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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 50,251 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
ACASEOFTHEBLUESMon Nov 3, 2003Out of sorts feeling (and a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 49- and 59-Across)Marjorie Berg
ALCINAWed Apr 8, 1998Handel operaNancy S. Ross
ANYLUCKTue Jan 15, 2019"Were you successful at all?"Samuel A. Donaldson
ARMPADSTue Nov 12, 2024Certain lacrosse gearAvery Gee Katz and Aaron Gee
AUSTINTEXASSat Jun 4, 2005Capital on the ColoradoByron Walden
BALDTIRESSat May 1, 2021They're worn on the roadRyan McCarty
BASELYFri Jun 13, 2014In a vulgar wayDavid Steinberg
BATROPEFri Apr 15, 2016Gotham building-climbing toolDavid Steinberg
BAYOFBISCAYThu Jul 5, 2018Outlet for the LoireRandolph Ross
BEDLAMPTue Apr 27, 2010It's found on a nightstandOliver Hill
BULLRUNMon Apr 2, 2012Virginia site of two Civil War battlesLynn Lempel
CARDINALNUMBERSWed May 7, 2008Musial's 6 and Gibson's 45?Richard Silvestri
COSMICDUSTSat Sep 8, 2001Nebula compositionJim Page
DILATEDFri May 27, 2011Like some pupilsAshton Anderson
DITMARSSun Dec 7, 2008Queens neighborhood near La GuardiaJim Page
EATINGATTue Jun 6, 2006Bothering badlyBarry C. Silk
EQUIVOCATEFri Dec 24, 1999WeaselBrendan Emmett Quigley
EYESTONESun Oct 9, 1994Ophthalmologist's implementBryant White
GLACIALDRIFTFri Dec 15, 2017Rock moved by iceJacob Stulberg
INLINEFORSat Apr 21, 2007DueByron Walden
ISTHATALLTHEREISFri May 10, 2013"What, no more?"Derek Bowman
LABORATORYMon Mar 3, 2003Dr. Frankenstein's workplacePatrick Merrell
LICKINGSun Jun 27, 2010RoutMichael J. Doran
LISASIMPSONSat Jul 11, 2015TV character who said "I learned that beneath my goody two shoes lie some very dark socks"Joe DiPietro
MIDSFri Nov 3, 2017Naval Academy students, informallyKameron Austin Collins and Brendan Emmett Quigley
NEWSIESTFri Apr 26, 2002Like the best letters from homeManny Nosowsky
OCTOPODSSun Jul 14, 1996Paper nautilus and othersJ. Schmalzbach
OPPOSERSat Jan 7, 2006AntiJim Hyres
PLAYERSCLUBSat Jul 31, 20041998 Ice Cube film, with "The"Byron Walden
PLUNGEINThu Jan 24, 2002Begin impetuouslyBrendan Emmett Quigley
POLITICALARENASFri Mar 11, 2011Fields in which 6-Acrosses are foundMartin Ashwood-Smith
PREQUELSSat Dec 11, 2021Some origin storiesHal Moore
SKYETERRIERFri Nov 21, 2008Scottish dog breedPatrick Berry
SLURPEESFri Jun 29, 20187-Eleven treatsDavid Steinberg
SNOWYOWLSFri Oct 19, 2018Official birds of QuebecTrenton Charlson
TEALGREENSun Apr 25, 2021Shade similar to verdigrisJeremy Newton
TOTALITYWed Jul 2, 1997WholenessRichard Hughes
URUGUAYSat Jun 1, 2024Smallest country ever to win the FIFA World CupEric Warren
WARANDPEACEWed Feb 1, 2012Classic novel of 1,000+ pages ... or a hint to the word ladder formed by the answers to the starred cluesElizabeth C. Gorski
YEAROFTHEPIGSun Jun 16, 20192019, zodiacallyJoel Fagliano
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