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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 50,404 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
ADDLEDBRAINSThu Jun 21, 2007BAIRNSJohn Sheehan
AJIFFThu Dec 18, 2008In ___ (quickly)Michael Vuolo
APPLETURNOVERWed Sep 16, 2015"I don't really know the employees in the tech store anymore because there's been a lot of ___"Joel Fagliano and Finn Vigeland
ATROPHIEDWed Apr 23, 2014Weakened due to inactivityDavid J. Kahn
BRITISHPUBSONGSun Jul 6, 2014What the music to 65-Across was, originallyDaniel C. Bryant
CAMBODIANSSat Oct 15, 2016People ruled by an elective monarchyMark Diehl
CAMPINGFri Jul 11, 2008Activity in which stakes may be laidBarry C. Silk
CANBYSun Oct 27, 1996Critic VincentN. N. Joline
CASHAWARDSSat Jul 16, 2022Some prizesKameron Austin Collins
CHECKINFri Jan 12, 1996Arrive, officiallyR. Norris
DEMOLITIONMon Jun 8, 2015Job done with a wrecking ballPeter A. Collins
DUBIOUSHONORThu Nov 15, 2018Making a "Top Party Schools" list, e.g.Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
EMBITTEREDFri Oct 27, 2017ResentfulDavid Steinberg
ERSKINECALDWELLMon Dec 11, 2000Author, 1903-87Myles Callum
HERESTOMANYMORESat Apr 7, 2007"Happy birthday" wishMichael Shteyman
HONEYDEWSSun Apr 8, 2012Breakfast items often eaten with spoonsDaniel A. Finan
HOTASHADESSat Mar 8, 2025ScorchingJoe Deeney
KIDULTSat Nov 2, 2013Grown-up who's not quite grown upTom Heilman
LIFETIMEMEMBERSHIPSun Jan 29, 2012Enrollment at a TV station?Ian Livengood
LIMITEDTIMEONLYThu Dec 13, 2001Phrase in a come-on adManny Nosowsky
MICROSCOPESThu Sep 11, 2025Powerful ones have resolutions less than 0.1 nanometerGia Bosko
MISSCUBATue Dec 11, 2012Havana beauty, maybeGene Newman
MNOPQRSun Dec 14, 2003Alphabet sextetElizabeth C. Gorski
MOOSETRACKSTue Dec 3, 2024Vanilla ice cream with peanut butter cups and fudgeHenry Lin-David
OVERWORKEDFri Sep 14, 2001Done to deathMark Diehl
PAYSTUBSat May 7, 2022Check attachmentRachel Fabi
PELISSEFri Sep 9, 2016Fur-lined cloakKristian House
QUIZZICALLOOKSat Feb 22, 2020Expression of one at sea, perhapsTrenton Charlson
SAINTJOANMon Apr 7, 2008Play by George Bernard ShawRandall J. Hartman
SAVONAROLASat Jul 27, 1996Noted 15th-century reformerF. Longo
SCRATCHILYThu Jan 20, 1994"I sat in some poison ivy," said Tom ____Lois Sidway
SEISEThu Apr 20, 1995Take, at lawRaymond Hamel
SHIPSIDETue Sep 15, 2009Pier, during loading or unloadingFran and Lou Sabin
SPACESTATIONSFri Oct 9, 2020Homes all over the planet?Sam Buchbinder
UNPEELTue Jun 6, 2000Detach, as a rindAlan Arbesfeld
UNPREPAREDMon Mar 3, 1997Off-guardStephanie Spadaccini
VALDEZSun Sep 23, 2012Pitcher of coffee?Matt Ginsberg
VENDINGMACHINEThu Apr 10, 2025Martini?Adam Wagner
VISIGOTHThu May 28, 2020Moor's foe in the early eighth centuryTracy Bennett
WILHELMINASat Feb 7, 2015Queen who rallied the Dutch resistance in W.W. IIByron Walden
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