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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 50,526 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
ABIRDINTHEHANDSun Apr 9, 2023*"Let's stick with what we've got ..."John Ewbank
AGEDIFFERENCEWed Jun 26, 201383, for the creators of this puzzle ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 51- and 60-AcrossDavid Steinberg (16) and Bernice Gordon (99)
BEONTOSun Aug 29, 2004Understand now, as someone's tricksManny Nosowsky
BLACKHANDSat Aug 19, 1995Former Italian secret criminal groupBryant White
CALPHALONFri Jan 25, 2019Big name in cookwareZhouqin Burnikel
DEPRIVESat Mar 23, 1996Strip (of)R. Norris
DILUTERSFri Feb 27, 1998Water addersKevin McCann
ETTINGFri Apr 2, 1999Her theme song was "Love Me or Leave Me"Jim Page
FLINTYSun Mar 29, 2015Hard and unyieldingAlan Arbesfeld
FROTHINGSun Dec 21, 2025Rabid in appearanceDavid Kwong
GOINGGREENThu May 7, 2015Reducing one's carbon footprint ... or a hint to this puzzle's themeTracy Gray
GOTABADRAPFri Jul 19, 2024Was unfairly criticized, informallyJacob McDermott
GRATUITOUSWed Apr 25, 2018Provided but not asked forAdam G. Perl
ICEFISHSun Jun 14, 2020Sit out on a frozen lake, sayRandolph Ross
JOTTERFri May 1, 2015Notepad userDavid Steinberg
LEAFTHROUGHMon Jul 20, 2009Quickly turn the pages ofPancho Harrison
LIBYANSSun Jan 26, 2014"Back to the Future" villainsDaniel A. Finan
NARROWERWed Apr 14, 1999More restrictedAlan Arbesfeld
OOZESINSun May 14, 2023Enters like slimeSid Sivakumar
REDBREASTWed Nov 6, 1996RobinM. E. Skolsky
REDSONJASat Mar 25, 20061985 Arnold Schwarzenegger filmByron Walden
REDSTARSFri Sep 3, 1999Suns with low surface temperaturesDavid J. Kahn
RERIFri Aug 29, 2014Soprano GristDaniel Raymon
RIGHTSMARTSun Jun 25, 2023Considerably large, in Appalachian dialectJohn Westwig
SAPSAGOSat Oct 20, 2007Cheese with a greenish tintPatrick Berry
SELFHELPWed Feb 9, 2000Category of 17-, 37- and 61-AcrossCharles E. Gersch
SHASTASThu Jun 5, 2003Some daisiesDavid J. Kahn
SNOWUNDERSun Sep 9, 2018OverwhelmHal Moore
STATIONARYThu May 16, 2019InertJeff Chen
STOWESFri Oct 17, 1997Actress Madeleine et al.Alan Jay Weiss
SUBPARTFri Apr 15, 2011Fraction of a fractionPatrick Berry
TASTEMAKERSMon Aug 22, 2016Influential sorts ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 39- and 50-AcrossEmily Carroll
TERNARYFri Feb 16, 2007ThreefoldCharles Barasch
VINORDINAIREWed May 12, 2021Inexpensive table wineTracy Gray
WHATISTHEHANGUPMon May 19, 2014"Will you please hurry?"Michael Hawkins
WILDIDEASThu Nov 1, 2007They're unlikely to workLarry Shearer
WINGEDHORSETue Nov 5, 2013*Pegasus, notablyPaula Gamache
WONAPRIZEFri Feb 17, 2023Was successful at the carnival booth, sayJem Burch
WUSSYSun Aug 31, 2014Like a milquetoastJoel Fagliano
YOUNAMEITFri Oct 11, 2024"I'll do whatever"Billy Bratton
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