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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 51,181 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
ALCOHOLBANSat Jun 30, 2007It can keep ballfields dryByron Walden
BROADSWORDSun Aug 16, 1998Excalibur, e.g.Brendan Emmett Quigley
CLASSWARSun Jul 16, 2023Conflict associated with MarxismMichael Schlossberg
DEFINEDSat Jan 7, 2017In the dictionary, sayRoland Huget
DELEGATORSSat Apr 27, 2013They don't do it all themselvesChris A. McGlothlin
DIECASTSSun Jul 14, 2024Forms from a moldJeff Chen
DISNEYSFOLLYTue Jul 10, 2001"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"Patrick Merrell
DOGSEARSTue Jun 6, 2000Docked animal parts, maybeAlan Arbesfeld
DRFUMANCHUMon Jan 27, 2020*Sinister genius in a series of Sax Rohmer novelsTimothy Polin
EKISTICWed Feb 4, 1998Pertaining to city planningFred Piscop
EMIGRATEDThu Nov 6, 2014Left for goodMatt Ginsberg
FANGBITESun Apr 8, 2007Impression of Count Dracula?Byron Walden
FELLSHARPLYSun Apr 9, 2006GuillotinesPaula Gamache
FLOODSWed Jan 12, 2000Annual Nile eventsGreg Staples
GAUDSun Mar 21, 2004Showy trinketRoy Leban
GLENNCLOSETue Aug 28, 2018Portrayer of Cruella de Vil in 1996's "101 Dalmatians"Brian Thomas
HEARTOFSun May 26, 1996Words with "stone" or "the matter"R. Ross
INTRADAYSun Nov 1, 2009Like some stock market highs and lowsMatt Ginsberg and Pete Muller
IRONMINESSat Mar 29, 2025Underground venues for some heavy-metal bands?Christina Iverson and Jacob McDermott
KNEWOFThu May 10, 2007Was familiar withPeter A. Collins
LASERMAZESat Sep 27, 2025Part of a high-tech security systemAdrian Johnson and Christina Iverson
LONGBOWSFri Sep 12, 2025Medieval weapons traditionally made with yewJoe Marquez
LYINGAWAKEMon Apr 26, 2010Suffering from insomniaLynn Lempel
MARZIPANSSat Oct 14, 2023Almond confectionsByron Walden
MINITACOSun Sep 10, 2023Bite-size Tex-Mex snackAdam Wagner
QUINTILIANSun Jun 4, 1995Roman rhetorician who wrote "Institutio Oratoria"Bryant White
RANGEPOLEThu Dec 11, 2003Surveyor's rodEd Early
RICTALWed Dec 27, 1995Gaping, as the mouthDavid J. Kahn
SEEALSOWed Jul 24, 2019Words of referralJake Halperin
SHAGGYDOGSat Jul 31, 2004Kind of storyByron Walden
STEGOSAURSSat Dec 28, 1996Museum of natural history exhibitsN. Joline
TAILGATEPARTYThu Feb 20, 2020Parking lot eventJoe Deeney
TBTSun Apr 10, 2022Instagram hashtag accompanying a nostalgic photoDavid W. Tuffs
TEMPTATIONSat Mar 27, 2010"I can resist everything except ___": Oscar WildeSamuel A. Donaldson
TOKUGAWAFri Apr 30, 2004Founder of the last Japanese shogunateKevin Hagen
TOURDEFRANCEWed Jul 9, 2003Annual July sports event with the world's largest live audiencePatrick Merrell
VERYMILDSat Feb 7, 2015Like American cheeseByron Walden
WESTJETWed Aug 26, 2015Canadian airline with a directional nameIan Livengood
WINEBARRELFri Aug 18, 2023The cask of amontillado, e.g.Kameron Austin Collins
ZERODOWNFri Dec 27, 2019Favorable loan termSam Trabucco
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