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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 50,417 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
ADNEXASat Aug 17, 2002Anatomical parts that touch, as eyelids to eyeballsFrank Longo
ALTRUISTTue Feb 27, 2024One with unselfish motivationsNate Cardin
BARRONWed Sep 2, 2015Surname on a financial weeklyKevin Christian and Bradley Wilber
BEACHBALLSFri Aug 29, 2008They're blown up and thrown upMike Nothnagel
BOWLINGSCOREWed Apr 11, 2012StrikeDavid Kwong
CAPTIVEHEARTThu Feb 14, 2008Michael Redgrave war movie, with "The"David J. Kahn
CLIMBINGGYMMon Sep 26, 2022*Indoor bouldering localeMargaret Seikel
CODEBREAKERMon Oct 26, 2020One reading secret messagesEric Bornstein
DAISYDUCKThu Aug 2, 2012Disney character with long eyelashesXan Vongsathorn
ENDLESSLOVEThu Mar 19, 19981981 Ross/Richie #1 hitManny Nosowsky
FLYRODSThu Feb 7, 2002Casting choices?Patrick Berry
GAWDSMon May 29, 2006"Oh, fer ___ sake!"Alex Boisvert
GETSCOMFYMon Sep 22, 2003Snuggles inMarjorie Berg
HEREXCELLENCYSun Aug 10, 2014*What to call a female ambassador [the Johnsons]Elizabeth C. Gorski
ISLEOFCAPRIMon May 12, 2003Home of the Blue GrottoSarah Keller
JUDIDENCHThu Feb 21, 2019Player of M in "GoldenEye"Sam Trabucco
KEDROVASun Oct 26, 2014Lila ___, Oscar winner for "Zorba the Greek"Caleb Emmons
MADEBACKTue Oct 8, 2024Recouped, as an investmentJustin Werfel
PETROVThu Jul 23, 2009Alexander ___, Russian who popularized a chess openingGary & Stephen Kennedy
PROOXIDANTThu Apr 22, 2004Chemical substance that hastens agingDaniel C. Bryant
QUOITSTue May 11, 2010Ringtoss gameKeith Talon
READOUTSFri Jun 11, 2010Some computer displaysJohn Dunn
REVERSEDUNKMon Mar 3, 2025Iconic basketball move of Kobe BryantHarrison Walden
SAIDBOOSun Oct 31, 2021Uttered a soundAlex Eaton-Salners
SLACKJAWFri May 22, 1998Part of an astonished expressionBrendan Emmett Quigley
SLIMIESTSat Jan 20, 2007Most vileHarvey Estes
SOLENTSat Mar 5, 2011Channel between mainland England and the Isle of Wight, with "the"Randolph Ross
SOLVABLEFri May 18, 2018Like this puzzle, we hopeRyan McCarty
SORORITYSQUATFri Jun 24, 2022Group photo pose during a rushSophia Maymudes and Margaret Seikel
SURGICALWed Apr 22, 2020Like some caps and gownsJules Markey
TAILINGOFFWed Mar 9, 2011Waning ... or a hint to what is found by circling all the T's in the completed puzzlePeter A. Collins
THEPERFECTSTORMMon Mar 22, 2004Meteorologist's favorite movie of 2000?Kyle Mahowald
THIRTYDAYSWed Apr 30, 2003Start of a roadside verseJerry E. Rosman
TVPILOTSat Dec 10, 2011Series starterCorey Rubin
UNREQUITEDFri Sep 17, 2010Like some loveJonah Kagan, Brown University '13
VEALRIBSat May 5, 2012Steak or chop choiceNed White
WESTMONROEWed Jul 8, 2009Louisiana city named for the fifth U.S. presidentTim Wescott
WHATADOWNERSat Mar 11, 2023"Bummer!"Tom Pepper
WIREFENCEFri Apr 10, 2015Backstop makeupDavid Phillips
YELLOWFLAGSun Jan 15, 2017Signal meaning "no disease on this ship"Joel Fagliano
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