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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 50,744 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
AINTNOSUNSHINETue May 13, 20141971 Bill Withers hitTracy Gray
ALKYThu Dec 16, 2010BoozerCharles Deber
ALLSAINTSCHURCHTue Oct 31, 2017Building where the "Ninety-Five Theses" were postedAlex Eaton-Salners
BEVINSun Jan 22, 1995British Labor leader ErnestFrances Hansen
BLUEEYEDSat Feb 10, 2001Like most NorwegiansRich Norris
CHARTEREDSat Oct 21, 2000LeasedBob Klahn
CHRISTMASDINNERWed Dec 25, 1996Convivial holiday affairN. S. Ross
DEFERSTOSun Oct 28, 2001Humbly goes along withMichael Ashley
DOASTHEROMANSDOFri May 24, 1996Adapt, in a wayM. Ashwood-Smith
FINGERPRINTSSun Aug 12, 2001They may get a dustingNancy Nicholson Joline
GOESHARDSun May 4, 2025Gives one's allBrandon Koppy
IFEELYOURPAINMon May 12, 1997Classic Bill Clinton phraseHugh Davis
INDEPENDENTCOUNSELSun Apr 20, 2008Head of a special government inquiryJohn Farmer
INFLIGHTMAGAZINETue Apr 1, 2025Publication where this puzzle might be foundSande Milton
LACUNAESun Oct 2, 2011Unfilled spacesEric Berlin
LAZYSUNDAYMon May 30, 2016Relaxing time after church, sayDavid Woolf
LEIFERSSat Dec 29, 2012Funny Carol and familyJoe Krozel
MOVIEPREMIERESSun Jun 16, 2024B-, DATE, LIFETIME, SILENT?Chandi Deitmer and Wyna Liu
NINEMILESun Nov 18, 2001Utah's ___ CanyonJim Page
OHCALCUTTAFri Aug 9, 2013Broadway musical with two exclamation points in its namePatrick Berry
ONONESKNEESFri Sep 29, 1995BeggingManny Nosowsky
ORANGYFri Oct 13, 1995Like ocherCharles E. Gersch
PABSTBLUERIBBONTue Jun 3, 2014Brand with the tagline "Established in Milwaukee 1844"Susan Gelfand
PARKEDFri Nov 11, 2016Staying putDamon Gulczynski
PHOSPHORESCENCESat Sep 16, 1995Ignis fatuus, e.g.Bryant White
RAMBLINROSESun Jul 23, 2006Wine that causes incoherent talk?Fred Piscop
REMAINSATThu Oct 10, 2013Doesn't leaveJeffrey Wechsler
REVERENDSPOONERMon Nov 13, 2000Famous 52-AcrossPeter Gordon
ROBERTHAYSTue Sep 19, 1995"Airplane!" and "Airplane II" actorJanet R. Bender
SAVEENERGYThu Oct 28, 2004Turn off unneeded lights, e.g.Richard Chisholm
SETSMILEFri Jan 10, 2003Fixed beam?Manny Nosowsky
SETSOFTONGSSun Apr 3, 2022Items used by barkeepers, barbecuers and blacksmithsByron Walden
SITBESIDESat May 28, 2011Neighbor in the bleachers, sayDavid Quarfoot
SKODATue Jan 3, 2017Czech-made auto that's part of the Volkswagen GroupMichael Shteyman
SOFTTOUCHMon Nov 19, 2007One who'll easily lend money for a hard-luck storyLynn Lempel
TAKEMYMONEYSat Oct 21, 2023"I HAVE to have this — whatever it costs"Kelly Morenus
TXTWed Oct 20, 2021Palindromic alternative to .exeDavid W. Tuffs
UMBERSSun Nov 24, 2002Brown pigmentsNancy Salomon and Lee Glickstein
UPANDQUITSat Apr 22, 2023Abruptly resignByron Walden
VAMPIREINBROOKLYNSun Oct 31, 20101995 Eddie Murphy filmElizabeth C. Gorski
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