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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 50,385 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
AKASTue Sep 28, 2021Aliases, informallyMeghan Morris
BOWLINEFri Jun 25, 2004Knot that won't slipManny Nosowsky
BROKEREDASETTLEMENTSun May 1, 2016*Ted talks, sayJoel Fagliano and Byron Walden
CEMENTEDSun Oct 8, 2017Completely setErik Agard and Alex BriƱas
CLOISONNEFri Apr 1, 2016Decorative enamelwarePeter Gordon
COMEUPPANCEFri Mar 20, 2015Just desertsRoland Huget
DEPUTEDSat Mar 21, 1998Formed a posse, e.g.Rich Norris
DONTINTERRUPTMESat Oct 21, 2023Reprimand to one who spoke too soonKelly Morenus
DULLEASun Aug 7, 2011Keir of "2001: A Space Odyssey"Tony Orbach and Janie Smulyan
EXPONENTIALRATEFri Aug 15, 2008Rapidly increasing paceBarry C. Silk
FEELSBADSun May 25, 2008AchesElizabeth C. Gorski
FLANAGANFri Aug 18, 1995Boys Town figureManny Nosowsky
GUZZLEWed Aug 21, 2002Not just sipJoel Kaplow
HATEDTOGOFri Aug 18, 2006Didn't like leavingJoe DiPietro
HOOVERDAMTue Feb 19, 2013Construction on the Colorado RiverBarry Franklin and Sara Kaplan
INDISREPAIRMon Sep 10, 2012Falling apartAndrea Carla Michaels
IRONHORSESSun May 7, 2023Steam trains, in the 19th centuryWill Nediger
ITCHINGSat Oct 29, 1994RestlessFrank A. Longo
IWASRIGHTMon Aug 22, 2022"Told you so!"Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel
KIDORYSat Feb 13, 2016Noted jazz trombonist's nicknamePeter Wentz
MALEGENESSat Jul 8, 1995They're on the Y chromosomeRandolph Ross
MANSERVANTThu Jun 23, 2005Maid's counterpartCourtenay Crocker III
ORALREPORTFri Sep 12, 2025Classroom delivery, perhapsJoe Marquez
PIETISMSat Apr 9, 2016Old Lutheran movementDavid Phillips
QUAINTESTSun Nov 13, 1994Most charmingFrank A. Longo
REAGANERASat Dec 21, 2024Most of the 1980sBarbara Lin and Lewis Rothlein
SADSIGHTThu Mar 10, 2022Cause for pityJohn Westwig
SAUROTue Sep 27, 2005Lizard: PrefixKevan Choset
SETDOWNWed Sep 26, 2007LayLee Glickstein and Craig Kasper
SPLAYINGTue May 14, 2019Spreading outDamon Gulczynski
STUPEFIEDFri Oct 30, 2015Rendered speechlessPatrick Berry
SWATTEAMFri Mar 25, 2011Help in a dangerous situationMike Nothnagel
SWISSESSun Feb 8, 2015Alternatives to cheddarsJeremy Newton
THEJUNGLEBOOKThu Feb 17, 2000Mowgli's mediumMatt Gaffney and David Bianco
THESTAIRSThu Oct 4, 2001You may take them downDavid J. Kahn
THETHIRDDEGREETue Mar 21, 1995Intense interrogationHarvey Estes
THREECARDMONTEThu Nov 7, 2013Con gameAlan DerKazarian
TUCKERBAGThu Mar 18, 1999Food carrier, in 37-AcrossRand H. Burns
TVDINNERSSat Jul 21, 2001Compartmentalized cuisine?Mark Diehl
VIERSTue Dec 13, 2011ContendersJonathan Gersch
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