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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 50,573 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
ACTHAPPYSat May 4, 2002Try not to look downRich Norris
AIBOHPHOBIAWed May 4, 2011Jocular term for fear of palindromesJeff Chen
BEACHBOYSFri Jul 26, 2002Resort attendantsManny Nosowsky
BOSSAROUNDFri May 21, 2010Order indiscriminatelyPatrick Berry
BRANCHOFFSun May 10, 2015DivergeJacob Stulberg
BREACHINGFri Jun 14, 2013Getting throughPatrick Berry
BREECHINGSat Oct 24, 2020Going from petticoats to pants, onceByron Walden
CAMBERSSat May 19, 2018Slight upward curves, as in roads or beamsJohn Guzzetta
CATSITTINGWed Sep 23, 2020Activity that might involve setting out saucers of milkMargit Christenson
CHALKBOARDTue May 5, 2020Riddle-de-dee: What's clean when black and dirty when white?Lee Taylor
CREMEDELACREMESat Mar 5, 2022Very bestNam Jin Yoon
CULTURALATTACHEFri Nov 8, 2024One working on a long-distance relationshipEvans Clinchy
CUPOLAEDSun May 26, 2002Like many state capitolsElizabeth C. Gorski
FISHFARMSat Feb 17, 2007Facility with many schoolsRobert H. Wolfe
FLOODEDFri Apr 29, 1994OverwhelmedRandolph Ross
GASGAUGEMon Jun 29, 2020Dashboard dial that goes from "E" to "F"Peter Gordon
HADFAITHSat Jul 27, 2019TrustedByron Walden
HOMEMATCHSat Jan 24, 2015What you can never win going awayKevin G. Der
HOWNICEOFYOUSun May 26, 2002"Thanks so much!"Elizabeth C. Gorski
HUMANNATUREMon Mar 6, 2023Set of traits we all have ... or a two-part description of the answers to the starred clues?Lynn Lempel
IDENTIFICATIONSFri Mar 2, 2012Security requestsScott Atkinson
JEREMYSFri Jul 23, 1999Irons and othersJoe DiPietro
KEYTAGSFri May 9, 2014Accessories purchased just for openers?James Mulhern
LIFEBELTSThu Apr 24, 2014Flotation gearStanley Newman
LOUVREPYRAMIDWed Jul 10, 201936-Across-designed Paris landmark (1989)David J. Kahn
MANQUEThu Nov 8, 2012Having failed aspirationsDamon J. Gulczynski
MARIJUANALEAVESFri Dec 20, 2024Common motifs in high art?Henry Josephson
METHINKSSun Dec 17, 2017Quaint "I believe"Andrew J. Ries
OPHTHALMOFri Nov 10, 1995Introduction for an eye doctorBryant White
RELIGIOUSREFORMERThu Apr 19, 2012John Calvin, e.g.Sean Dobbin
SHOWHOWITSDONESun May 13, 2007*Demonstrate the methodJim Page
SMASHINGPUMPKINSSun Jul 15, 2018Compliment to a vegetable gardener?Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden
STEPFORWARDMon Jul 27, 1998VolunteerSteven Picus
SUBPARTFri Apr 15, 2011Fraction of a fractionPatrick Berry
THEMISSINGLINKSun Aug 30, 2009AR--CL-Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan
TOERAGMon Dec 31, 2018Scoundrel, in British slangBrian Thomas
TRISECTSSat Apr 27, 1996Cuts geometricallyF. Hansen
WISEASSESSun Mar 24, 2024People who might answer "What's up?" with "The sky"John Kugelman
YANGONThu Feb 9, 2006Myanmar's capitalEthan Cooper
ZMEDFri Apr 25, 2008"T. J. Hooker" actor AdrianMike Nothnagel
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