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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 51,117 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
ALLOWFORMon Sep 10, 2001Factor inNancy Salomon and Karen Riekert
ANDQSFri Jan 28, 1994P's _____(this puzzle's theme)Manny Nosowsky
BACKUSTue Dec 19, 2006Jim of "Gilligan's Island"Sarah Keller
BLEAHSun Jan 26, 2020"Ugh!"Erik Agard
COLONIESSun Jun 4, 2023Onetime set of 13Rafael Musa
CSTUDENTFri Jun 9, 2006Honor society rejecteeManny Nosowsky
DADDIESSat Apr 6, 2002PopsBrendan Emmett Quigley
DIMINISHTue Nov 26, 1996Reduce in sizeS. Spadaccini
DOWNEYSun Nov 29, 2015He played Chaplin in "Chaplin"Alex Vratsanos
FENNELSSun Jan 6, 2008Aniselike herbsLynn Lempel
FORCERThu Apr 15, 2004CoercerManny Nosowsky
FORMLETTERSSun Nov 9, 2014Impersonal notes ... or what four groups of this puzzle's answers do (totaling 11 words)Tom McCoy
GILLISSun Mar 25, 2001Sitcom character with "many loves"Trip Payne
GOOGLINGWed Apr 30, 2008Solver's online recourseHenry Hook
GROUNDEDFORLIFESun Mar 6, 2011Prohibit Mr. McMahon from ever socializing again?David Levinson Wilk
GROWTHPOTENTIALWed Nov 27, 2019Ability of a company to expand ... or a hint to this puzzle's themeMatthew Sewell and Jeff Chen
HANDEDOVERWed Feb 5, 2020Ceded control ofRoss Trudeau
ISSILLYSun May 8, 1994Clowns aroundRalph G. Beaman
LOWIQSMon Jun 30, 2008Reasons for special edLynn Lempel
MACGYVERSSat Aug 17, 2024Fashions out of whatever's lying aroundBrandon Koppy
MONDRIANSun Oct 18, 2009*"Tableau 2"Elizabeth C. Gorski
NOBODYELSESSun Jan 22, 1995Mayan?Frances Hansen
ONABOUTFri Nov 15, 2013Speaking of repeatedly, to a BritDavid Woolf
PAINTERSTue Jul 31, 2018Professionals who put on coats for workDavid Woolf
PROPHESYThu May 10, 2007PredictPeter A. Collins
PUTINWRITINGWed Jan 1, 2025Set down on paperSeth Bisen-Hersh and Jeff Chen
RECOMPENSEFri Feb 4, 2000PaybackDana Motley
RIPLEYSThu May 5, 2016Classic Sunday newspaper feature that spawned multiple museums, informallyDavid Poole
SEAOFLOVESun Mar 12, 20001989 Al Pacino movieElizabeth C. Gorski
SINCERELYMon Dec 2, 1996Complimentary closeD. L. Wilk
SIXFEETUNDERSun Aug 15, 2021Pushing up daisiesAimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz
SMASHEROOSat Sep 9, 2006BlockbusterBob Klahn
STUMPFORFri Dec 29, 2023Help out on the campaign trailRobyn Weintraub
TIERISun Jan 24, 2016Basic vocabulary level in Common Core programsFrancis Heaney and Brendan Emmett Quigley
UNLIMITEDFri Feb 15, 2008VastPatrick Berry
VOUCHSAFESun Jun 10, 2012DeignXan Vongsathorn
WAYTOSun Jun 30, 2002"___ go!"Joe DiPietro
WECANSat Feb 7, 2015"___ Do It!" (Rosie the Riveter motto)Byron Walden
WHITEFLAGFri Nov 13, 2015Standard of negotiationPatrick Berry
WNBAFINALSThu Jan 25, 2024The Mercury might be in thisSam Ezersky
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