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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 51,009 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
ANATOLEPARISThu Nov 25, 1999A capital Nobel Prize novelist?David J. Kahn
ARANEIDSun Mar 22, 1998Any spiderEmily Cox and Henry Rathvon
AVERSIONSFri Sep 2, 1994Objects of repugnanceBryant White
BALLCOCKThu May 31, 2001Commode componentRobert H. Wolfe
BENEFITSPACKAGEFri Jan 9, 2026It often comes with the jobGreg Snitkin and Glenn Davis
BORDERTOWNSun Jan 27, 2008Laredo or Nuevo LaredoMike Nothnagel
CHEMISTRYMon Oct 6, 2014Element-ary school subject?Robyn Weintraub
CIRCLEOFLIFETue Jun 11, 2019Song that opens and closes 23-Down and whose title is literally described in this puzzle's centerDavid J. Kahn
CRAWLINSat Oct 13, 2018Come home after a night of heavy drinking, sayKevin G. Der
DADGUMITSun Nov 12, 2023Euphemistic cry of frustrationGarrett Chalfin
DAMMINGMon Oct 3, 2022Beaver's jobSarah Sinclair
ECHOBOOMERSFri Oct 12, 2018Millennials, in relation to their parentsErik Agard and Bruce Haight
FATHEADEDFri Mar 30, 2018StupidSam Trabucco
FOLLOWDIRECTIONSThu Aug 29, 2024What one must do using the circled letters to solve this puzzleSimeon Seigel
GAMBLINGCASINOSTue Jun 6, 2006Things with 73-AcrossBarry C. Silk
HANDTOOLMon Jan 31, 2005Screwdriver or wrenchRandall J. Hartman
HUMPERDINCKSat Jun 2, 2007"Hänsel und Gretel" composerByron Walden
INVIVOSat Oct 24, 2015How many experiments are doneAndrew Zhou
KOHLERSat Sep 10, 2016Faucet brandPeter Wentz
LESSONONEMon Dec 18, 2006First chapter in a primerDonna Levin
MARIACHISWed Feb 15, 1995Mexican dance musiciansHarvey Estes
MENELAUSSat Nov 24, 2012Rival of ParisJosh Knapp
METOPESat Dec 9, 2000Square space in a friezePatrick Berry
MRANDMRSThu Oct 21, 2010Start of some addressesDan Naddor
OCEANOGRAPHERSun Feb 18, 2001UNDERLINEDavid J. Kahn
ORANGISHSun Dec 26, 2004Like ocherHal Turner
PEARLFISHSun Nov 29, 2015Creatures that may live inside oysters - hence the nameAlex Vratsanos
POSTPAIDSat Sep 8, 2012Like some envelopesByron Walden
PROSCENIAThu Sep 17, 2009Stage archesArthur Schulman
REWORKSTue Jun 28, 2022Thoroughly overhaulsScott Graham
SCHLUMPSSun May 17, 2026Inept sortsDerrick Niederman
SOUPOFTHEDAYWed May 20, 2026What a waiter might offer to start you offKathleen Duncan
TREADEDONFri Feb 2, 2018TrampledRandolph Ross
TRUNCHEONWed Jul 31, 2019Officer's batonDan Caprera
UPWARDLYMOBILEMon Sep 28, 2015Ascending in economic classDan Bischof and Jeff Chen
URIAHSTue Sep 20, 2011Heep and othersDaniel Raymon
VERYWELLTHENSat Apr 25, 2026"So that's how it's gonna be, I guess"Sam Ezersky
WHATALAUGHWed Aug 27, 2014"That is SO stupid!"Gareth Bain and David Poole
WHIPSAWSThu Oct 2, 2003Swings violentlyElizabeth C. Gorski
WINTERSETThu Apr 13, 2006Iowa town where John Wayne was bornBarry Silk
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