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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 50,654 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
AMERICANIZETue Nov 14, 2000Convert to McDonald's, the Gap, etc.Brendan Emmett Quigley
ASGENTLEASALAMBFri Jun 5, 2009Totally benignMartin Ashwood-Smith
BEAMYFri Mar 26, 2010RadiantHenry Hook
CANDELAFri Sep 13, 2002Unit of luminous intensityMel Rosen
CANONICALSat Apr 29, 1995_____ hour (prayer time)Fred Piscop
CATCHFORTYWINKSWed Mar 29, 1995What an insomniac would like to do, minimallyManny Nosowsky
CELLARDOORSSun Nov 19, 2000... Mrs. Herr decided she'd ___ albumsCathy Millhauser
CONNECTSTHEDOTSThu Nov 24, 2022Begins to see a patternPao Roy
DWISSun Aug 9, 2020Bad things on motorists' records, for shortRuth Bloomfield Margolin
ENSLAVESSun May 22, 1994FettersRandolph Ross
FLACONSun Aug 6, 2006Perfume bottleMark Feldman
FTWAYNEINSat Jan 15, 2005Home of the Univ. of St. FrancisEd Early
GIVEANDGOFri Mar 29, 2013Offensive play in 35-/40-AcrossJosh Knapp
INFORMALTALKSSun Feb 19, 2012Unofficial discussionsJames F. C. Burns
IRISHJIGSSat Aug 22, 2015Spring performances?Barry C. Silk
JOETHEBARTENDERTue May 16, 1995Comedy sketch with 44 AcrossDavid J. Kahn
LEJEUNESat Jul 15, 1995Camp _____, N.C.Rand H. Burns
LOSTWEEKENDSun Mar 31, 20131945 Best Picture winner, with "The"Caleb Madison
MIDDLEWATCHThu Dec 15, 2011Midnight to 4 a.m., at seaJim Hilger
OMENEDSun May 29, 2005See 13-DownFrank Longo
OPERAHATSSat Oct 27, 2012Some magicians' gearJoon Pahk
PERJUREDThu Jun 20, 2002Like some trial testimonySteve Jones
POKERPROSSat May 22, 2021Aces with aces?Sid Sivakumar and Matthew Stock
PRETAMANGERMon May 6, 2019Sandwich chain whose name is French for "ready to eat"Peter Gordon
PREWEBSun Apr 24, 2022Like pioneering search engines of the 1980sSam Ezersky
PROVISORYSat Dec 28, 1996ConditionalN. Joline
REDUCETOTEARSThu Jul 2, 1998Make cryPat M. Hugel
REHEARSINGWed Dec 11, 2024Doing a musical read-throughKathy Bloomer and Jeff Chen
SUGARRAYLEONARDSat Sep 6, 2003Boxing legendDavid J. Kahn
SWEETENEDTHEPOTMon Apr 17, 1995Upped the stakesKenneth Witte
SWIPEADEBITCARDWed May 1, 2002Pay, in a modern waySteve Jones
THEMIRACLESSat Dec 15, 2001"You've Really Got a Hold on Me" singersFrank A. Longo
THERASCALSSat Nov 20, 2010Group whose 1968 album "Time Peace" was #1Joe DiPietro
TIDIESUPFri Jan 31, 2014Sets things straightChris A. McGlothlin
TOOTLEDFri Nov 3, 1995Played the fluteDavid J. Kahn
TRUMPUPSun Mar 26, 2006FabricatePatrick Berry
UNPAVEDWed Aug 5, 2015Just dirt, sayPatrick Berry
VELVETFOGMon Jul 11, 2005Mel Torme's sobriquet, with "the"Janice M. Putney
WEBFOOTFri Nov 7, 2014Penguin partPatrick Berry
WINECAVEFri Oct 21, 2022Place to store some barrelsRafael Musa
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