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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 50,584 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
ALLALONGSat May 18, 2019The whole timeAndy Kravis and Erik Agard
ALOPECIASun Jul 4, 2021Hair lossHoward Barkin
BADBOUNCESat Oct 24, 2020Challenge for an infielderByron Walden
BECURLSSat Nov 19, 1994Makes rings in the hairBrett Blaylock
BLUSHPINKFri Jul 19, 2019Rosy shade of makeupPeter Wentz
BRONZESKINMon Jan 7, 2013Result of tanningJim Peredo
DOUBLEDECKERSun May 4, 2014Classic London transportMary Lou Guizzo
DOUNTOOTHERSThu Sep 14, 2017With 37-Across, start of an ethical ruleJohn Guzzetta
DUCHESSOFCORNWALLThu Aug 23, 2018Title for Prince Charles's CamillaKyle Dolan
DUCTTAPEDSun Sep 22, 2024Held together in a makeshift wayJeremy Newton and Tracy Gray
FARDISTANTPLACEThu Mar 5, 2009What the Athabaskan word for the beginning of 33-Across meansDavid J. Kahn
FUELERWed Oct 12, 1994Gas station attendantGregory E. Paul
GAINSTSat Dec 17, 1994Opposed to, poeticallyChuck Deodene
GANGUPONFri Jun 25, 2021Band together againstScott Earl
INAPTLYSun Aug 13, 2006How 265-pound football Hall-of-Famer Larry Little was named?Derrick Niederman
INSERTCOINMon Apr 22, 2019Arcade game instruction before playingBruce Haight
JEUXWed Mar 20, 2013___ d'esprit (witticisms)Raymond C. Young
LASAGNASSun Jul 6, 1997Pasta dishesRobert H. Wolfe
LIFESIZEDMon Dec 1, 2008Not reduced, as some illustrationsEric J. Platt
LIONHUNTERWed Jun 9, 2021Hercules on his first labor, or Hemingway on safariByron Walden
LOVEINAMISTSun Dec 14, 2008Flower typically given to Neeson?Trip Payne
MADSCENESat Oct 28, 2000"Lucia di Lammermoor" featureElizabeth C. Gorski
MAGNETOSSat Apr 30, 2016Alternators in some internal-combustion enginesMark Diehl
MAKEUPEXAMFri May 4, 201238-Down's second chanceBarry C. Silk
MISSTHETARGETWed Sep 16, 2015"Welcome to the mall! Make sure you don't ___"Joel Fagliano and Finn Vigeland
MYHUMPSSat Dec 12, 2015Grammy-winning hit that begins "Whatcha gon' do with all that junk"Byron Walden
NOCTISun Aug 16, 1998Night: PrefixBrendan Emmett Quigley
NONOTESFri Oct 18, 2024"That was perfect — I don't have any feedback"Jesse Cohn
NOTPICTUREDSun May 19, 2024Caption for an absent student, sayChristina Iverson and Katie Hale
NYMPHETMon Jul 11, 1994LolitaSidney L. Robbins
OBSESSIONSSat Dec 27, 2008Hard drives?Karen M. Tracey
OHSun May 11, 2014"No kidding!"Peter A. Collins
OLDAGEPENSIONERFri Sep 5, 2014Elderly person on a fixed incomeJoe Krozel
PUNCHCARDBALLOTTue Nov 2, 2004Obsolescent election itemPatrick Merrell
SKATEKEYSSat May 4, 2013Quaint toe clamp tightenersDoug Peterson and Brad Wilber
SOPORIFICThu Aug 21, 2014Sleep-inducingJules P. Markey
SWINGFORITFri May 3, 2013Be hanged after a crimeDavid Kwong
TUMBRELFri Sep 9, 1994Farmer's tipcartBob Klahn
WARDRAMAWed Nov 23, 2022"Patton" or "Platoon"Erica Hsiung Wojcik and Matthew Stock
WARTOENDALLWARSWed Feb 12, 2020Overly optimistic 1910s appellationRich Proulx
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