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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 50,244 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
ANSWERMETHISFri Dec 6, 2019"Here's one for you, smarty-pants"Andrew J. Ries
ARMYLIFESun Nov 20, 2022Private affairs?Joe Deeney
BADRECEPTIONThu Aug 31, 2000Excellent hip-hop affair?Gene Newman
BLACKHOLESSun Nov 9, 2014Extremely attractive bodiesTom McCoy
BUCKEYEMon Mar 7, 2016Ohio State studentDamon Gulczynski
CANOLAOILTue Jun 16, 2015Cooking mediumPeter A. Collins
CAUGHTUNAWARETue Jan 15, 2013BlindsidedPeter A. Collins
CHERRYBOMBSMon Oct 22, 2001Big bang makersDenise Neuendorf
DEADMAILSun Oct 2, 2016It'll never reach its destinationZhouqin Burnikel
GASPLANETSun Sep 12, 2010Heavenly body that humans will never set foot onPaula Gamache
GETANTSYSat May 12, 2012Start to squirmCaleb Madison
GIANTANTEATERSun May 13, 2007*Toothless South American animalJim Page
GODMODEFri Jun 5, 2020State of invincibility enabled by a cheat codeJohn Wrenholt
HAPPILYSat Jan 15, 2011One way to be marriedBarry C. Silk
HEPATICSat Sep 6, 1997Of the liverRich Norris
LOOKEDONSun Sep 30, 2007ObservedKelsey Blakley
LOOKINThu Sep 29, 2005Take a peekSam Bellotto Jr.
NIDUSSat Jan 26, 2002NestMark Diehl
OHDEMSun Oct 20, 1996"___ Golden Slippers"R. Ross
PAPERPROFITSTue Apr 22, 2008Publisher's windfall?Nancy Salomon
PASYSTEMSSat May 29, 2021Lines of communication in schools?Adam Aaronson
POTBOILERThu Oct 4, 2001Fine literature it's notDavid J. Kahn
SEEATTACHEDSat Apr 21, 2018Common two-word emailDaniel Nierenberg
SEVENTEENEIGHTYSun Jan 28, 2001When the American Academy of Arts and Sciences was foundedJim Page
SIXPENCEFri Feb 16, 2001Money in a classic song titleBob Klahn
SOLIDGROUNDMon Aug 3, 2020Firm place to plant your feetEric Bornstein
SPANISHAMERICANFri Jul 15, 2005Like a serapeBrendan Emmett Quigley
SQUALLThu Apr 14, 1994Bad weather for a sailorManny Nosowsky
STOODGUARDSat Oct 29, 2005WatchedJoe DiPietro
STOWITSun Aug 7, 2022"Shut your trap!"Tina Labadie
STRUCTURALSun Jan 3, 2016Like some building damageDavid Woolf
TATTOOPARLORSun Jul 20, 2025Sticking point?Michael Schlossberg
TEACANISTERSat Jul 17, 2010Its contents may get strainedMark Diehl
TEACHINSun Feb 25, 2024Educational forumScott Hogan and Katie Hale
THESTATENISLANDFERRYSun Nov 6, 2005Free service started in 1905Elizabeth C. Gorski
TOBLAMESat Jun 18, 1994CulpableRandolph Ross
TOEACHHISOWNThu Dec 31, 2009"Different strokes for different folks"Frank Longo
UPREARTue Aug 19, 2014ErectSam Buchbinder
WHEREUNTOSat Jan 28, 2006For what purposeDana Motley
WINECAVEFri Oct 21, 2022Place to store some barrelsRafael Musa
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