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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 50,422 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
ASHTONSTue Jun 7, 2016Actor Kutcher and othersPeter A. Collins
BLACKHILLSSat Feb 10, 2024Home to the Crazy Horse MemorialZhouqin Burnikel
BOXINGDAYMon Dec 26, 2016Present time in England? ... or a hint to each set of shaded squaresJules P. Markey
CONTINUAFri Jul 19, 2002Connected sets of points, in mathElizabeth C. Gorski
CRENELSun Dec 2, 2018Opening in a battlementPaul Coulter
DAGUERREOTYPESun Mar 5, 2017Picture displayed on a [circled letters] surfaceTimothy Polin
DEGREELESSSat Mar 6, 1999Like a dropoutFred Piscop
DISLIKEDSun May 26, 2024Gave a thumbs-downJohn Kugelman
ENUNCIATIONThu Jul 5, 2018Clear speakingRandolph Ross
EQUIPPINGWed Mar 22, 2000What makes people write LOL?Richard Silvestri
EXACTERThu May 7, 1998More accurateEd Pegg Jr.
EXPWYTue Mar 13, 2007Multilane rte.Holden Baker
HANDBEATENSat Apr 11, 2015Like some rugs and egg whitesMartin Ashwood-Smith
HAYMOWTue Mar 25, 1997Upper part of a barnBrendan Emmett Quigley
JUSTAPHASEMon Aug 3, 2020The terrible twos, e.g. (one hopes!) ... or the start of 17-, 22-, 36- or 45-Across?Eric Bornstein
LEEKRASNERFri Jul 22, 2016Abstract Expressionist who married Jackson PollockMartin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany
LEFTSIDEWed Nov 23, 2022What "port" is on a shipErica Hsiung Wojcik and Matthew Stock
LITERARYCIRCLESMon Dec 11, 2000What 20-, 39- and 56-Across might travel inMyles Callum
NBOMBFri Jul 30, 2004Certain W.M.D.Manny Nosowsky
OBSCENEGESTURESSat Jan 11, 2014They're usually pixelated on TVMartin Ashwood-Smith
POTTAGESTue Jan 26, 2021Thick soupsPeter Gordon
PROVINCETOWNWed Aug 31, 1994_____ Players (theater group)Christopher Hurt
QUICKIEFri Oct 26, 2012Rush jobPeter A. Collins
REPLAYEDSun Feb 15, 2004Shown againDerrick Niederman
RUNSFORPRESIDENTSun Feb 17, 2002White House softball team stat?Joe DiPietro
SAYAGAINSat Apr 13, 2024"Huh?"Jess Rucks
SCINTILLAEFri Feb 12, 1999Slightest tracesJoe DiPietro
SNIDEREMARKSun Dec 15, 2013[See above]Jeff Chen
STANDINAROWSat Mar 13, 2010Line upTyler Hinman and Byron Walden
STUCKONONESELFMon Mar 13, 2006VainBernice Gordon
SUBWAYSFri Aug 1, 1997TubesGerald R. Ferguson
SWOOPSSun Dec 28, 1997Attack movesMatt Gaffney
THEHOTLBALTIMORESun Aug 18, 20191973 play featuring a sign with a burned-out "E"David Steinberg
THERAFLUThu Feb 4, 2016Cold war weapon?Jeff Chen
TRIOLETSSun Aug 13, 2017Eight-line poemsEric Berlin
TRUSTABLESat Dec 6, 2003Not at all shadyCraig Kasper
TRYITONSat Nov 17, 2001Haberdasher's suggestionBob Peoples
UNCISun Mar 29, 2009Hook-shaped parts of brainsElizabeth C. Gorski
UNREQUITEDFri Sep 17, 2010Like some loveJonah Kagan, Brown University '13
WARMEDALSun Jul 29, 2012Veteran's awardKevin G. Der
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