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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 50,639 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
ASACATSun Sep 28, 2008"Vigilant ___ to steal cream": FalstaffCathy Allis Millhauser
BATBOYSTue May 16, 2006Dugout gofersNancy Salomon
BOTTLEGREENFri Oct 21, 2022Dark hue named after a type of glasswareRafael Musa
BROKENHOMEMon Jun 7, 2010Family divided by divorceLynn Lempel
BUNGLERMon Mar 6, 2023One prone to mistakesLynn Lempel
CAMEOROLESMon Sep 15, 2025Brief appearances by A-listers in films (Baltimore)Matthew Stock and Michael Lieberman
CAPTAINFANTASTICMon May 15, 20172016 film for which Viggo Mortensen earned an Oscar nominationPeter Gordon
CEASETOBEThu Nov 6, 2003DisappearJoe DiPietro
CHILLAXEDSat Jul 9, 2016Hung around casually?Josh Knapp
COMMENTCAVAMon Jul 13, 2015"How's it going?," in ParisZhouqin Burnikel
COOKBOOKSMon Mar 25, 2013Recipe holdersAdam Prince
DARNAYTue Oct 18, 2011Charles ___, hero of "A Tale of Two Cities"Patrick Berry
ENDORSEHERESat Aug 7, 1999Check phraseTrip Payne
EXULTANTSat May 10, 2008More than happyKaren M. Tracey
FANEUILSat Dec 21, 1996Boston's ___ HallF. Piscop
FEELINGNOPAINWed Nov 26, 1997Pleasantly drunk, so to speakNancy Schuster
FURIOSOWed May 21, 2008Forcefully, in musicDave Mackey
HAZARDINGFri Jul 22, 2011GamblingTodd McClary
HITUPONTue Jul 4, 2000Get, as an ideaTyler Hinman
HOGSCOREFri Feb 3, 2012Curling rink line seven yards from the teeJoel Kaplow
KHUFUSun Mar 27, 2022Fill in this answer with letters from five clue numbers: 74, 92, 21, 52, 118August Lee-Kovach
MAYORESSFri May 2, 2003Chicago's Jane Byrne, onceDana Motley
MONOTREMESat Dec 1, 2012Egg-laying mammalJoon Pahk
MONTHSNOTICEFri Apr 21, 2006Landlord's entitlement, with "a"Manny Nosowsky
PAISLEYFri Sep 12, 2008Pattern sometimes called "Persian pickles"Natan Last
PESKIESTSat Aug 14, 2010Most difficult to manageJohn Farmer
PLASMASCREENSun Nov 14, 2021TV display optionAimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz
PLUMBRULEFri Sep 6, 2019Surveyor's instrumentMark Diehl
ROCKGARDENSTue Jun 30, 2015Comedian cultivates flowers?Susan Gelfand
SELMASFri Sep 15, 1995Comedienne Diamond et al.Matt Gaffney
SHOWERHEADSSun Jun 16, 2024BRIDAL, COLD, GATORADE, METEOR?Chandi Deitmer and Wyna Liu
STAYWOKEThu Dec 30, 2021Social justice catchphraseJohn Ewbank
STRUNGUPSun Feb 16, 1997HangedM. Gaffney
SUNLAMPSSat Apr 8, 2000Some tannersRich Norris
SURFINUSASun May 30, 2021Beach Boys song set to the tune of Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen"Adam Wagner
TRUELIFEROMANCESat Mar 13, 2010Hepburn and Tracy shared oneTyler Hinman and Byron Walden
UPCURVEThu Oct 25, 2001Good sign on a sales chartJohn Scott Marrone
VERMONSTERFri Feb 4, 2022Ben & Jerry's sundae with an estimated 14,000 caloriesJoseph Greenbaum
WARTOENDALLWARSWed Feb 12, 2020Overly optimistic 1910s appellationRich Proulx
YOURERIGHTTue Mar 17, 2020"I agree"Ross Trudeau
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