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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 50,423 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
ALICIASSat Feb 11, 2012Keys and MarkovaJoe Krozel
BABYBJORNFri Sep 30, 2016Swedish-based maker of infant carriersJames Mulhern
BESTREWSat Jun 22, 2024Cover with scattered objectsHoang-Kim Vu
CAMPUSMAPSat Sep 15, 2018Admissions might give one awayDavid Liben-Nowell
CANOEPOLOFri Mar 28, 2025Hybrid team sport that uses kayaksZhouqin Burnikel
CASELOADSTue Aug 21, 2007Social workers' workTom Heilman
CHRISTINASun Mar 13, 2005Garbo film "Queen ___"Patrick Merrell
CLEARFORTAKEOFFMon Mar 30, 2015Give the go-ahead from the control towerBruce Haight
COLLODISat Jun 28, 1997Carlo ___, creator of PinocchioBob Klahn
COPSHOWMon Sep 30, 2013*"NYPD Blue" or "Miami Vice"Ian Livengood
DONITZSun Nov 1, 1998German war admiral KarlRobert Malinow
EVEROTue Mar 22, 1994"It's true," in TorinoStephanie Spadaccini
EXHAUSTIVEMon Aug 24, 2015Leaving no stone unturnedLynn Lempel
FRESHERMon Feb 6, 2023Higher on the Rotten Tomatoes rating scaleTaylor Johnson
FRIGHTWIGFri Jan 1, 2010Clown's over-the-top topperBrad Wilber
FULLSCALEWed Sep 25, 2024Life-size ... or a hint to this puzzle's themePeter Gordon
HADAHEARTThu Feb 14, 2008Was sympatheticDavid J. Kahn
HASASHORTFUSEMon Jan 30, 1995Is easily riledErnie Furtado
HONKYTONKSFri Feb 17, 2017DivesDavid Steinberg
ICANEXPLAINSat Jun 11, 2016"Hear me out"Andrew Kingsley
INSTASSun Aug 13, 2023Photo-sharing social media accounts, for shortManaal Mohammed
JAWINGSat Dec 12, 2015GossipingByron Walden
JIMMIECRACKCORNMon Jun 3, 2002Repeated lyric in a children's songGregory E. Paul
MEALTICKETWed Mar 30, 2016Source of incomeAndrew Reynolds
MEEDSSun Aug 27, 1995Old-fashioned rewardsMartin Schneider
MIDDLEEARTHTue Oct 22, 2013"The Lord of the Rings" setting ... or a feature of 17-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across?Kevan Choset
PAPERTRAINEDMon Dec 19, 2022Like a puppy who's learned where to "go"Jennifer Nutt
RANARMSSat Feb 1, 2020Smuggled weaponryMark Diehl
RICEKRISPIESBOXMon Dec 16, 2019*Container for a Kellogg's cerealHoward Barkin and Kevin Christian
ROOMDIVIDERSun Oct 7, 2018Screen or partition ...Tom McCoy
SALPAFri May 19, 2000Marine creature with a transparent, saclike bodyMartin Ashwood-Smith
SANDBLASTEDFri Dec 23, 1994Cleaned, in a wayFrank A. Longo
STOCKSANDSHARESFri Feb 24, 2012Paper assetsPatrick Berry
STRATAGEMSun Jun 20, 2004TrickManny Nosowsky
TIMECARDSat Dec 7, 1996It gets punchedR. H. Burns
TRADETALKSSat Dec 15, 2018Attempts to remove some barriersErik Agard
UNDERMINEDThu Nov 5, 1998Sabotaged, in a wayNancy Salomon
VELOCIRAPTORMon Apr 4, 2022Dinosaur whose name means "swift seizer"Derek J. Angell
WOODCARVERSun Jan 9, 2000Grant & George Washington's favorite artisan?Charles M. Deber
YADDAYADDAYADDAFri Dec 31, 2004"And I'll skip the boring part"David Quarfoot
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