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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 50,704 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
ALPHARAYSat Jan 28, 2012Product of some decayBarry C. Silk
ARTERIOSun Aug 11, 1996Cousin of veno-M. Schneider
BACKBENCHSat Apr 12, 2014Place for rank-and-filers in the House of CommonsMel Rosen
BAREBACKRIDERSSat Mar 12, 1994Circus actRand H. Burns
BEINTOSOMETHINGSat Nov 5, 1994Have a hobbyManny Nosowsky
BONESMCCOYTue Feb 21, 2012Sci-fi physician played by DeForest KelleyCaleb Madison
BOOKOFMORMONMon Sep 8, 20142011 Tony-winning religious satire, with "The"Dan Schoenholz
BORMANWed Jun 10, 2009Apollo astronaut FrankRichard Silvestri
BOWLINGThu Dec 26, 2019Sport that is the key to interpreting the answers to 21-, 40- and 56-AcrossTrenton Charlson
BOXLUNCHWed Feb 5, 2003Meal-to-goRon O'Hair
BRONCHIALWed Feb 12, 1997Kind of tubeM. E. Skolsky
CHOPPERSun Mar 13, 2011WhirlybirdPatrick Berry
COUNTERPLEASun Aug 16, 2009"Feed me"Randolph Ross
DENOFTHIEVESTue Mar 3, 19981991 best seller by Jim StewartElizabeth C. Gorski
GIFTIESun Jun 16, 2002"O wad some Pow'r the ___ gie us": BurnsManny Nosowsky
IMBROGLIOTue Oct 5, 2004EntanglementJames R. Leeds
INCROWDSMon Feb 16, 2026GlitteratiIan Livengood
ISHOTTHESHERIFFFri Jun 13, 20141974 #1 hit written by Bob MarleyDavid Steinberg
ISOTHERMSWed Dec 25, 2019Weather map lines relating to temperatureBruce Haight
JENNAIRFri Aug 2, 1996Popular stove makerJ. Herrington
JULIEADAMSSat Jul 31, 2021"Creature From the Black Lagoon" co-starBrian Thomas and Brooke Husic
KINGSENGLISHSun Jan 30, 2005"Proper" speechDerrick Niederman
KUNGFUPANDAThu May 16, 20192008 animated film set in ancient ChinaJeff Chen
MADEADIFFERENCESun Aug 27, 2017Contributed to the worldJeff Chen
MATISSESSat Sep 30, 2000Some oilsBrendan Emmett Quigley
MESCALSFri Jul 12, 2019Drinks made from agaveEvan Kalish
MEWLINGThu Dec 16, 2021Sound from a cribTrenton Charlson
MINTJULEPSSun Sep 14, 2008Drinks in frosted glassesJeremy Newton
MOMONEYSun Aug 2, 20091992 Damon Wayans comedyPatrick Berry
MOSESMALONEThu Apr 20, 1995Religious basketball star?Raymond Hamel
OVERFLOWETHSat Apr 1, 2006Spills out, in the BibleKevan Choset and David Kwong
PONDSCUMSat Apr 8, 2023Dirty filmSid Sivakumar
POPSINGLESMon Apr 22, 2019Tennis with dad?Bruce Haight
QUEENBEESMon Jun 30, 1997Leaders of hivesPeter Gordon
QUEZONCITYThu May 11, 1995Former capital of the PhilippinesWayne Robert Williams
QUICKSALEWed Mar 23, 2022FLIPBarbara Lin
SETTLESFORThu May 12, 2005Takes, without being completely happy about itManny Nosowsky
SOLARNEBULAFri May 24, 2024Gaseous cloud in which suns and planets formCarolyn Davies Lynch
UHUHSSun Nov 20, 1994Casual noesMatt Gaffney
WITHHOLDINGThu Feb 24, 2000Kind of taxManny Nosowsky
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