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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 50,360 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
AARONJUDGEMon Aug 4, 2025Yankees slugger who hit a record-setting 62 home runs in 2022Patti Varol
ABTESTSun Sep 4, 2022Marketing experiment comparing two variantsTracy Gray
AIRFILTERSSat Jul 21, 2001Auto supply inventoryMark Diehl
BACKSOSOONFri Dec 22, 2023"Didn't you just leave?"Brooke Husic and Brendan Emmett Quigley
BADDSun Jun 7, 2009Color Me ___, 1990s R&B groupJeremy Newton
COMMUNITYCOLLEGESun May 23, 1999School without dormsHarvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
DOWNSIZEMon Jan 29, 2018Diminish the work force ... or a literal hint to the answers to the four starred cluesLynn Lempel
EASEUPTOSun Sep 11, 2022Approach graduallyDerrick Niederman
EASTWARDSFri Sep 20, 2002Like 1990's NATO expansionKevin Hagen
EATINGONESWORDSSat Oct 12, 2024Verbally backpedalingKatie Hoody
ELDOCTOROWFri Nov 1, 2013"Billy Bathgate" novelistBrad Wilber
FRATBROSSun Jun 12, 2016Stereotypically rowdy dudesFinn Vigeland
FRATERNITYHOUSESun Jun 20, 2004This is its brothers' keeperManny Nosowsky
HADFAITHSat Jul 27, 2019TrustedByron Walden
HEARTRENDINGTue Nov 19, 2002Extremely sadAlan Arbesfeld
IRISHPUBSWed Mar 10, 2021They're usually packed on St. Patrick's DayNancy Stark and Will Nediger
JUMPINGOFFPOINTTue Jun 13, 1995BeginningTrip Payne
LANECHANGESTue Jan 22, 2008They require signalsAdam G. Perl
LASERCUTSSun Jul 16, 2023Engraves with a machineMichael Schlossberg
MAKEUPTUTORIALFri Mar 23, 2018Beauty lessonErik Agard
MANGLESat Jan 21, 2006Make a mess ofBrendan Emmett Quigley
MANYSSun Feb 9, 2014"___ the time ..."Charles M. Deber
MARLEEMATLINSun Feb 24, 2008Actress (1986), director (1962)Nancy Nicholson Joline
PERLEMESTAMon Sep 1, 2014Socialite who inspired 1950's "Call Me Madam"Allan E. Parrish
PLATTSBURGHSat Jul 30, 2011Site of the War of 1812 MuseumPatrick Berry
POLARICECAPMon May 9, 2005Shrinking Arctic massJim Hyres
PUMPSGASTue Mar 23, 2021Does a service station jobDan Schoenholz
REARMAMENTSat Apr 29, 2006Treaty violation, maybeRobert H. Wolfe
ROCKMUSICWed Oct 11, 2023Output of the Rolling Stones, appropriatelyMiranda Kany
SIGNALFLAREMon Apr 19, 1999Trunk itemGregory E. Paul
SKATEOVERFri Feb 29, 2008Barely mention, as something one doesn't want to discussPatrick Berry
SPECIALDELIVERYSun May 22, 20051976 comedy/action caper with Cybill ShepherdA. J. Santora
SUPERBOWLXXTue May 3, 2011Event held on January 26, 1986Kevan Choset
TEASNOBSun Jun 15, 2025Someone who might find Darjeeling appealingAdam Wagner and Rebecca Goldstein
THATSASHAMEFri Aug 7, 2020"Too bad"Tom Pepper
THELOOKINGGLASSThu Jan 17, 2019What Alice goes through to find "Jabberwocky" printed backwardRoss Trudeau
ULTRAMANSun Oct 14, 2018Supervillain in DC ComicsRoss Trudeau
UNMUTESSat Jan 6, 2024Prepares to speak, in a modern meetingBen Tolkin and Julian Xiao
WELFARISMWed Oct 14, 2015Policy of widespread government social programsJoel Fagliano
WESTERNCLASSICSFri Jan 9, 1998"Giant" and "Cimarron," e.g.Manny Nosowsky
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