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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 51,129 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
AIRBALLSThu Dec 13, 2007Hoops bloopersJohn Farmer
AIRLINERSSat May 13, 1995727'sNancy Joline
ALTDORFThu Mar 15, 2012Swiss city where William Tell shot an appleKristian House
BODYTYPESat Jan 31, 2015General figureTim Croce
BORODINWed Oct 30, 2013"Prince Igor" composerJoel Fagliano
BRAINDROPPINGSSun Sep 24, 2000Comic book (1997)Randolph Ross
CESARSThu Oct 5, 1995French OscarsChristopher Page
COMELIERSun Dec 23, 2018More pulchritudinousDavid Alfred Bywaters
DAVIDBIRNEYTue Aug 30, 2011TV/film/stage actor once married to actress Meredith BaxterBernice Gordon
DETRACTORSun Nov 20, 1994Vocal opponentMatt Gaffney
DIRECTORDERSun Feb 8, 2026Explicit commandChloe Revery
DOWNRUSHSun Oct 3, 2004Sudden descent of waterRandolph Ross
GARAGEDOORSFri Jun 10, 2022Things often controlled with remotesBlake Slonecker
GUMMIERWed Jan 29, 2020More sticky and viscousJeremy Newton
HOBOKENSun Mar 2, 2003Frank Sinatra's birthplaceBrendan Emmett Quigley
HOLYWATERSun Jun 21, 2015Liquid harmful to vampiresTimothy Polin
INFLIGHTWIFISat Apr 25, 2026Air traveler's connectionSam Ezersky
INONEDAYFri Feb 26, 2021How many Amish barns are raisedChuck Deodene
INSOMNIACSFri Nov 9, 2018Ones who find it difficult to go out?Robyn Weintraub
JINKFri Jan 16, 2026Nimble, zigzagging maneuverKyle Dolan
LANGSTONHUGHESTue Feb 27, 2018"Montage of a Dream Deferred" poetRoss Trudeau
LEAVESTIMESat Feb 19, 2011Allows an adequate periodTim Croce
LIFETIMEBANSSun Apr 5, 2026Our cable channel is devoted to censorship!Samuel A. Donaldson
LOTUSPOSEThu Aug 3, 2023One who's meditating might be in thisSimeon Seigel
MAKEAMOVESat May 22, 2021Begin flirting with someone, so to speakSid Sivakumar and Matthew Stock
MEDIACIRCUSSat Apr 16, 2022Excessive coverage, perhapsHemant Mehta
MEDSTUDENTSat May 21, 2022Che Guevara, when he wrote "The Motorcycle Diaries"Ryan McCarty and Yacob Yonas
MOTORBUSTue Oct 25, 1994Tourist transportLois Sidway
NUMERALSThu Jul 8, 2010Arabic charactersJohn Farmer
NUTTEDSun Dec 1, 2013Having macadamias or pecans, sayAlan DerKazarian
POWDEREDWIGWed Sep 15, 2021Old rug in a courtroom?Sophie Buchmueller and Ross Trudeau
RETAINERSWed Dec 24, 2025Orthodontists' offeringsElla Dershowitz
RHYMELESSPOETRYThu Mar 30, 2000___ verseRandolph Ross
SUNMOONANDSTARSSun Sep 10, 2000Everything, to a lyricistElizabeth C. Gorski
SUSANANTHONYWed May 22, 1996B-less figure on a coinR. Hughes
TRUMPEDUPTue Dec 9, 2003Falsified, as chargesAlan Arbesfeld
UNDINESSun Oct 9, 1994Water spiritsBryant White
WHATDOIKNOWSun Jan 4, 2004"You're asking me?"Patrick Merrell
WORLDSERIESGAMEWed Oct 7, 2009See 57-AcrossTim Wescott
YOUREABETTERMANSat Jun 11, 2011With 53-Across, classic Kipling poem endingGary Cee
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