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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 51,102 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
BSTUDENTFri Aug 2, 2002One who doesn't graduate cum laudeElizabeth C. Gorski
BUTTIGIEGSun Mar 29, 2026"Mayor Pete"Michael and Oliver Schlossberg
CHIHUAHUAFri Nov 23, 2012Big-eyed toyPatrick Berry
COLONNAWed Aug 13, 2003Jerry ___, mustachioed comedian with 8-AcrossCharles E. Gersch
COVERTACTIONMon Aug 7, 2017Secret military operationKevin Christian
CUSHIONWed Feb 22, 1995Banquette itemWayne Robert Williams
DANCETUNEFri Dec 23, 2022Jig, e.g.Brandon Koppy
DODGSONThu Dec 26, 2024Lewis Carroll's real last name, hence Lewis's last name in "Jurassic Park"Ella Dershowitz
DWARFSTARTue May 26, 2026A little sun?Brad Lively
ERECTERFri Oct 24, 1997RaiserFrank Longo
FEASTOFSTPATRICKSun Mar 16, 2003Parade DayElizabeth C. Gorski
FTENSThu Nov 24, 2005U.S. military planesMichael Shteyman
GENUINEARTICLESun May 16, 2021Real dealJoe DiPietro
HOFSTRASun Nov 20, 2022New York university that hosted presidential debates in 2008, 2012 and 2016Joe Deeney
IEATSun Jun 21, 1998"I earn that ___": "As You Like It"Jim Page
ISNTITIRONICTue Feb 3, 2009Musical question posed by Alanis Morissette, as suggested by 20-, 33- and 40-AcrossKatie Yeager
JAEGERSat Aug 29, 2009Bullying seabirdDoug Peterson
JUSTASECONDFri Aug 23, 2013"Be right there"Ian Livengood
KOMENWed Dec 28, 2022Susan G. ___ (breast cancer advocacy organization)Josh Goodman
LIMPETSSun Sep 15, 2019Marine mollusks that cling to rocksAndrew Kingsley
MDASHSun Jan 23, 2011*Typography symbolChris A. McGlothlin
MEATPACKERSat Dec 12, 2020Profession in Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"Sid Sivakumar and Brooke Husic
MEGATONICSun Oct 5, 2003Gigantic gin mixer?Richard Silvestri
MISDEALTSun Sep 7, 2008Passed out in a bad wayRandolph Ross
NURSINGSat Sep 13, 2014Like many new mothersJosh Knapp
PARKINGSPACESFri Jun 30, 1995Metropolitan raritiesRich Norris
PERROTSun Jan 20, 2002Île-___, QuébecBrendan Emmett Quigley
POPTRIOWed Feb 3, 2021Destiny's Child or the SupremesYacob Yonas
PRONOUNCIATIONSThu Aug 6, 2009*Ways things are saidDan Naddor
PULLSASTUNTMon Dec 27, 2004Gets noticed, as an acrobat?Levi Denham
RAIDTHEFRIDGEMon Jul 15, 2013Get a midnight snack, sayJeff Chen and Angela Olson Halsted
REFINESSun Jan 9, 2011PurifiesPatrick Berry
RURALROUTESun Nov 9, 1997Part of an addressRich Norris
SCRAPHEAPSThu Dec 28, 2000Places for spare parts, maybeManny Nosowsky
SEDATIVESat May 22, 1999Hospital administrationA. J. Santora
SKELETORSun Nov 29, 2015Archenemy of Mattel's He-ManAlex Vratsanos
SPORTSWRITINGFri Aug 9, 2002Specialized reportingMartin Ashwood-Smith
TOREUPTHEROADSat Mar 8, 2003Burned rubberPatrick Berry
TRAVELCHANNELFri Mar 18, 2016"Hotel Impossible" airerMichael Wiesenberg
YOGAINSTRUCTORTue Apr 12, 2022Flex job?Dan Schoenholz
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