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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 50,609 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
ALLUDEDTOSat Nov 21, 2015ReferencedNatan Last
BASEBALLWALKOUTSat Sep 10, 2005Why 31-Across didn't happenDavid J. Kahn
BENIHANAFri Jul 11, 2025Restaurant chain where chefs make onion volcanoesJames McCarron
CENTURYPLANTWed Sep 13, 2000AgaveJim Morton
CONCERTPIANISTSun Sep 9, 2012... and 23-Across: "should be comfortable sitting on the bench"Kevin G. Der
DIDGERIDOOSFri Jun 25, 2010Native Australian windsRobin Schulman and Byron Walden
DONVITOSat Jun 15, 2024Head of the Corleone familyRyan Judge
DRIVEUPSat May 30, 2009Convenient kind of windowMatt Ginsberg
EAGLESCOUTSSun Sep 11, 1994N.F.L. recruiters?Louis Sabin
EGOCENTRISMSun Jan 19, 2003Possible alternative title for this puzzleEric Berlin
ENTERSINTOThu Dec 16, 2004Starts, as an agreementMike Torch
EPEEISTSTue Aug 4, 2020Certain Olympic athletes since 1900Jacob Stulberg
EXCERPTEDMon Mar 9, 1998Quoted (from)Randall J. Hartman
FLEETSTREETSun Mar 5, 2000British press, figurativelyNancy Nicholson Joline
GETSOMEFri Sep 24, 2021Find satisfaction, slangilyStella Zawistowski
GETSSORESun Apr 12, 2009Becomes peevedEric Berlin
GOOGLEDIRECTORYFri Sep 24, 2010Aid to researching 35-Downs by topicMark Diehl
HAIRGREASETue Oct 2, 2018Pomade? [1968, 1972]Paul Coulter
HARDANDFASTTue Sep 29, 2009*Inviolable, as rulesPaula Gamache
ILLTEMPERWed Nov 3, 2021IreDan Harris
ISOTHERMSWed Dec 25, 2019Weather map lines relating to temperatureBruce Haight
KISSASun Apr 13, 2008"Once You ___ Stranger" (1969 thriller)Cathy Millhauser
LASHEDATSun Apr 20, 1997Beat againstCharles M. Deber
LETSDRIVETue Aug 22, 2006Gives the car keysMichael J. Doran
MADEABOOBOOFri Jan 27, 2017SlippedJohn Guzzetta
MADEAPLANFri Jun 24, 2011PreparedMilo Beckman
MANDYSSat Apr 5, 1997Actor Patinkin and othersRand H. Burns
MENDACITYSat Dec 24, 2011UntruthfulnessNed White
NICEGUYSFINISHLASTSun Jan 3, 1999Do unto others as you would have others do unto you, but also...Randolph Ross
NORWEGIANBLUEFri Aug 1, 2008Fictional parrot type featured in Monty Python's "dead parrot sketch"Patrick Berry
OLNEYThu Apr 20, 1995Cleveland Secretary of State Richard _____Raymond Hamel
OUTLIERSThu Oct 15, 2020Malcolm Gladwell best seller that explores the 10,000-hour ruleLindsey Hobbs
PARKSODAMSun Oct 16, 2022Actress who played "Jessica" in "Parasite"Paolo Pasco
PEDALTOTHEMETALFri Nov 7, 2025"Step on it!"Kelly Morenus
PERCHESONFri Aug 18, 2000Uses as a roostPatrick D. Berry
PLANTERWed Apr 24, 1996Horticulturist's boxG. Dean
RANOFFSOMEMEMOSSun Jul 17, 1994Back at work Mr. Ridder _____Cathy Millhauser
ROCKEMSOCKEMROBOTThu Mar 7, 2019Toy boxer in a classic two-player gameBrian Thomas
SEIFERTTue Apr 16, 199649ers coach GeorgeG. E. Paul
SWINISHTue Aug 11, 2020Coarsely ill-manneredAmanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau
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