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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 50,707 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
ALERTERThu Jun 26, 2014Tornado siren, e.g.Pawel Fludzinski
ALPINEGOATThu Aug 6, 2015Relative of an ibexGary Cee
AMERICANELMSat Mar 25, 2017Species of the Liberty TreeSam Ezersky and David Steinberg
BASQUESSun Mar 24, 2024Europeans who speak a non-Indo-European languageJohn Kugelman
BODINGSat Jan 14, 2012OminousMark Diehl
CORETTASCOTTSat Jul 19, 2025Leader before the King?Erik Agard
DOGSHOWJUDGEFri Dec 30, 2022Toy inspector?Brendan Emmett Quigley
DOWNTHEPIPEWed Sep 18, 2019How a perfect pitch comes ... or a hint to the missing parts of the shaded answersJohn Wrenholt
ENDMENThu Apr 2, 2009Minstrel show figuresBrendan Emmett Quigley
EXPOWSun Aug 16, 2015John McCain, for oneDon Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel
FENCERAILThu Apr 25, 2013Product of Abe Lincoln's wood splittingJeffrey Wechsler
GEORGIAPEACHWed Apr 7, 2021Fruit appearing on a Southern license plateAdrian Johnson
IJAMESWed Mar 18, 2026Pulitzer-winning "Fat Ham" playwrightAdam Vincent
INCATRAILSun Jun 23, 2024Path to Machu PicchuMichael Schlossberg
INVADERSSun Sep 4, 2016Martians, in "The War of the Worlds"Tom McCoy
KIPLINGThu May 29, 2025Source of the line "The female of the species is more deadly than the male"John Kugelman
LIBRETTOSSat Jan 8, 1994Gilbert worksRand H. Burns
LITTHETORCHSat May 16, 2015Started a movement, metaphoricallyByron Walden
LOOSEBALLMon Dec 5, 2011It's up for grabs on a courtKenneth J. Berniker
MAGENDAVIDTue Feb 21, 2023Name for the star on Israel's flagDaniel Raymon
MAJOREDINMon Oct 29, 2007Studied primarily, at collegeFred Piscop
MERCYMERCYMERCYMon Jul 3, 1995Cannonball Adderley tuneFred Piscop
MYCOLOGYSat Sep 17, 2005Science dealing with fungiRich Norris
PAINTINGSun Nov 23, 200825-Across, e.g.David J. Kahn
PARALLELPARKSun May 25, 2003Do part of a driving testDavid J. Kahn
RIGHTJABSun May 7, 1995Part of a combinationBob Klahn
ROMIJNWed Jan 9, 2008Actress Rebecca of "Ugly Betty"John Farmer
SEAPINEFri Apr 5, 1996Maritime treeJ. Page
SIDEEFFECTSMon Oct 27, 2025Secondary medication results ... or a phonetic hint to 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-AcrossTarun Krishnamurthy
SINGSINTHESHOWERThu Feb 19, 2026Uses a shampoo bottle as a microphone, perhapsJohn Ewbank
STEPINSIDEWed Nov 26, 2014Words of welcomeMichael S. Maurer
SUPERNUMERARIESSun Apr 26, 2009ExtrasTrip Payne
TEAPITCHERSun Sep 14, 2025Vessel that infuses and poursDaniel Grinberg
THATSHIPHASSAILEDThu Apr 2, 2026"Too late to do anything about it now"Joe Marquez
THUMBHOLESun Mar 4, 2012Bowling ball featureDavid J. Kahn
TODOISTOBEWed May 11, 2016Words from SartrePawel Fludzinski
TOVASun Nov 11, 2007"L'Shana ___" (Rosh Hashanah greeting)Alan Arbesfeld
TRLSun Apr 25, 2010Bygone daily MTV series, informallyElizabeth C. Gorski
USESFORSun Apr 28, 2019Employs asBrendan Emmett Quigley
WHITEROSESSat Sep 10, 2005Symbols of innocenceDavid J. Kahn
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