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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 50,640 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
AIRPILLOSat Oct 18, 2003Dr. Scholl's insole brandMyles Callum
ALCORNThu Feb 9, 2006Mississippi's ___ State UniversityEthan Cooper
AROUNDNOONWed Oct 4, 2017Where "midday" and "one" are in the dictionary?Evan Mahnken
BARGAININGCHIPFri Oct 14, 2016Threat of a strike, in labor negotiationsNatan Last
BIGSTINKSTue Nov 4, 2014Critic's negative review of a 1988 Hanks film?Joel Fagliano
CATAWBAThu Dec 27, 2018Carolina tribe that allied with the colonists in the American RevolutionMary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
COCHAIRSThu Jan 5, 2023Runs together, in a wayEmily Carroll
CONTENDERSFri Jul 22, 1994Not the reigning champsRaymond Hamel
DAYTIMERSun Apr 16, 2000Big name in personal plannersElizabeth C. Gorski
DIDDLEYFri Apr 14, 1995Bo with guitarManny Nosowsky
DRINKYPOOSun Apr 13, 2025Little tipple, cutesilyJohn Kugelman
DUSTBINSSun Sep 3, 1995Ashcans, in LondonErnie Furtado
EYESHOTSSat Mar 15, 2003ViewsAdam Cohen
FACSIMILEMon Dec 19, 2016Exact copyJason Mueller
FIREFLYThu Jul 21, 2016Night light?Jason Flinn
GABIONSun May 15, 1994Pier supportCharles M. Deber
GREATEMANCIPATORSun May 29, 2022Another epithet for this puzzle's subjectDaniel Bodily and Jeff Chen
HONGCHAUWed Jul 5, 2023Best Supporting Actress nominee for "The Whale," 2022Joe Deeney
IMPULSEBUYFri Jan 16, 2009Many an item at a checkout lineMike Nothnagel
JACKHAMMERTue Mar 28, 2006It pounds the pavementJim Hyres
JEDIMINDTRICKSSat Aug 6, 2016Manipulative use of the ForceDavid Phillips
LANDATThu Apr 20, 2017Reach by airJeffrey Wechsler
LISPERSFri Jul 2, 1999Sylvester and othersRandolph Ross
MARLEEMATLINSun Feb 24, 2008Actress (1986), director (1962)Nancy Nicholson Joline
MORNINGSSun Dec 25, 1994Early timesRandolph Ross
OMNIPRESENTFri Jul 25, 2014Like GodPeter A. Collins
OUTSHINESSat Apr 28, 2001TopsRich Norris
PARSERSSat May 6, 1995Grammarians, at timesRandolph Ross
POCHESSat Dec 6, 1997French pocketsDavid J. Kahn
PODIUMSSat Aug 14, 2010Stands above the crowd?John Farmer
POINTOFORDERSat Jun 14, 2014Call for a meeting?Alex Vratsanos
RECLINEMon Oct 2, 2017Lie backTrenton Charlson
RHEESSat Sep 16, 1995Former Korean president and familyBryant White
RUGDEALERSat Aug 9, 2008Certain bazaar merchantMark Diehl
SPRINKLERSun Jul 21, 2013Summer lawn sightTracy Bennett
TAXRETURNSSun May 26, 2013Ones going to Washington?Joon Pahk and Jeremy Horwitz
THEMSTHEFACTSFri Mar 1, 2024"That's just how it is!"Julian Xiao
TILTERSun Mar 1, 1998Joust contestantCathy Millhauser
TRAVISKELCETue Sep 24, 2024Kansas City star?Kevin L. Shellito
WASINDECISIVEWed Aug 30, 2006See 17-AcrossKyle Mahowald
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