun 30, 2023Borrowing optionCarly Schuna
CASINOFLOORTue Mar 15, 2022Locale for baccarat or rouletteMichael Lieberman
CETYLSat Jun 30, 2001___ alcohol (cosmetics emollient)Frank Longo
COANCHORSun Sep 18, 1994Chung or Rather, e.g.Merl Reagle
CONTRAPTIONMon Dec 21, 2015Unnamed object #1Bruce Haight
COUSINITTFri Jun 1, 2018Hirsute character on "The Addams Family"Andrew J. Ries
COWBOYSMon May 18, 2020Some rodeo ridersChristina Iverson
DIASTEMAThu Sep 14, 2017Formal term for the gap suggested by 17/18-, 35/37- and 54/57-AcrossJohn Guzzetta
DUCTTAPEDSun Sep 22, 2024Held together in a makeshift wayJeremy Newton and Tracy Gray
ENTHALPYSun Jul 26, 2026Total heat content of a thermodynamic systemKim Alswager
EXFOLIATESat Feb 1, 2014Use pumice on, perhapsWill Nediger
FENETRESat Nov 12, 1994Maison windowBryant White
FORGOLDThu Nov 7, 2002See 44-AcrossPatrick Merrell
FRONTALSun May 5, 1996DirectD. J. Kahn
GOTCHASMon Jun 8, 2026Hidden snagsTom McCoy
HALFEAGLESat Sep 3, 1994Collectible coinRaymond Hamel
HASSANSun Jun 21, 2020Iranian president RouhaniByron and Harrison Walden
HIGHDEFINITIONTue Feb 20, 2018adj. under the influence of a drugJoel Fagliano
HOOTSATMon Jul 9, 2018JeersJohn Lampkin
JAGGEDSat Nov 4, 2000RoughRich Norris
JAYSONSun Aug 17, 2025Many-time N.B.A. All-Star TatumAmsay Ezersky
LAYSISTERSSat Mar 18, 2006Manual laborers in a conventPatrick Berry
MAZEPPASat Apr 22, 1995Tchaikovsky operaAlex K. Justin
MOURNINGSun Oct 11, 2009Sad timeRandolph Ross
NATURALSSun Nov 15, 2020Quick studiesCaitlin Reid
QUAKERWed Apr 25, 2007FriendJohn Farmer
QUAVERYSun Mar 9, 1997TremblingJune Boggs
REVAMPSSun Jul 16, 2017OverhaulsAndrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller
SANFERNANDOMon Jun 9, 1997Los Angeles suburbThomas W. Schier
SKIPADThu Jan 16, 2025Button clicked to advance to a YouTube videoRebecca Goldstein and Adam Wagner
SPINYEELWed Nov 20, 2019Long fish with a row of barbsErik Agard
STIVESSun Jul 16, 2017Nursery rhyme destinationAndrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller
STOPSTHEPRESSESFri Feb 2, 2001Reacts to breaking news, perhapsMartin Ashwood-Smith
TOMFOOLSFri Nov 8, 2024DoofusesEvans Clinchy
WHOLEWHEATSat Aug 18, 2012White alternativeDana Motley
WORLDCLASSTue Sep 4, 2018Top-of-the-lineBruce Haight
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