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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 50,956 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
ADVTMon Jul 11, 1994Paid promotion: Abbr.Sidney L. Robbins
ALTOCLEFFri Dec 1, 2017Viola staff starterLily Silverstein
AVIARISTSat Jul 27, 2019One who gets lots of tweets?Byron Walden
BERGSONSun Jun 30, 20021927 Literature Nobelist HenriJoe DiPietro
BUSTOUTTue Nov 23, 2004Stage a prison breakKurt Mengel
CASTLEINSPAINSun Jan 15, 2012Dream settingFinn Vigeland
CHIMEINONSun Nov 16, 2014Add one's two cents aboutAndrew J. Ries
CHOCOLATEECLAIRSSun Apr 11, 1999Diet setbacksMatt Gaffney
COMMERCEMon Jan 16, 1995Cabinet departmentWalter Covell
CURLINGSTONESTue Oct 8, 2019Items guided by brooms in the Winter Olympics ... or a hint to this puzzle's themeRoss Trudeau
DAVISCUPMon Feb 12, 2018Tennis tournament since 1900Michael Black
EMPHASIZESun Nov 16, 2014SpotlightAndrew J. Ries
ENDSLATEFri Mar 23, 2012Runs overSteven Riley
GREENASGRASSSun Feb 19, 2023Photosynthesize?Rebecca Goldstein
JACTITATIONWed Nov 20, 2002Activity for 41-AcrossManny Nosowsky
JUMBOSWed Nov 10, 2010747 and Airbus A380, as jets goSamuel A. Donaldson
KINETICARTWed Sep 11, 2024Sculptures with moving parts, e.g.Barbara Lin
LANGTRYSun Feb 9, 1997Actress called "The Jersey Lily"D. Niles
LEADCOATEDSat Sep 5, 2015Like some copper guttersByron Walden
LIARSPOKERSat May 9, 2009Bluffing bar gameBrad Wilber
LITONSat Apr 26, 2025Discovered unexpectedlySarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa
LOSDOSFri Jun 26, 2026Spanish "both"Spencer Leach
MASTERCLASSESSun Apr 12, 2026Dazzling displays of skillLance Enfinger and John Kugelman
NOWSMon Sep 3, 2012"___ the time"C. W. Stewart
ORCHESTRATESSun Feb 11, 2018Narrow passages for killer whales?Matt Ginsberg
OUTWORETue Nov 21, 2006Lasted longer thanStella Daily and Bruce Venzke
PHONECASESSun Aug 24, 2025If EPSON & CHASE merged and became an electronics accessories company, they would sell ___Michael Lieberman
QUICKASAWINKTue Dec 6, 2005ProntoNancy Salomon
SALTANTSat Jan 23, 1999Dancing or leapingFrank Longo
SAWERSSat Apr 9, 2022Carpenters, at timesSam Buchbinder
SEALEDENVELOPESSat Jul 25, 2020Props at the OscarsRoyce Ferguson
SEMIAXISSat Apr 2, 2005One of a pair in an ellipseByron Walden
SHOOTEMThu Feb 3, 1994_____-up (film genre)A.J. Santora
SIMMERINGFri Mar 4, 2022Like some feuds and foods on a stoveDavid Distenfeld
STARTOUTSLOWLYSun Apr 7, 2019Not exactly hit the ground runningPeter A. Collins
TENOZSun Dec 18, 2016Common strip steak weight: Abbr.Derrick Niederman
TERRIBLEIDEASun Nov 15, 2020Many a dare, in hindsightCaitlin Reid
THETEMPSat May 18, 19961993 Hutton/Boyle thrillerM. Nosowsky
TOWHEADSWed Aug 26, 1998BlondsA. J. Santora
UNMORALFri Sep 7, 2007Ethically indifferentBarry C. Silk
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