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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 50,440 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
AMELIABLOOMERThu Aug 26, 200419th-century dress reformer who advocated 20-AcrossStella Daily and Bruce Venzke
AREOMETRICSun Jun 4, 1995Of a liquid's specific gravityBryant White
AVISESFri Sep 3, 1999Some rentalsDavid J. Kahn
BLACKFORESTHAMSun Mar 12, 2023German deli meat / DiscussionDavid Tuffs
BORAHSun Jan 30, 1994Maverick Idaho SenatorAlex K. Justin
BOUGHSMon Nov 30, 2009Tree branchesOliver Hill
COCKAHOOPSat Jul 14, 2012Triumphantly boastfulBrad Wilber and Doug Peterson
COWCOLLEGEMon Sep 18, 2000Where Elsie gets educated?Sherry O. Blackard and Lyell Rodieck
CRASSNESSSat Oct 29, 1994VulgarityFrank A. Longo
DISCOLORSun Dec 5, 2010Fade, maybeBen Pall
DRUGWARSSat Feb 6, 2016Subject of the 2015 film "Sicario"David Steinberg
EIGHTDAYSThu Sep 26, 2013Length of a Beatles "week"Tom Pepper and Victor Barocas
EXPANSIONTue Mar 2, 2021Increase in the number of teams in a league, e.g.Ross Trudeau
FLOPPEDFri Sep 10, 2010Was a turkeyPeter Wentz
GEEKOUTFri Nov 8, 2019Engage in unabashed nerdinessPeter Wentz
GIFTIESun Jun 16, 2002"O wad some Pow'r the ___ gie us": BurnsManny Nosowsky
HENRYHYDETue Dec 28, 2004Double-H of politicsElizabeth C. Gorski
HOGSHEADSat Jan 27, 2024Large wine caskGrace Warrington and Greg Warrington
INCITERFri May 28, 1999Rabble-rouserJoe DiPietro
IRONJAWEDTue Nov 2, 2010Exhibiting fierce determinationBrendan Emmett Quigley
JELLYJARMon Apr 20, 2009Smucker's containerRandall J. Hartman
JOHANNSSun Sep 19, 1999Strauss and sonManny Nosowsky
LIAISINGSat Nov 14, 2020Working as a go-betweenEmily Carroll and Erik Agard
LIFESENTENCESun Sep 14, 1997The maximum, oftenFrank Longo
OFOURTue Oct 14, 2008In the year ___ Lord ...Lucy Gardner Anderson
OONACHAPLINSat Dec 8, 2018Talisa Maegyr's portrayer on "Game of Thrones"Trenton Charlson and David Steinberg
RAYOFHOPESun Nov 26, 2000Bright, shining intangible?Patrick Berry
REASKFri Feb 16, 2007Send another invitationCharles Barasch
REITERATEDWed Mar 16, 1994Emphasized, in awayFred Piscop
SCOOTEREDThu Jan 31, 2013Traveled by VespaMike Buckley
SNIFFINGSat Jan 25, 2003Cold soundPatrick Berry
SPEEDAWAYSat Sep 16, 2000Hightail itRobert H. Wolfe
SPORTSREPORTERWed Feb 21, 2018One doing a locker room interviewOri Brian and Zachary Spitz
SUNDOWNSSat Mar 25, 2006Regular settingsByron Walden
THATISTOSAYFri Oct 12, 2018"In other words ..."Erik Agard and Bruce Haight
THEGREENHATSun Mar 17, 19961924 Michael Arlen novel about London societyPeter O'Gordon
VERNWed Mar 15, 2017HGTV personality ___ YipBruce Haight
WINLESSSun Sep 1, 2024At the bottom of the standings, perhapsChandi Deitmer and Matthew Stock
WITHSTANDSSat Feb 5, 2011Holds offMark Diehl
YEASTEDSat Dec 25, 1999FermentedJohn Scott Marrone
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