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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 50,561 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
ATTEMPTEDThu Oct 23, 2014Went forPatrick Blindauer
BABYBACKSMon Mar 27, 2006Some ribsJanice M. Putney
BABYPOWDERTue Aug 6, 2019Bottom coat?Jon Olsen
BEARDCOMBSFri May 21, 2021Men's grooming itemsSam Ezersky
BLOTCHEDSat Feb 4, 2023SpottedKate Hawkins
BOOKSALESun Jul 9, 1995Where to get a volume discount?Nancy Nicholson Joline
BUGOUTBAGSun Dec 31, 2023Evacuation survival packMatt Linzer and Rafael Musa
CAPITALUSat Apr 27, 2013Character in "Unforgiven"Chris A. McGlothlin
CARBONDATEThu Dec 4, 2025Auto + ConsumedStephan Prock and Jeff Chen
CESURASun Apr 22, 2007Poetic break: Var.Victor Fleming
CHIMINGWed Jan 9, 2019Sounding like Big BenTrenton Charlson
DANGLESWed Apr 13, 1994Hangs like an earringJim Page
EGGSHAPEDHEADMon Aug 3, 2015Notable 23-Across featureDavid Steinberg
FATASAHOGSat May 31, 2008PorkyRobert H. Wolfe
FREELANCERSun Nov 24, 2002Charitable surgeon?Nancy Salomon and Lee Glickstein
FRONTSEATFri Dec 16, 2005Good vantage pointJoe DiPietro
FUSINGSun Jan 31, 1999Solderer's activityManny Nosowsky
ITSTHEPITSTue Mar 15, 2022"Awful!" ... or a hint to the common element of 17-, 23-, 36- and 50-AcrossMichael Lieberman
LARRYFORTENSKYTue Oct 8, 1996Eighth in a Taylor seriesE. C. Gorski
LASHEDATSun Apr 20, 1997Beat againstCharles M. Deber
MAINLANDERSat Jun 7, 2008Many a Hawaiian touristKaren M. Tracey
MIMICKINGThu Mar 14, 1996Making likeR. Silvestri
ORGANICBEEFFri Oct 4, 2024What often carries a U.S.D.A. sealZhouqin Burnikel
PAPAYATREEFri Sep 7, 2018Part of a Central American groveJosh Knapp
PARESDOWNThu Oct 6, 2022Gradually trims ... or a phonetic second hint to solving this puzzle's themeSimeon Seigel
PEPPERMINTCREAMSat Apr 16, 2011Zingy cupcake fillingRobert H. Wolfe
PODIATRISTSat May 4, 2024Ball handler?Jacob McDermott
POWERTRIPSSun Apr 10, 2022Outbursts of megalomaniaDavid W. Tuffs
ROSEWATERFri Mar 31, 2000PerfumeNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
RUNONFUMESThu Oct 17, 2024Anger over a grammatically incorrect sentence?August Lee-Kovach
SAVIOROFTHEUNIONSun May 29, 2022One epithet for this puzzle's subjectDaniel Bodily and Jeff Chen
SEESTHEDAWNThu Jun 13, 1996Survives another nightD. J. Kahn
SEXCOMEDIESSun Sep 1, 2019"The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up"Finn Vigeland
SHARPNOSEDSat Jul 6, 1996KeenJ. DiPietro
SHAWSHANKSat Jan 4, 2003Prison in a Stephen King novellaPatrick Berry
STILLONTHETABLEMon Jul 7, 2025Not yet decided ... or an "artful" description for the last words of 17-, 27- and 45-Across?Daniel Raymon
STOLIDLYThu Sep 12, 2019Without betraying emotionGrant Thackray
TENTHGRADEThu Oct 12, 2006SophomoreDave Tuller
TONJONSun Jun 29, 1997Asian open sedan chairDavid J. Kahn
TOUCHEDINTHEHEADSun Mar 6, 2011Perform brain surgery on Mr. Begley?David Levinson Wilk
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