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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 50,532 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
AREYOUHIGHSat Jul 29, 2023"What?! That's absurd!"Sam Ezersky
BEBOPPERMon Jan 29, 2007Charlie Parker or Dizzy GillespieFred Piscop
BEVINSun Jan 22, 1995British Labor leader ErnestFrances Hansen
BILLYJOELMon Jan 10, 2022Singer/songwriter nicknamed "Piano Man"Lynn Lempel
BRIGHAMYOUNGThu Jun 5, 2014The "American Moses"Ed Sessa
CLOSENESSTue Nov 11, 2003ProximityM. Francis Vuolo
CRAZIESTTue Sep 24, 1996Most zanyS. Spadaccini
DUBLINOHIOWed Jan 7, 2009Host city of golf's Memorial TournamentWilliam Frank Macreery
EYESTONESun Oct 9, 1994Ophthalmologist's implementBryant White
GYRATIONFri May 14, 2010Belly dancer's moveBarry C. Silk
HASAPOINTThu Jun 22, 2006Argues sensiblyChristina Houlihan Kelly
HENNEPINThu Apr 19, 2001Minneapolis's countyManny Nosowsky
HOTOVERSat Feb 15, 1997Ticked off aboutJ. Clonick
HOWARDBAKERSun Dec 11, 1994Reagan chief of staffWayne Robert Williams
ISAMUNOGUCHIWed Oct 13, 2021"Red Cube" sculptor with an eponymous museum in New YorkBrianne McManis
JEUXWed Mar 20, 2013___ d'esprit (witticisms)Raymond C. Young
LUSTRATue Feb 8, 1994Five-year periodsPeter Gordon
MARESTAILSat Feb 19, 2005Long, narrow cloudBrad Wilber
MARIOPARTYSat Jun 19, 2021Nintendo offering with more than 10 installmentsSophia Maymudes
MCADAMSun Mar 18, 2012Scottish inventor and road builder John Loudon ___Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden
MIXINONIONSThu Apr 1, 2004*Meat loaf recipe instructionByron Walden
MYLOUSun Dec 28, 2008"Skip to ___"Patrick Berry
NEAPTIDESSun Jun 23, 2019Twice-monthly coastal phenomenaDavid Liben-Nowell and Victor Barocas
ONEILOVESat Nov 11, 20001987 R.E.M. hit, with "The"Randolph Ross
QUARTERLIESTue Apr 25, 2023"It's worth only 20 cents," "It has Abe Lincoln on it" and others?Grant Boroughs
QUESTAFTERSun Jun 8, 2008PursueWill Nediger
RATTLERSSun Jul 13, 2014Ones that warn before they attackTom McCoy
RECORDHIGHSTue Apr 22, 2003Hundreds in New York, perhapsNancy Kavanaugh
REPAVINGWed May 31, 1995Fixing the drivewayJonathan Schmatzbach
SCHEDULINGCOORDINATORSun Oct 13, 2019... "Go ahead, make my day"Erik Agard
SIGNALREDSun Feb 4, 2001Hue stronger than scarletFrank A. Longo
STARSHAKEFri Feb 19, 1999Timber defect extending from the middle outwardDana Motley
STROYSun Dec 5, 1999Ruin, old-styleJoe DiPietro
SUNDOWNSSat Mar 25, 2006Regular settingsByron Walden
TOOKABOWWed Aug 14, 2024Acknowledged applauseSamuel A. Donaldson
TOPMOSTSun Aug 23, 1998CrowningNelson Hardy
TOTALASSETSSat May 11, 2024Measures of one's worthBilly Bratton
WENTOUTTHEWINDOWThu Aug 24, 2023Suddenly fell through, as a planRobin Yu
WITHOUTADOUBTWed Oct 8, 2025Third time's the charm: "Will Ruby go to prom with me?"Daniel Trujillo Diaz
YEYEMon May 22, 2006Style of 1960's French pop music with a repetitive nameEdgar R. Fontaine
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