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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 50,984 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
AFROPUNKFri Mar 23, 2018Alternative music subgenreErik Agard
AISLEWAYFri Aug 2, 2019It gets cleared for takeoffAndrew J. Ries
BACKFORMORESat Mar 27, 2021Unable to stay away, sayMichael Hawkins
BADLOSERSat Nov 26, 2011Purveyor of some sour grapes?Brad Wilber
BASELYFri Jun 13, 2014In a vulgar wayDavid Steinberg
BEEFHOTDOGSat Feb 29, 2020Frank typeAndrew J. Ries
COAUTHORSun Jun 11, 2023Pen pal?Sam Ezersky
DEADSPOTSFri Dec 10, 2010Where cells are of little useElizabeth C. Gorski
DEROGATIVESat Aug 5, 2023BelittlingJohn Guzzetta
ECHOISMSat Sep 20, 2025Self-effacing personality traitKatie Hoody
FLOODOFMEMORIESSun Jan 20, 2002What an old yearbook may elicitBrendan Emmett Quigley
GRATIASSat Jun 28, 2008"Deo ___"Byron Walden
ICEMAKERSFri Sep 26, 2003Amana amenitiesEric Berlin
INANIMATELYSun Jun 4, 2000With absolutely no sparkMartin Schneider
INVICTUSSat Sep 17, 1994Poem that ends "I am the captain of my soul"Rich Norris
LATINPERCUSSIONMon Mar 25, 2019Tito Puente's specialtyKevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels
LEAVENOTRACEMon Nov 2, 2020Have an invisible footprintLuke Vaughn
LEIBERSun Oct 14, 2012Stoller's partner in songwritingTodd Gross
MANTELPIECESat Jan 17, 2004Place for candlesticksPatrick Berry
MOMENTOUSSat Aug 3, 1996KeyA. D. Cover
MULLIONTue Sep 20, 1994Vertical dividing bar in windowsChristopher Page
NICOLEKIDMANSun Apr 8, 200172-Across's co-star in "Malice"Randolph Ross
NINETIESKIDThu Dec 4, 2025Three squared + SlideStephan Prock and Jeff Chen
NOSURPRISETHERETue Oct 9, 2018"Just as I expected!"Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
NOTVALIDSat Dec 30, 2017Like division by zeroDamon Gulczynski
PARTLYThu Dec 5, 2002Not all the wayJoe DiPietro
PONTNEUFMon Apr 2, 201862-Across bridgeJason Mueller
PORTIASSun Jul 6, 1997Characters in "Julius Caesar" and "The Merchant of Venice"Robert H. Wolfe
REKEYSSat Oct 20, 2001Confirms, as a password, perhapsPatrick Berry
SHARKATTACKFri Jul 12, 2024Surfer's concernMalaika Handa
SHOPFORSun Nov 2, 2014Try to buyBrendan Emmett Quigley
SLEEPOVERPARTYFri Apr 23, 2021Event that goes all nightRobyn Weintraub
STRANGEGOINGSONFri Feb 16, 2007Unexplained phenomenaCharles Barasch
SWALLOWONESPRIDETue Feb 24, 2009Eat humble pieStephen Edward Anderson
TAKENPAINSSun May 1, 2016StrivenJoel Fagliano and Byron Walden
TITLEDEEDSat Jun 27, 2020Monopoly card with property infoRyan Mccarty
TOOKAPICWed Jul 30, 2025Got ready to post on Insta, sayThomas Byrne and Daniel Bodily
TOSAYTHELEASTWed Jul 24, 2019Task for a Benedictine monk?Jake Halperin
VENIRESun Feb 17, 2008Jury poolHenry Hook
VINYLTOPSun Aug 13, 2000Bygone car optionNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
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