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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 50,408 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
ACTSALONEFri Sep 14, 2007Doesn't support a conspiracy theory?John Farmer
AMANAPLANACANALPANAMASun Jan 12, 2014*Fab "backward-gram" à la "Sam, aha! Bahamas!"Andrew Chaikin
BECOMEANGRYThu Oct 26, 2006See 1-DownTodd McClary and Dave Tuller
COFFEEURNSat Apr 23, 2022Joe carter?Matthew Stock
DELEGATEESun Sep 1, 2024Task recipientChandi Deitmer and Matthew Stock
DIESELELECTRICSat Nov 30, 2002Like some locomotivesJim Page
ECARWed Sep 18, 2013Green vehicle, brieflyPaul Hunsberger
EYEBLACKThu Sep 8, 2016Football player's applicationJoanne Sullivan
GAUZYTue Sep 28, 2021Like many bridal veilsMeghan Morris
GOOGLEHOMESat Jun 15, 2019Voice-activated smart speaker introduced in 2016Ryan McCarty
GROENINGFri Aug 12, 2011Creator of "The Simpsons"Julian Lim
HIGHASSat Oct 8, 200598 and 99, typicallyByron Walden
HITCOUNTERSun Sep 30, 2018Website feature resembling an odometerNatan Last
HUEANDCRYMon Apr 29, 2024Public uproar ... or a phonetic hint to the two words in 17-, 28- and 48-Across?Tom Locke
HYPEUPFri Apr 9, 2021BallyhooJamey Smith
INSTAGRAMMERSun Sep 3, 2017*Certain photo posterAndrew Zhou
INTHEHEIGHTSFri Apr 2, 2021Tony-winning musical written by Lin-Manuel Miranda during his second year of collegeKyra Wilson and Sophia Maymudes
JOSEJIMENEZSat Jan 8, 2011He pitched a no-hitter in 1999Will Nediger
KICKEDINFri May 19, 2017Started to workMatthew Sewell
LURCHESSat Jan 26, 2008ReelsKaren M. Tracey
MELIKESun Aug 2, 2015Informal approvalMatt Ginsberg
MINORPROBLEMWed Jan 8, 2025HiccupLaura Dershewitz
MONSOONSEASONTue Sep 16, 2014June to September, in IndiaGary Cee
MOTHERDUCKThu Mar 22, 2018One with a lot of followers?Ross Trudeau
NEWSDESKSFri Nov 18, 2016Anchors' localesPeter Wentz
NOMAKEUPMAKEUPFri Feb 24, 2023Discreet look?Margaret Seikel and Sophia Maymudes
OBAMABIDENSat Apr 9, 2022First winning presidential ticket to alternate vowels and consonantsSam Buchbinder
OUTOFTOUCHSat Jan 7, 2023Living under a rock, sayAdam Aaronson
PADDEDENVELOPESun Mar 30, 2008Protective mailerPaula Gamache
PLOWSINTOSun Apr 16, 2017Collides hard withTimothy Polin
POTALESat May 19, 2001Residue left after alcohol has been distilledDana Motley
SHOOTINGRANGEThu Aug 15, 2002Photo session at a farm?Manny Nosowsky
SLIMIESTSat Jan 20, 2007Most vileHarvey Estes
SOTHEBYWed Apr 15, 2015Auction house eponymJoel Fagliano
TACOBARSFri Jun 16, 2023Shell stations?Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
TRUNKINGSun Jan 30, 2005Link aggregation, in computingDerrick Niederman
TUESDAYSCHILDSun Sep 3, 1995One full of graceErnie Furtado
UNNEARSun May 8, 1994Not close, onceRalph G. Beaman
VAULTINGThu May 10, 2018Springing overCaitlin Reid
WAYNEMANORFri Oct 1, 2021Fictional home with a secret basementJim Horne and Jeff Chen
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