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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 50,868 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
ABIDERSTue Feb 3, 2004Patient peopleJoe Bower and Nancy Salomon
AFROPUFFTue Oct 1, 2019Updo styled with an elastic bandErik Agard
AGLISTENThu Oct 25, 2012ShiningCaleb Rasmussen
ALMONDCOOKIESun Oct 28, 2018Chinese New Year treatErik Agard
ARTELSThu Sep 23, 1999Peasants' cooperativesBrendan Emmett Quigley
BACKISSUESTue Sep 21, 2010Old New Yorkers, e.g.Adam G. Perl
BAGGERSMon Dec 11, 1995Checkout line assistantsElizabeth C. Gorski
BARLINESun Aug 18, 2013Divider in a musical scoreElizabeth C. Gorski
BRANGELINAThu Mar 12, 2026Celebrity supercouple of the 2000sJoe Marquez
COUPLESSun Jul 8, 2012CombinesJoel Fagliano
DEADSPOTSFri Dec 10, 2010Where cells are of little useElizabeth C. Gorski
FORMERSTUDENTSMon Dec 25, 2006AlumniAdam G. Perl
FRUSTUMSun Nov 5, 1995Curtailed cone, in geometryDean Niles
GRUMPSFri Mar 24, 1995Crotchety folkChristopher Hurt
HOLDINGFIRMTue Nov 13, 2007Wrestling business?Fred Piscop
HOTNUMBERThu Jan 1, 2004Sexy personRichard Silvestri
LEQUARTIERLATINSat Apr 18, 2009Home of la SorbonneByron Walden
MATHEXAMSTue Nov 14, 2023Things that might have kids going off on a tangent?Matthew Linzer
MISLEARNSun May 2, 1999Get it wrongJim Page
NOPQRSat Jan 15, 2000MS contents?Matt Gaffney
ORDINATESat Sep 29, 2001It helps pinpoint a pointRobert H. Wolfe
PEASHOOTERSWed Jul 15, 2020Toys that can be dangerousLee Higbie and Jeff Chen
PEPISun Dec 21, 1997Name of two ancient Egyptian kingsFrances Hansen
PLEASEDONTGOSun Oct 14, 2018"I'm begging you, let's not play that game!"Ross Trudeau
PREPLOTFri Jan 21, 2005Plan in advanceFrank Longo
REGLUEDFri Feb 27, 2015Fixed, as a model airplaneJulian Lim
RESTRICTIVEFri May 15, 2020Opposite of laissez-faireChristopher Adams
RIGORMORTISSat Dec 14, 2013What solidifies things in the end?Martin Ashwood-Smith
SAMWALTONTue Jul 15, 2014Founder of 58-AcrossZhouqin Burnikel
SENSEORGANWed May 10, 2017Antenna, e.g.Ned White
SNICKThu May 1, 2008___ and sneeJim Leeds
SPIKEJONZESat Sep 2, 2006"Being John Malkovich" directorMel Rosen
STEREOTYPICSun Apr 26, 2020ConventionalRoyce Ferguson
SWIZZLESTICKSTue May 6, 2014Cocktail stirrersAlex Bajcz
TAKESABOWMon Sep 10, 2018Acknowledges applause, maybeJacob Stulberg
TEENCROWDSat Apr 21, 2007Mall rats, typicallyByron Walden
THEROYALWEDDINGFri Aug 10, 2012Instant-book title of 1981 or 2011John Lampkin
TONYNODSat Jul 13, 2024Broadway honorEli Cotham
WITHINEARSHOTFri Jul 31, 2009Relatively closeMike Nothnagel
ZERODOWNFri Dec 27, 2019Favorable loan termSam Trabucco
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