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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
ANIMATEDGESTUREFri Oct 3, 1997An angry speaker might make itMartin Ashwood-Smith
BEERPULLSun Sep 11, 2016Tavern tap handleNed White and George Barany
BEIGNETSSun Nov 6, 2022Fried pastries popular in New OrleansMichael Lieberman
CAMPAIGNPROMISESSun Jul 16, 2023Forerunners of flip-flops?Michael Schlossberg
DAMNRIGHTTue May 28, 2019"Hell, yeah!"Aimee Lucido
DEADCENTERThu May 10, 2018Bull's-eye ... or a hint to this puzzle's themeCaitlin Reid
DEVRYFri Jan 29, 2016For-profit university with dozens of U.S. campusesDavid Phillips
DRYROASTFri Nov 4, 2016Process, in a way, as peanutsDavid Steinberg
EFFAMANLEYThu Aug 17, 2023First woman in the National Baseball Hall of FameErik Agard
ELECTEDOFFICIALSat Dec 29, 2012Governor, e.g.Joe Krozel
ESKIMOPIESun Sep 15, 2002Cold treatFred Piscop
EXCESSIVESun Jan 26, 201495-Down, relativelyDaniel A. Finan
FIFTYPOINTBONUSThu May 14, 2020Bingo, in ScrabbleMichael Schlossberg
FIRSTSECONDTHIRDMon Sep 6, 1999Finishing orderManny Nosowsky
FOURTEENTHSTREETSun Sep 26, 2004Skier Picabo finishing 11 places down from the bronze?Joe DiPietro
GAZINGTue Mar 12, 2013StaringBruce Sutphin and Neville Fogarty
HEINRICHThu Mar 21, 1996Maj. Strasser in "Casablanca"H. Estes
INSIDEASIASat Jan 22, 2000Classic 1939 John Gunther bookDavid J. Kahn
KEEPASun May 2, 2004___ low profileDerrick Niederman
LACKEYSSat Jun 27, 2009HenchmenTrip Payne
MARIANISTThu Apr 18, 1996Worshiper of Jesus' motherA. J. Santora
MILLIESMALLSun Aug 10, 2014*Singer with the 1964 #2 hit "My Boy Lollipop" [the Bushes 41]Elizabeth C. Gorski
ODDMENOUTWed Jul 9, 2008*They don't belongTim Wescott
ONESTROGENFri Sep 12, 2025Receiving a certain hormone treatmentJoe Marquez
PANELLEDSun Oct 16, 1994Like a den, oftenRaymond Hamel
PRECASTSun Jun 18, 2017Like concrete that's shaped in advanceSam Trabucco
QUITTERSun Jan 17, 1999Proverbial loserCathy Millhauser
RAVEMUSICThu Jun 2, 2016Electro house or dubstepSusan Gelfand
REPLACEDSat Nov 22, 2014SucceededDavid Steinberg
SAVINGSun Sep 13, 2020Hitting the floppy disk icon, sayMaryEllen Uthlaut
SAYSNOTOFri Aug 18, 2006RefusesJoe DiPietro
SIDLEUPTue Apr 24, 2018Approach furtively, with "to"Peter Gordon
SILKTREETue May 23, 2006Ornamental plant with fernlike foliageAlan Arbesfeld
SMALLTIMEFri Oct 13, 2023Two-bitJohn-Clark Levin
SNORKELERSThu Nov 20, 2014They're hooked up to breathing tubesTimothy Polin
TOOLITTLETOOLATEThu Apr 13, 2023Not enough, and without the urgency, to make a difference … or a literal hint to 18-, 30-, 38- and 48-AcrossRobin Yu
UPPERBOUNDSat Nov 22, 2025End of a set, in mathematicsBlake Slonecker
VEGEMITEThu Oct 15, 2020Brand of spread for sandwiches and toastLindsey Hobbs
WROTHThu Dec 2, 2004AngryPatrick Berry
ZOOEXHIBITSat Mar 22, 2014One often behind barsGreg Johnson
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