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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 50,775 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
ANOKAWed Dec 6, 2000Minneapolis suburbMel Taub (and crossword class)
BADNAMEMon Feb 19, 2024Tarnished reputationAdam Wagner
BANJOESSun Nov 20, 1994They're pluckedMatt Gaffney
BEDSTANDSat Feb 9, 2008Night tableShannon Burns
BIGWHEELSTue Feb 17, 2004What 17-, 28- and 48-Across were, so to speakBob Frank and Nancy Salomon
BILKERSSun Nov 20, 2005SwindlersPatrick Merrell
BLAESat May 14, 1994Slate-colored, in ScotlandRand H. Burns
BOUVIERWed Jul 28, 2004See 17-AcrossMark Elliot Skolsky
CAPRISUNThu Jan 26, 2023Big name in juice pouchesDan Ziring and Quiara Vasquez
CATALINAISLANDSat Dec 25, 2010Santa ___Stanley Newman
CECILYMon Mar 17, 2025With 41-Across, former "S.N.L." regular who played Gemma and Cathy AnneKathy Lowden
CEREALAISLESWed Apr 16, 2025Places to find the items at the ends of 4-, 8- and 14-DownKathy Bloomer
COORSLIGHTWed Oct 6, 2021Brand with a snow-covered mountain on its labelJules Markey
DONTIKNOWYOUWed Jul 31, 1996Pickup lineJ. Schmalzbach
DRYMARTINISSat Jul 9, 2005Clear ordersPatrick Berry
FOOTLESSSun Sep 4, 1994Lacking supportWayne Robert Williams
GLASSWALLTue Mar 10, 2009See-through partitionThomas Takaro
HUNGARIGHTSun Mar 9, 2008See 103-AcrossPatrick Berry
IDIDMYBESTFri Jan 8, 2016Statement after a valiant attemptPeter A. Collins
IWANTTOTue Dec 27, 2011"Count me in!"John Dunn
JUGGLESun Sep 23, 2007What multitaskers do with thingsDavid Levinson Wilk
KILEYFri Dec 30, 2016Richard who won a Tony for playing Don QuixotePatrick Berry
LAWBOOKSun Aug 21, 2022Compendium of case reportsBrooke Husic and Will Nediger
MEDFLYSun Apr 6, 2003Citrus-damaging insectJoe DiPietro
NOISETTESun Mar 4, 2018Lean fillet, as of lambByron Walden
OILCLOTHSFri Jul 22, 1994Shelf coveringsRaymond Hamel
PEOPLESSat Jul 28, 2007RacesManny Nosowsky
PIGGEDSun Aug 5, 2007Overate, with "out"Caroline Leong
QUESODIPSun Apr 7, 2024Cheesy appetizer with chipsTracy Gray
SCHUYLERSISTERSSat Jun 17, 2017Sibling trio in "Hamilton"Ryan McCarty
SEANPAULSat Mar 2, 2024Rapper/singer with the 2005 hit "Temperature"Natan Last
SHUTINSFri Aug 6, 2010They're home 24/7Patrick Berry
SUPERMOONSWed Jun 11, 2025Celestial phenomena observed at perigeesSam Koperwas and Jeff Chen
TABLELANDTue May 22, 2012PlateauKyle T. Dolan
TAKEATRIPSun Feb 7, 2010VacationPatrick Berry
THREEMASTEDSHIPFri Aug 8, 1997Bark, generallyMartin Ashwood-Smith and Bob Klahn
TRUCKLESat Sep 9, 2000Bow (to)Dana Motley
UNDERTHERADARThu Aug 22, 2002Like a "M*A*S*H" character's soles?Cathy Millhauser
VIDALIAONIONWed May 12, 2021Georgia's official vegetableTracy Gray
WIDERECEIVERMon Jun 9, 2014T e l e p h o n e h a n d s e tTom McCoy
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