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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 50,012 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
AIROFFENSIVEThu Oct 29, 2009Series of sortiesJoe Krozel
AKIRAKUROSAWAFri Mar 5, 2021"Stray Dog" director, 1949Sridhar Bhagavathula
ANDYDUFRESNESun Sep 22, 2024Lead role in 3-Down/6-DownJeremy Newton and Tracy Gray
APTIVASun Dec 13, 2009I.B.M. computer of the 1990sMike Shenk
BATHERSSat Jan 18, 1997Subject of a Cezanne seriesD. Niles
BAWLERSFri Oct 20, 2006CrybabiesEd Early
BETTERYOUTHANMEFri Aug 23, 2019"Glad I didn't have to deal with that!"Evan Mahnken
BOSWELLThu Apr 21, 1994Dr. Johnson's biographerTimothy S. Lewis
COVEREDMon Oct 26, 2009Having insuranceMike Nothnagel
DCLIVSun Jun 8, 1997Year St. Eugene became PopeRichard Silvestri
DRYMARTINISSat Jul 9, 2005Clear ordersPatrick Berry
DUDEUPFri May 25, 2012Get dressed for a party, sayBrendan Emmett Quigley
EMPTIESFri Jul 15, 2016Recycling bin fillMatt Ginsberg
FRISKEDSun Sep 5, 1999Checked for heatElizabeth C. Gorski
FRONTPAGENEWSSun Jan 19, 2020Big storyVictor Barocas
GROWFERVENTFri Jun 16, 1995EnthuseThomas W. Schier
GUMLINESWed Feb 23, 2022Teeth disappear under themRose Conlon
ICOSIFri Jun 16, 1995Twenty: PrefixThomas W. Schier
INTHEBIGHOUSEWed Aug 5, 2015"I merely bought myself a McMansion, and now I'm ___!"Patrick Berry
JESSICAFLETCHERThu Nov 1, 2012With 67- & 69-Across, role that garnered 12 consecutive unsuccessful Emmy nominations, 1985-96George Barany and Victor Barocas
NILEBASINSun Jan 2, 2011About 10% of AfricaDavid Levinson Wilk
OUTEREDGESTue Jan 5, 2010*RimsC. W. Stewart
PARADOXICALPAIRThu Mar 31, 20053- and 9-Down, e.g.David Liben-Nowell
PASTELSHADEWed Aug 3, 2022Hue such as pale mint or lilacDaniel Bodily
PITMANFri Mar 25, 2011Coal minerMike Nothnagel
PLATELETCOUNTSat Jul 30, 2016Hematologist's measureLily Silverstein
PLAYGOERSFri May 31, 2002Theater audiencePatrick Berry
POLISHESOFFWed Mar 28, 2001DevoursElizabeth C. Gorski
POLISHJOKETue Nov 27, 2007What a comedian might do before going onstage?Julie Ann Bowling
RESTAFFSat Jan 2, 2010Fill positions differentlyRobert H. Wolfe
SANANSELMOSat Aug 5, 1995City north of the Golden Gate BridgeFrank A. Longo
SCABBARDSSun Sep 12, 2004Sword bearersPatrick Berry
SHORTRUNThu Aug 11, 2005Near futureMichael Shteyman
SWITCHJOBSThu Mar 10, 2022Change careers, or a hint to this puzzle's themeJohn Westwig
TABLOIDTVSat Feb 24, 2007Sensational news formatByron Walden
TAKETHEFALLFri Aug 1, 2014Be a patsyAshton Anderson and James Mulhern
TIEFIGHTERFri May 11, 2012Craft in a "Star Wars" battle sceneNatan Last
VICSTue Sep 11, 2012Trader ___Kenneth Leeser
WENTTOITSat Oct 13, 2018Got crackingKevin G. Der
WINEMAKERFri Mar 16, 2018Port authority?Robyn Weintraub
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