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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 50,946 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
ANISESEEDTue Sep 16, 2025Licorice-flavored spiceJonathan Daly
BAUSun Oct 15, 2023German lead-in to hausJeff Chen and Juliana Tringali Golden
BECOMEANGRYThu Oct 26, 2006See 1-DownTodd McClary and Dave Tuller
BOXEDINMon May 16, 1994TrappedEd Pegg Jr.
CAREERCRIMINALFri Sep 22, 2017One who can't turn right?David Steinberg
CREEDALSun Nov 5, 2000Like some church statementsMichael S. Maurer
DEEPSLEEPSat May 16, 2026State in which Gulliver is discovered by the LilliputiansByron Walden
DETOXTEATue Dec 2, 2025Herbal remedy in a cleanseJonathan Baude
DRAKEANDJOSHWed Feb 20, 2019*Title pair in a 2004-07 Nickelodeon sitcomByron Walden
ENTRANCEMUSICSun Oct 13, 2019Bars that people walk into?Erik Agard
FOXNEWSFri Dec 30, 2016Shep Smith's channelPatrick Berry
GODIMFri May 17, 2024Fade outHemant Mehta
HAMILTONBERMUDATue May 2, 2017Capital city with only about 1,000 residents [2016]David J. Kahn
HANDLEDSun Aug 26, 2001OversawRichard Silvestri
HERNIATESun Jun 9, 1996Protrude, in a wayM. Gaffney
IRRIGATEDSun Feb 13, 2022*Watered artificiallyDavid Steinberg
JIMJAMSThu Jan 7, 2010Heebie-jeebiesXan Vongsathorn
LINGAMSat Jun 3, 2023Phallic object worshiped as a symbol of ShivaJohn Westwig
MELINDAMAYWed Mar 25, 2020Ming-Na Wen, on "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."Laura Taylor Kinnel
MILLENNIUMBUGTue Nov 7, 2017Rollover problem? [1997]Greg Poulos
NOONDAYSUNFri May 22, 2020High light?Hal Moore
ORRERIESWed Nov 11, 2015Solar system modelsDavid Steinberg
PFENNIGSSat Mar 10, 2007Divisions of a markPatrick Berry
PIANOPLAYERMon Oct 30, 2000Tickler of the ivoriesGregory E. Paul
PORTAGESFri Mar 31, 2000Overland routesNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
PROCAREERFri Dec 13, 1996Athletic supporter?J. Page
RAVENINGSat Oct 8, 2005Wanting it allByron Walden
REMAINSOFTHEDAYThu Sep 23, 1999Archeologist's favorite film, with "The"?Brendan Emmett Quigley
SATRAPIESSun Oct 9, 1994Despotic jurisdictionsBryant White
SPIRITANIMALSFri Dec 6, 2024Sacred creatures in some Indigenous culturesRobyn Weintraub
STARTBACKFri Nov 23, 2012Call an end to a hikePatrick Berry
STEELDOORSSat May 16, 2020Hefty barriers to entryTracy Gray and Jeff Chen
TMNTSun Mar 22, 20152007 film featuring Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello and MichelangeloJeremy Newton
TOPLESSSWIMSUITThu Nov 22, 2018I
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Randolph Ross
WAXERSThu Nov 19, 1998Car wash machinesBrendan Emmett Quigley
WHISKERWed Dec 18, 1996Narrow margin of victoryM. W. Perry
WHITESANGRIASun Apr 14, 2013Light, fruity alcoholic drinkElizabeth C. Gorski
WHOISTHATSat Jul 23, 2022Question asked when going through an old family photo album, perhapsJohn Lieb
YOURETOASTTue Feb 6, 2007Comment to a gonerStella Daily and Bruce Venzke
ZIPADEEDOODAHFri Apr 5, 2013Last song heard on Disneyland's Splash MountainPeter Wentz
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