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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 50,246 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
AROADSun Jul 27, 2003Rachel Field verse "___ Might Lead to Anywhere"Michael Grudzielanek
BCELLSun Mar 9, 2003Lymphocyte found in marrowPatrick Berry
BIGBREAKFri Nov 8, 2024Life-changing opportunity, maybeEvans Clinchy
BLOWSTHEWHISTLEMon Dec 4, 1995Exposes corruptionSidney L. Robbins
CANNONBALLSSun Feb 19, 1995Some divesAlfio Micci
CLAUDEDEBUSSYSun Oct 31, 1999"L'Isle joyeuse" composerFrank A. Longo
CONCENTRATEDThu Jun 12, 200363 + 64 + 65-AcrossPatrick Merrell
CRUDENESSSun Oct 6, 2024IndelicacyJohn Kugelman
DARTHMAULFri Jun 2, 2017Main villain in "The Phantom Menace"John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins
DUOMOWed Jun 28, 2017Cathedral of FlorenceDavid Kwong
EDWARDTEACHThu May 16, 200252-Across of the CaribbeanDavid J. Kahn
ELLIMANSun Nov 24, 2013Yvonne with the 1978 #1 hit "If I Can't Have You"Gary Cee
EXCERPTEDMon Mar 9, 1998Quoted (from)Randall J. Hartman
FINASat Feb 21, 2004Purveyor of luxury tableware Michael C. ___Brendan Quigley and Patrick Berry
GROSBEAKThu Feb 26, 1998Rose-breasted birdLois Sidway
HINDGUTThu May 14, 1998Large intestineFrank Longo
JOHNHERSEYThu Sep 20, 2001"Hiroshima" writerDavid J. Kahn
KIDORYSat Feb 13, 2016Noted jazz trombonist's nicknamePeter Wentz
LANTANASFri May 31, 1996Tropical shrubsJ. S. Marrone
LEYSFri Jul 15, 2011Simon who wrote "The Death of Napoleon"Martin Ashwood-Smith and Joe Krozel
LIFEONTHERUNWed Jul 5, 2017Travel edition of a classic board game?Jake Halperin
LUTISTSWed Nov 14, 2012Minstrels, oftenJoe DiPietro
NOTWHILETue Mar 22, 2005With 24-Across, song from 18-AcrossDavid J. Kahn
PAYNIMThu Oct 12, 1995Heathen, onceChristopher Hurt
PEGLEGGEDTue Mar 8, 1994Like Captain AhabHarvey Estes
PERMALLOYFri Apr 10, 2015Magnetizable nickel-iron comboDavid Phillips
POLEAXESMon Feb 9, 1998Medieval weaponsRobert Dillman
QUILLERSat Nov 13, 1999English poet Sir Arthur ___-CouchJim Page
RECANESSun Feb 9, 1997Fixes, as furnitureD. Niles
REMORSELESSWed Aug 31, 2005Showing no pityAlan Arbesfeld
ROSEGARDENSWed Dec 29, 2004Places for American BeautiesJay Giess
RUNSOFFSun Mar 5, 2006ShoosAshish Madhukar Vengsarkar
SARRESat Jan 7, 2006Moselle feeder, to Moselle nativesJim Hyres
SELFSOWNSun May 23, 2021Like many wildflower seedsJennifer Nebergall
SOUNDTHERETREATFri Mar 11, 2011Signal withdrawalMartin Ashwood-Smith
SPAGHETTICODETue Sep 26, 2023*Slang term for convoluted and unstructured computer programmingShannon Rapp and Rebecca Goldstein
STRAINCREDULITYThu Jun 1, 2006Exaggerate too muchEthan Cooper
STUCKTOONESRIBSFri Apr 24, 2015Was satisfying, as a hearty mealJoe Krozel
THROWNOUTTue Aug 13, 1996Fired, as a baseball player?R. Hughes
TRACEELEMENTWed Nov 23, 2005Depict part of the periodic table?Levi Denham
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