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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 50,558 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
AFFIANCEDSun Aug 16, 2015EngagedDon Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel
APALEFri Aug 7, 2009"Behold ___ Horse" (William Cooper book)Manny Nosowsky
BOXOFFICEHITWed Sep 12, 2007SmashAlan Arbesfeld
BRODSat May 22, 2010Kafka confidant MaxWill Nediger
CANNABISOILSun Sep 26, 2021Hempseed productPriyanka Sethy and Matthew Stock
CAUGHTREDHANDEDFri Mar 18, 2005Like an unlucky thiefEd Early
CHAINMANSat Feb 19, 2000Part of a surveying teamRich Norris
CRASSNESSSat Oct 29, 1994VulgarityFrank A. Longo
ELBOWOUTThu Oct 24, 2019Displace by forceMatt Ginsberg
EUCALYPTUSTREESSat Dec 24, 2022Bush growthsTrenton Charlson
FOODPLANSun Apr 25, 2010Nutritional regimenElizabeth C. Gorski
GRAPEFRUITJUICETue Feb 27, 2007Breakfast beverageAllan E. Parrish
HINGEUPONMon Oct 3, 2022Be determined bySarah Sinclair
KLEBANFri Mar 28, 2014"A Chorus Line" lyricist EdDavid J. Kahn
LAMBASTEDFri Oct 4, 1996Raked over the coalsM. Ashwood-Smith
LETBACKINSat Jan 1, 2011See 34-DownMark Diehl
MCCOYSSun May 12, 2019Hatfield hatersVictor Barocas
MOUNTETNASun Jan 24, 2016View from the Gulf of CataniaFrancis Heaney and Brendan Emmett Quigley
NARROWUNDERPASSWed Jun 15, 1994Cautionary signThomas W. Schier
NEWBEATSSat Oct 29, 2011Pop trio with the 1964 hit "Bread and Butter," with "the"Barry C. Silk
NONCOMMUNICABLEThu Aug 18, 2016Sarge's "Sell my city bonds!" telegram?Parker Lewis and Jeff Chen
NOVELTIESMon Oct 15, 2012Neckwear in a work of fiction?Tom Pepper
OPENORDERSat Jul 10, 2004It remains effective until filled or canceledBob Peoples
OPENOUTThu Dec 12, 2013Operate like a fanDavid Steinberg
PAINRELIEVERSFri Apr 29, 2022They promise no hurt feelingsErica Hsiung Wojcik
PANTSROLESun Dec 18, 2022Term for a male opera character played by a womanRyan McCarty
PINERSWed Apr 2, 2003They yearnKelly Clark
PRESALESSun Nov 10, 2019Events for special customersPeter Gordon
PRINTOUTSThu Mar 4, 1999Hard copy pagesCathy Millhauser
RULEOFTHUMBSat Mar 1, 2025Sensible guideRyan Judge
RUSSELLBAKERSun Dec 3, 1995Penning pastry chefMartin Schneider
SALEMORTue Oct 24, 2023State capital north of Sacramento, CADaniel Grinberg
SCENESTEALINGWed Apr 4, 2001One-upmanship on the setAlan Arbesfeld
SEEMINGSat Nov 18, 2023SupposedHoang-Kim Vu
SUAVERThu Apr 24, 1997More urbaneDavid J. Kahn
TINCANTELEPHONEFri Apr 26, 2024Device for an on-line conversation?Matthew Stock and Christina Iverson
TOYCONSat Apr 6, 2024Gathering like Brick Fest Live, informallyByron Walden
TRADEPAPERFri Apr 10, 1998Variety, e.g.Manny Nosowsky
UNLEASHEDFri Sep 12, 2003Let looseSherry O. Blackard
WHEELIESMon Oct 21, 2002Cyclists pop themPeter Sarrett
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