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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 50,650 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
BADREACTIONSun Oct 18, 1998The allergist's monologue drew a ___David J. Kahn
CHOPPEDSALADSun Sep 27, 2020Food depicted cryptically at 49-AcrossAlex Eaton-Salners
CHROMOSOMEThu Apr 27, 2000Gene carrierGreg Staples
DRAGSINSat Aug 23, 2003Delivers with effortRich Norris
DUMMYBAGSat Oct 20, 2012Aid in football tackling drillsNed White
EASTERNEMPIREMon May 7, 2007Domain ruled from ConstantinopleJanet Bender
ETERNALFLAMEMon Jan 1, 2018Bangles torch song?Matthew Sewell
FEELSOKAYFri Feb 10, 2023Seems acceptableKavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris
FRANCISCRICKThu May 25, 2006Nobelist who co-discovered the structure of DNAGilbert H. Ludwig
GENTIANSSun Aug 25, 1996Blue wildflowersR. Silvestri
GOODWILLSHOPMon May 5, 1997Secondhand storeStephanie Spadaccini
HAIRCOMBWed Jan 28, 2015Producer of many partsGary Cee
HINDQUARTERWed Dec 5, 2007Source of rump roastAllan E. Parrish
HOLYARKTue Mar 14, 2017It stores a synagogue's Torah scrollsDamon J. Gulczynski
ICEMILKSSun Mar 16, 2025Low-fat dairy dessertsPaul Coulter
IDENTITYTHIEVESSat Oct 26, 2024Masters of bad impersonations?Peter A. Collins
KEEPSONICESun Jun 3, 2001Has readyBob Peoples and Nancy Salomon
LEAFLIKESun Sep 4, 2011FolioseDana Delany and Matt Ginsberg
LIBRISThu May 19, 2011Ex ___Paula Gamache
LIFEBEFOREMANSun Feb 8, 2026Margaret Atwood novel with a love triangle involving a paleontologistChloe Revery
MALTESEFALCONSat Jun 22, 1996Object of a hunt in a 1929 mysteryB. White
MINGNASun Dec 24, 2023Actress Wen of "The Mandalorian"Drew Schmenner
MOZZARELLATue Apr 4, 1995Mild, white cheeseDavid J. Kahn
NAILEDINSun Oct 24, 2004Secured, as carpet tacksPatrick Berry
NYYANKEESun Apr 7, 2024Aaron Judge, e.g., in briefTracy Gray
ONTHESEASun Apr 15, 2007SailingBrendan Emmett Quigley
OTTERPUPSat Nov 18, 2017Youngster in a streamSam Trabucco
OUSELSun May 25, 2008White-collared thrush: Var.Elizabeth C. Gorski
PROLEPSESSat Feb 21, 1998Anticipations of possible objections, in rhetoricRichard Hughes
PUNNERSat Aug 22, 2015New York Post headline writer, oftenBarry C. Silk
RAVEREVIEWSSat May 28, 2022Glowing thingsJoseph Greenbaum
SADRCITYFri Jan 25, 2008War-torn Baghdad suburbDavid Quarfoot
SETTINGSUNSFri Aug 4, 2006Sights before nightsManny Nosowsky
SHAVEDTue Nov 25, 1997Attacked the whiskersGregory E. Paul
STRITCHSat Feb 11, 1995"Bus Stop" star: 1955Randolph Ross
TALKEDOVERFri Jan 10, 2014DiscussedPatrick Berry
TGEISELTue Mar 2, 200438-Across's real name, in briefCharles Barasch
THEMONITORFri Oct 17, 2014Church-owned newsweekly, for shortMichael Ashley
TROGLODYTEFri Apr 9, 2010One who used to go clubbing?Ned White
XTIMESYSat May 26, 2012Basic bit of algebraPeter Wentz
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