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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 50,561 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
ACQUIREDFri Apr 13, 2018With 12-Down, blue cheese and black coffee, typicallyJoe Krozel
ALIENCONTACTSun Jul 17, 2016... about the search for extraterrestrial life?Jerry Miccolis
BRITANNICAFri Nov 25, 2016Pax ___ (century preceding W.W. I)Patrick Berry
CATENATEDSat Oct 29, 1994Linked in a seriesFrank A. Longo
CHEAPTHRILLFri Feb 10, 2023Something simple done for pleasureKavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris
CITYLINEWed Jan 6, 2016Place for a "Welcome to" signJules P. Markey
CONDOMSat Oct 7, 2017Item in a health class demonstrationByron Walden
DAVIDSONTue Oct 23, 2001College near CharlotteLeonard Williams
DIAZEPAMSat Jun 9, 2007Valium, genericallyKaren M. Tracey
DRFRANKENSTEINFri Mar 26, 2010Famous body builder?Henry Hook
FORDFOUNDATIONWed Jan 21, 1998Arts supporterElizabeth C. Gorski
FUELSSPECULATIONSun Mar 24, 2024Oil futures?John Kugelman
GATECRASHFri Sep 23, 2022Pretend to know the host, sayErik Agard
GETHOOKEDUPTue Jun 9, 2020Join (with)Freddie Cheng
HITTINGTHESKIDSTue Mar 26, 2002Descending into ruinNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
JELLIEDEELMon Mar 7, 2022*Traditional English pub order of fish in a set stockSam Acker
KINGDOMSSun Dec 17, 2000Parts of Middle EarthFrances Hansen
LINAGESThu Sep 5, 2019Measures of newspaper ad spaceAlex Eaton-Salners
LITERALISTSat Jul 5, 2025Rigid sort of interpreterTracy Bennett
LIVEONTAPEFri Nov 30, 2007PrerecordedHenry Hook
LOCALTIMEMon Mar 31, 2025Standard announcement of a pilot upon landingRyan Mathiason
MOLLYBROWNSun Mar 11, 2012See 33-AcrossVictor Fleming and John Dunn
MOVIEFLOPThu Nov 25, 2004Turkey, to a criticNancy Salomon and Earl W. Reed
OSCARWAOFri Nov 15, 2013Novel title character with a "brief, wondrous life"David Woolf
PEDAGOGSun Aug 3, 2008Teacher: Var.Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel
QUICKBREADMon Jan 24, 2022It doesn't need time to rise before bakingJohn Guzzetta
RADIATIONLEVELSSat May 8, 2010Counter measures?Mark Diehl
REMITTEDSat Dec 13, 1997Eased upRichard Silvestri
SCRUBLANDSWed Aug 28, 1996Wild expanseF. Heaney
SEASIDECOTTAGETue Jul 1, 2003Summer retreatKaren M. Tracey
SKYSCAPESun Nov 14, 2010Picture that shows you what's up?Patrick Berry
SORTESun Jan 15, 1995French kindErnie Furtado
SPACIERTue May 24, 2022More likely to daydream, sayElla Dershowitz
SPICATEThu Aug 1, 2002Like ears of grainWilliam I. Johnston
STICKYSITUATIONSat Nov 14, 2020PredicamentEmily Carroll and Erik Agard
TABLEORBOOTHSun Jul 27, 2003Restaurant options #6Michael Grudzielanek
TENPLYFri May 5, 2006Like some heavy-duty tiresManny Nosowsky
THEFULLMONTYTue Apr 27, 20041997 steelworkers-turned-dancers filmJanet R. Bender
UTDALLASThu Aug 27, 2015Educational institution near Plano, informallyJoon Pahk
YOUWONTREGRETITFri Aug 11, 2023"Trust me, this is the right call"John-Clark Levin
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