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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 50,376 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
ABOVETHEFRAYSat Dec 17, 2022Not getting involved in any nastinessChristina Iverson and Tom Pepper
ACIDTABMon Sep 30, 2024Dose for an LSD tripAlexander Liebeskind
AWIDEFri Dec 31, 1993Cut____swathNorman S. Wizer
BARCLAYSun Jun 4, 2000British banking nameMartin Schneider
BEARMARKETSSun Sep 11, 1994Where some N.F.L.ers shop?Louis Sabin
BENDINGANELBOWMon May 6, 2002Having drinksPeter Gordon
BLOOMBERGSat Nov 8, 2014Notable switcher from Democrat to Republican to IndependentBarry C. Silk
BODINGSat Jan 14, 2012OminousMark Diehl
BOXELDERWed Feb 5, 2003Tree of the maple familyRon O'Hair
CARPALTUNNELSWed Jun 14, 2006Body parts never driven throughLisa Wiseman
CHACHACHAFri Jan 20, 2012Dance trio?Patrick Berry
CHANGEDONESMINDMon May 25, 2020Decided otherwise ... or a hint to the four sets of circled lettersAndrea Carla Michaels and Victor Barocas
COMESUPONFri May 17, 2002FindsJoe DiPietro
EMPTILYSat May 3, 2008How one might stare into spacePatrick Berry
EWANMCGREGORWed May 23, 2012Player of 36-/39-AcrossEric Williams
GOLDBERGSun Oct 21, 2012Secretary of labor who became a Supreme Court justiceCaleb Rasmussen
HAORISSun Dec 19, 1993Japanese coatsJohn M. Samson
HONORINGSat Jul 15, 2000Eulogist's activityDavid J. Kahn
HOWITZERTue Jul 2, 2002Piece of field artilleryJohn R. Conrad
IFYOUPLEASEThu May 16, 2019Start of a polite requestJeff Chen
LARGESSSun Oct 30, 1994GiftsR. M. Hopkins
LETITLOOSESat Feb 16, 2013Triple-platinum Gloria Estefan album with "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You"Michael Ashley
LITTLEDEVILSThu Oct 9, 2008Mischief-makers (you'll find seven of them in the answer grid)Doug Peterson
MOONSOFURANUSTue Sep 4, 201262-Across to an astronomerBarry Franklin and Sara Kaplan
OILWAYSun Oct 1, 2006Lubrication channelAshish Vengsarkar
ORCHESTRAPITWed Apr 8, 2015Conductor's placeZhouqin Burnikel
PRUEWed Apr 12, 2023Celebrity chef ___ LeithOlivia Mitra Framke and Brooke Husic
REFUDIATEFri Apr 29, 20112010 coinage meaning "to reject"David Quarfoot
RETRODINERSat Aug 5, 2023Eatery with a 1950s vibe, sayJohn Guzzetta
RUBATOSSat Jul 9, 2022Flexible musical temposKevin G. Der
SAWINGALADYINHALFSun Aug 13, 2017Magic trick performed at 123- and 124-AcrossEric Berlin
SCAREDUPSat Dec 21, 1996Found after some effortF. Piscop
SCENEXIVFri Mar 23, 2018Part of Act 4 of "Antony and Cleopatra" in which Antony attempts suicideErik Agard
SECURITYLINESun Aug 9, 2020*Airport logjamRuth Bloomfield Margolin
SMACKEDUPSat Jan 22, 2005Hit hardByron Walden
TESTFORSat Nov 30, 1996Try to find, in a doctor's officeR. Norris
THESPARKISGONETue Oct 24, 2023Breakup line from Frankenstein's monster?Daniel Grinberg
TRADEOFFSSun Jan 26, 1997Considerations pro and conS. Elliott
ULTRAFASTIDIOUSSat Nov 19, 2016Like neat freaksMary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
WAGONERSSat Jun 18, 1994Mule train driversRandolph Ross
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