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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 50,695 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
ASENSEOFLOSSFri Oct 15, 1999The bereaved feel itMark Diehl
AVISCARRENTALSun Apr 11, 2004#2 with lotsPatrick Merrell
BEARSWATCHINGTue Jan 30, 2001Has a promising future in a zoo?David J. Kahn
BLEWINSun Dec 5, 1999Showed upJoe DiPietro
BOLTCUTTERSat Jan 11, 2020Tool used on a padlockAndrew J. Ries
BOUNCESThu May 30, 2002EjectsPeter Gordon
CAMBERSSat May 19, 2018Slight upward curves, as in roads or beamsJohn Guzzetta
CHICKENSTOCKThu Dec 15, 2022Five cups, after lengthy simmeringBruce Haight
CLEVELANDBROWNSMon Dec 9, 2019Only N.F.L. team that doesn't have a logo on its helmetsEllis Hay
CONTROLLINGPARTNERSun Apr 25, 1999"Honey, you're wearing THAT?"Joe DiPietro
CRACKEDThu Apr 6, 2006Like the Liberty BellEd Early
DEEPPURPLEWed Apr 8, 2009Group with the 1968 hit "Hush"Joey Weissbrot
DOLLIEDSun Oct 3, 2010Moved on wheels, as a movie cameraDaniel A. Finan
DRYLAWMon May 9, 2011Prohibition of alcohol salesNina Rulon-Miller
EMPIREWAISTFri Oct 2, 2009Dress style that appears to lengthen the bodyBrad Wilber
EUCALYPTUSTREESSat Dec 24, 2022Bush growthsTrenton Charlson
FISCALQUARTERFri May 25, 2007Subject of a financial reportMike Nothnagel
GTCARSTue Jan 2, 2007Sporty wheelsSarah Keller
IPHONESEVENPLUSWed Jul 29, 2020Mobile device that debuted in 2016Amanda Chung and Karl Ni
JEFFERSONOREGONMon Feb 17, 199797352R. Hughes
KEPTQUIETABOUTWed Mar 28, 2018Didn't speak of, as a touchy subjectPeter Gordon
LOWCARDSat May 3, 1997Deuce, e.g.Rich Norris
MAMALEONESTue Nov 15, 2005Classic New York City eaterySarah Keller
MESSAGEBOARDWed Nov 27, 2019Where trolls may lurkMatthew Sewell and Jeff Chen
NORHYMEORREASONThu Aug 9, 2018Q: "Can I write both a poem and an essay?" A: "___"Patrick Merrell
OSLOFJORDSun Oct 14, 2007Body of water seen in Munch's "The Scream"Elizabeth C. Gorski
PAGERANKSat Oct 1, 2011Subject of search engine optimizationDavid Quarfoot
PAYSATTENTIONFri Apr 21, 2006FocusesManny Nosowsky
QUONSETHUTFri Mar 28, 2008W.W. II shelterBarry C. Silk
RELOCKSFri Apr 18, 1997Bolts overMartin Ashwood-Smith
RESETTLEMENTSun Aug 18, 2024Vital component of the global refugee processRebecca Goldstein and Will Nediger
SIGHSOFRELIEFMon Dec 16, 2002"Ahhh" and "Whew, that was close!"Jim Hyres
SMOOCHINGSun Aug 14, 1994Some amorousnessDeborah Kathryn Trombley
SURREALISTSun Sep 23, 2018How 122-Across is usually describedAndrew Zhou
TENLEGSSun Sep 22, 2013What lobsters and crabs haveMike Selinker
THEPRINCEANDTHEPAUPERSun Dec 1, 1996Mark Twain novel whose plot is encapsulated in this puzzleD. J. Kahn
TOPOTHEMORNINThu Jan 19, 2017Cork opener?Jacob Stulberg
WHISKERWed Dec 18, 1996Narrow margin of victoryM. W. Perry
WRITESTOSat Oct 20, 2012E-mails, e.g.Ned White
WRITEUPFri Mar 30, 2001Newspaper reportManny Nosowsky
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