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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 50,658 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
ALEAGUEOFTHEIROWNSun Feb 9, 2020⚾ ♀️ 😢Brian Kulman
ALLENIVERSONSun Sep 20, 2020Basketball star nicknamed "The Answer"Sam Trabucco
ARMLIKEFri Jun 7, 2002BrachialManny Nosowsky
AROUNDTHEWORLDMon Jun 23, 2014Where Phileas Fogg traveled "in 80 days"Brendan Emmett Quigley
ASSEMBLYREQUIREDSun Jan 31, 2016Notice regarding voting in a state legislature?Yaakov Bendavid
BELTERSun Mar 14, 2004Hardly a croonerCraig Kasper
BERYLLIUMWed Mar 9, 2016Fourth element on the periodic tableJohn Guzzetta
CHANSONSDEGESTEFri Oct 25, 2013Old French epicsMartin Ashwood-Smith
CIVILWARGENERALTue Aug 6, 2002End of 17-, 23-, 50- or 61-AcrossEthan Cooper and Michael Shteyman
COQUETWed Jul 21, 2010Flirtatious oneOliver Hill
CRENELSSun Sep 6, 1998Battlement openingsRich Norris
CRICKETERFri Jul 16, 2010One involved in bowling ballsMel Rosen
CURIOUSERSat Apr 3, 2021Nonstandard adjective in "Alice in Wonderland"Peter A. Collins
DEERHIDESun Oct 3, 2021Buckskin, e.g.Trenton Charlson
DEHISCESSat Sep 20, 2008Bursts open, as legume seedpodsJoe Krozel
DRABEKThu Dec 5, 2002Cy Young Award winner DougJoe DiPietro
ENDEDITFri Sep 28, 2018Called things offKameron Austin Collins
EXONERATESFri May 30, 2008ClearsNatan Last
HAULEDASSSat Oct 18, 2025Was really moving, in slangSamuel Smalley
HEXAHEDRASat Jul 2, 2022Sugar cubes, e.g.Evan Kalish
HIDESFROMMon Jun 4, 2001EludesPatrick Jordan
IMPRESSEDSat Oct 28, 2017Sitting back and thinking "Wow!"Roland Huget
JAMESCAMERONWed Dec 26, 2012Best Director of 1997Dan Schoenholz
KOLFri Mar 20, 2009___ Nidre (Yom Kippur prayer)David Levinson Wilk
LIONINWINTERSun Oct 30, 2016*1968 Peter O'Toole drama, with "The"Caleb Madison
LITTLELEAGUETEAMFri May 10, 2013It has short shortstopsDerek Bowman
MANEATINGSHARKThu Apr 11, 2024"Jaws" menaceDan Caprera
MOONFISHTue Jan 12, 2021Ocean dweller so named for its roundish, silvery bodyRoss Trudeau
NEUTRALITYSat Jun 20, 2009Beige attributeBrad Wilber
PROKOFIEVSFIRSTTue Feb 28, 1995"Classical"Nancy S. Ross
RUNSAGROUNDSun Oct 16, 2022Hits shore unintentionallyPaolo Pasco
SEATOFTHEPANTSFri Dec 26, 2014Based on instinct and guessworkPatrick Berry
SENIORCITIZENSMon Nov 28, 2005Retirees, oftenKevan Choset
SMOOTHIEThu Dec 14, 2006Glib romancerEd Early
SOPRANOARIASat May 3, 1997"Jewel Song," e.g., in "Faust"Rich Norris
STRIKEOVERSat May 25, 2002Typing correctionFrank Longo
TENDERESTFri Feb 22, 2002Like blue-ribbon-winning steakElizabeth C. Gorski
TERENCESTAMPSun Feb 1, 1998"...starring ___..."Merl Reagle
TORVTue Mar 18, 2014Star of "Fringe," Anna ___David Kwong
UNFOLDEDSat Dec 9, 2023Played outDoug Peterson and Christina Iverson
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