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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 50,301 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
ARSMAGNAWed Nov 1, 20231545 treatise whose rearranged letters aptly suggest 17-, 26-, 44- and 59-AcrossSteve Weyer
BITMAPSFri Mar 17, 2023Alternatives to GIFsCarter Cobb
CADENZASMon Dec 22, 2003Aria flourishesJoy C. Frank
CONCEDINGDEFEATSun Oct 12, 2025Waving the white flag, so to speakMichael Schlossberg
COUSYMon May 13, 1996Basketball great BobS. L. Robbins
CUBANCIGARSat Aug 9, 2014Bolívar, Cohiba or Juan LópezJosh Knapp
CWMThu Sep 16, 1999Welsh valleyBill Ballard
DIALMFORMURDERTue Aug 2, 19941954 Hitchcock hitArthur S. Verdesca
DIVIDEDCAPITALSThu Nov 3, 2005Title for this puzzleByron Walden
DORSOSun Mar 24, 1996Prefix with lateralJ. K. Brill
EVENASWESPEAKSat Dec 10, 2005NowHenry Hook
GASGIANTMon Mar 20, 2017ExxonMobil?Neil deGrasse Tyson and Andrea Carla Michaels
GORDITASun Jan 3, 2021Stuffed and fried cornmeal pocket, in Mexican cuisinePaolo Pasco
GRIZZLYWed Sep 8, 2010Yellowstone sightingTracy Gray
GROSSPROFITSat Nov 1, 201433 - 21Trip Payne
HIGHSPOTFri Feb 6, 2009ClimaxFrederick J. Healy
IGNOBLYFri Apr 11, 2003In a churlish mannerElizabeth C. Gorski
INAUGURALSSat Apr 26, 2014Office addresses?Evan Birnholz
MARINESUBTue Dec 28, 2010Military sandwich?Robert A. Doll
MILKFARMSat Jul 19, 1997DairyRobert H. Wolfe
PRANCERSMon Apr 9, 2007Lively horsesJ. K. Hummel
PREWWISun Oct 27, 2013Like the time of Franz Ferdinand's reignBrendan Emmett Quigley
RAPINISun Oct 12, 2014Broccoli-like vegetablePawel Fludzinski
RVINGWed Apr 1, 2020Enjoying the great outdoors ... indoorsJohn Ficarra and Patrick Merrell
SECONDHONEYMOONMon Oct 21, 2019Romantic getaway for a married coupleJoe Deeney
SETTINGFREESat Jun 10, 2023LiberatingJohn Hawksley
SHOEREPAIRThu Jul 9, 2009HOSE?Ashish Vengsarkar
SHREDDEDWHEATWed Feb 5, 2014Breakfast cereal ... or a hint to what's found in the answers to the four starred clues?Tracy Gray
SOFTSPOTFri Jul 9, 2021Charming vulnerabilityRobyn Weintraub
SPHAGNUMMon Jun 2, 1997Moss for potting plantsGregory E. Paul
STAFFENTRANCEFri Apr 26, 2002Door that is not for visitorsManny Nosowsky
SWEATSHOPSSat Jan 29, 2011Much of New York's Garment District, onceNed White
SWIPERFri Mar 28, 2008Person liftingBarry C. Silk
TAKETHEFALLFri Aug 1, 2014Be a patsyAshton Anderson and James Mulhern
TOKILLAMOCKINGBIRDSun Mar 20, 2011Chick lit book #5 (1960)Brendan Emmett Quigley
TRYBEFOREYOUBUYMon Mar 29, 1999Advice for the impulsive consumerBill Ballard
TURNTOMUSHFri Jun 27, 2008Get all sentimentalBrad Wilber
WEDDINGCHAPELSun Jan 1, 2017Hitching post?Matthew Sewell
WINDOWSHADEThu Sep 18, 2008[See circles]Mike Nothnagel
WOREDOWNFri Feb 18, 2022Nagged and nagged and naggedAimee Lucido
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