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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 50,606 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
AAAHSat Sep 28, 2019Sound made while sinking into a hot tubAlex Eaton-Salners
ACTINICSun Mar 15, 2015Like light that causes chemical changeDan Feyer
ALCOWLINGSFri Sep 3, 2021Role for Malcolm-Jamal Warner on "The People v. O. J. Simpson"Brendan Emmett Quigley and Paolo Pasco
AMPERThu Nov 7, 1996Swelling, in EnglandG. R. Ferguson
APHRODITEFri Aug 12, 1994Choice of ParisNorman S. Wizer
BOOKFAIRFri Jan 16, 2026Place for trading stories?Kyle Dolan
CALLEDHOMEWed May 8, 2013Remembered Mom, in a wayBruce Venzke
CLIMBABOARDTue Nov 18, 2003Prepare to surf?Denise M. Neuendorf
COPPERSSat May 25, 1996FuzzF. Piscop
COTTAGEINDUSTRYWed May 28, 2003Making of handicrafts, sayAlan Arbesfeld
DOCKAGEMon Feb 2, 2009Fee for a freighterDamon J. Gulczynski
EOHIPPUSThu Dec 3, 2009Ancestor of the modern horseMatt Ginsberg and Pete Muller
EYESOFLAURAMARSTue Jan 14, 19971978 Faye Dunaway filmE. C. Gorski
GATORBOWLFri Apr 29, 1994December 31 eventRandolph Ross
GOSIGNALSun Aug 10, 1997GREENNancy Nicholson Joline
HOMEBODYThu Jun 16, 1994Opposite of 8-DownJim Page
IKECLANTONWed Oct 11, 2017Outlaw at 62-AcrossDavid J. Kahn
INDIRENEEDSat Dec 9, 2017DesperateStu Ockman
INFOBOXSat Jul 12, 2025Fixed-format summary of an article, as on WikipediaKatie Hoody
JOINHANDSSat Sep 27, 2008Unite (with)Karen M. Tracey
JUSTINTRUDEAUMon Sep 22, 2025Canadian P.M. who is the son of another Canadian P.M.Dena R. Verkuil and Andrea Carla Michaels
KORBUTSun Dec 30, 2001Gymnastics legendElizabeth C. Gorski
LANDGRANTWed Dec 16, 2009Help for a pioneerDavid J. Kahn
LEADINGASTRAYSun Aug 1, 1999Walking the dogie?Randolph Ross
MAGNETICNEEDLESFri Jan 30, 1998West pointers, at timesMartin Ashwood-Smith
NYYANKEESun Apr 7, 2024Aaron Judge, e.g., in briefTracy Gray
PIAVESun Jun 28, 2020Hard Italian cheeseJon Schneider and Anderson Wang
REPULSEDSun Nov 27, 1994Made a successful standJacques Liwer
RETUSESun Jun 19, 1994Rounded and notched, as a leafNancy Scandrett Ross
RIOTPOLICETue Aug 29, 2017Anarchy quellerAdam G. Perl
SOBELFri Jun 14, 2002Dava ___, author of the best seller "Longitude"Randolph Ross
STEALINGThu Jun 16, 1994ThieveryJim Page
TENTPACKINGSun Jul 25, 2010Precamping preparation?Alan Arbesfeld
THREADEDSun Dec 12, 2004Like some nutsLee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
TWAINSSun Mar 13, 2005Mark and ShaniaPatrick Merrell
UNGUENTSWed Dec 13, 2000SalvesElizabeth C. Gorski
WORDSTOTHATEFFECTSun Sep 9, 2018Basically what was saidHal Moore
WORKSFORPEANUTSMon Dec 29, 2025Is severely underpaidChase Dittrich
YARMULKEThu Sep 4, 2014Orthodox trademarkSamuel A. Donaldson
YOUGAMESun Feb 25, 2024"We doin' this?"Scott Hogan and Katie Hale
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