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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 50,660 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
ARGUEOVERFri Mar 12, 2010DebateTim Croce
BATTLESUITSSat Nov 23, 2024Full-body armor in science fiction storiesRyan McCarty
BEATDOWNSTue Dec 6, 2022ShellackingsRoss Trudeau and Wyna Liu
BUDGETEDSun Dec 19, 1999Planned for, in a wayFrances Hansen
BUILDINGPERMITSun May 5, 2019Construction paper?Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson
CHETSSun Mar 10, 1996Jazz trumpeter Baker et al.F. & L. Sabin
CONCRETESLABTue Nov 26, 2024Section of a sidewalkKillian Olson
CYBERMONDAYFri Jul 8, 2016Follower of 1-Across on the calendarBarry C. Silk
DUCHESSOFCORNWALLThu Aug 23, 2018Title for Prince Charles's CamillaKyle Dolan
FIGHTINGILLINIMon Oct 1, 2018College team from the land of LincolnChuck Deodene
FRIVOLSun May 29, 2005TrifleFrank Longo
GAMEPRESERVESMon Jan 24, 2011Outdoor homes for endangered species, perhapsFred Piscop
GAWKYThu Jun 25, 2020Nervously awkwardAmanda Chung and Karl Ni
HISANDHISFri Jul 31, 2020Like some monogrammed towelsClaire Rimkus and Erik Agard
IKEASTOREThu Aug 29, 2024Furniture outlet with an average size of 300,000 square feet, or five football fieldsSimeon Seigel
IMPOSITIVESun Mar 9, 2008See 39-AcrossPatrick Berry
INONEDAYFri Feb 26, 2021How many Amish barns are raisedChuck Deodene
JINPINGSun May 13, 2018Chinese leader XiNeville Fogarty and Erik Agard
KRAZYFri Mar 21, 1997Like Herriman's KatShannon Burns
LEAKEYWed Nov 20, 1996Plumbers' favorite anthropologist?M. S. Maurer
LOSEABETSat Jul 20, 2024Have to shave one's head, perhapsRicky J. Sirois
MUESLIXSun May 15, 2011Kellogg's cerealCathy Allis
NOTHINGTODOThu Oct 9, 2025Two moving around each otherFreddie Cheng
PANATELLASat Jan 23, 2010Smoke with straight sidesKaren M. Tracey
PIERRECORNEILLEThu Apr 28, 199417th-century dramatistRandy Sowell
RADIOREPORTTue Oct 16, 2012A.M. or F.M. news dispatchBill Thompson
ROMATOMATOESThu Jan 27, 2022Garden produce named for an Italian cityLewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen
ROSTISun Apr 13, 2008Swiss dish of grated and fried potatoesCathy Millhauser
RUNTOHIMSun Apr 6, 19971961 Bobby Vee hitRich Norris
SNAPSTORYFri Apr 11, 2025Certain ephemeral social media post, informallyJesse Guzman
SPRINKLEFri May 31, 2019Light showerSam Ezersky
STANCHERSun Feb 11, 2001Styptic pencil, e.g.Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon
SUPERPOWERSTue Jun 16, 2009*Countries with big militariesPaula Gamache
SWEETBREADSWed May 22, 2024Unusual meat courses that are neither ...Martin Schneider
TESTINGONETWOWed Jun 30, 2004Mic check #2Brendan Emmett Quigley
THEGREATEMANCIPATORSun Jul 5, 2015*Nickname for Abraham LincolnElizabeth C. Gorski
TORNMCLSun Sep 22, 2019Athlete's knee injury, familiarlyTracy Gray
WALKOUTFri Jun 25, 2021Peaceful protestScott Earl
WILDIMAGINATIONFri Oct 3, 2003Producer of stories like you wouldn't believeManny Nosowsky
XXOSun Sep 2, 2012Losing tic-tac-toe lineJoel Fagliano
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