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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 50,873 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
BRIGHAMSat Aug 19, 2000___ City, UtahCharles E. Gersch
BROGRAMMERSat Dec 1, 2018Fratty Silicon Valley techie, stereotypicallyRyan McCarty
CANWETALKFri Jun 25, 2021Question that's rarely a sign of good newsScott Earl
CHARMANSun Jan 4, 1998He's well-sooted for the jobMark Danna
CLAMBEREDSat Aug 10, 1996Went up like a monkeyR. Norris
COMESACROSSSun Nov 24, 2024FindsAlex Eaton-Salners
COMPENDIUMSun Jul 15, 2001DigestElizabeth C. Gorski
CORPOREALSun Apr 14, 2024BEFORE: Having physical formJohn Rippe and Jeff Chen
COWPOXSun Mar 3, 2024Edward Jenner used it when developing the world's first successful vaccineHoang-Kim Vu
DELMONTESun Nov 28, 2010Canned foods giantJeremy Newton
DESSERTWINESFri Jan 7, 2022Ports, e.g.Robyn Weintraub
FULLTIMESTUDENTTue May 8, 2007One not taking just a few classesSarah Keller
GIDDIERFri Dec 25, 1998More euphoricEd Pegg Jr.
GOLDGLOVETue Jan 23, 2024Major-league award for fielding prowessPatrick Maher
GOTOUTWed Mar 23, 2011Was releasedWill Nediger
HEADHUNTSSun Nov 7, 1999Recruits, in a wayBrendan Emmett Quigley
HEADRESTSSat Sep 12, 2020Passenger car attachmentsRyan McCarty
HINDUDEITYMon Jul 23, 2012Vishnu or ShivaLynn Lempel
ITSABREEZEThu Apr 16, 2015"Piece of cake!"Joe Krozel and Peter Collins
ITSFUNWed May 11, 2011"You'll enjoy this"Jonah Kagan
JAWLINEWed Dec 10, 2014Important feature for a male modelTom McCoy
JUVENTUSFri Mar 22, 2019Record-holding Italian soccer club whose name means "youth"Brendan Emmett Quigley
LIFTWEIGHTSTue Aug 6, 2013Make off with some gym equipment?Lynn Lempel
LOWCLASSFri Apr 1, 2011Hardly blue-bloodedElizabeth A. Long
MAINSTREETWed Feb 26, 2014Where to find the only stoplight in a small town, typicallyRuth B. Margolin
METOOERATue Dec 10, 2024Period of accountability since 2017Brian Callahan and Geoffrey Schorkopf
MIDMONTHTue Mar 23, 2021The 15th or soDan Schoenholz
ORLOKFri Dec 13, 2024Count ___, a.k.a. NosferatuRyan Patrick Smith
PLAINWATERSat Jun 4, 1994Bourbon cutterManny Nosowsky
POTLEAFTue Jan 6, 2015Image often accompanying the phrase "Legalize it"Joel Fagliano
PUFFEDSun Aug 20, 2006Made pants?Richard Silvestri
READERSDIGESTMAGAZINESun May 22, 2011The Library's Periodicals Room was the source of most of the excerpted material in the first issue of ___Bob Klahn
RESIDUALSSun Mar 4, 2012Some royaltiesDavid J. Kahn
SANTAMONICAPIERSat Jan 31, 2026Southern California site whose 1909 opening was accompanied by a visit from the U.S.S. AlbanyNick Maritz
SARSENETSat Nov 12, 1994Soft silk fabric used for liningsBryant White
SAUSAGEANDONIONSun Dec 2, 2001Pizzeria orderNancy Nicholson Joline
SHOWEREDSun Jul 10, 2011Didn't just spitBen Pall and David Kahn
SKUNKYSat Sep 3, 2011Having been tainted, as a drinkPeter Wentz
SUBWOOFERTue Apr 20, 2021Largest speaker in a sound system, usuallyAdam Wagner
UNHARNESSSun Sep 7, 2025Remove a restraint fromDerrick Niederman
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