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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 50,565 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
ANCIENTMAYANSun Sep 14, 2008Cancún resident, onceJeremy Newton
ARTBRUTThu May 14, 2015Paintings outside the mainstream, per Jean DubuffetKameron Austin Collins
BOUNDSTue Mar 11, 1997Kangaroo movementsAlan Arbesfeld
CHAPATISat Sep 6, 2025Bread whose dough is rolled on a chaklaKunal Nabar
COCONUTSWed Jul 2, 2008Milk sourcesDaniel Kantor
CROSSBREEDINGSat Apr 16, 2022Practice that yields mixed results?Hemant Mehta
DEADCENTERThu May 10, 2018Bull's-eye ... or a hint to this puzzle's themeCaitlin Reid
DEEDIDOSun Oct 18, 2009Jazz standard whose title is repeatedly sung after "Honey ..."Elizabeth C. Gorski
DIATONICTue Dec 26, 2000Like a certain musical scaleGene Newman
DIVEINHEADFIRSTMon Aug 31, 2015Attack an endeavor vigorouslyMichael Dewey
DODECAThu May 5, 2011Twelve: PrefixJoel Fagliano
EYESOFBLUEWed Sep 12, 2018Attribute for "my girl" after "Five Foot Two" in a 1920s tuneJeffrey Wechsler
GALAGATue Dec 1, 2020Classic 1980s space warfare video gameByron Walden
HACKERSSun Feb 19, 2017WikiLeaks associatesBruce Haight
HADABEEFThu May 19, 2016Was unhappy (with)Morton J. Mendelson
HALVAHSun Aug 7, 1994Honeyed Turkish confectionDean Niles
HANGUPSun Feb 6, 2005Show no tolerance to telemarketersJoel Kaplow
HARDIERSun Jan 21, 2024Like kale vis-à-vis lettuceJohn Westwig
JOINTHECLUBMon Jun 16, 2003Get on boardNorma Johnson
LETTERMENSat Sep 21, 2013Students with outstanding character?Tim Croce
LIEABOUTFri Jan 18, 2019LoafAndrew J. Ries
LITTLEDARLINSun Feb 9, 1997Amore from the Diamonds, 1957D. Niles
MAHOUTWed Jul 7, 1999Elephant driverRichard Silvestri
MAYORESSFri May 2, 2003Chicago's Jane Byrne, onceDana Motley
MINTFAMILYThu Jan 8, 2009Sage and thyme are in itJoe DiPietro
MONTENEGROSat Jan 30, 1999European kingdom, 1878-1918Chuck Deodene
OARLOPFri Mar 22, 1996Rabbit whose ears stick out at right angles to the headF. A. Longo
ONITSENDFri Nov 8, 2019How a sofa might be turned for movingPeter Wentz
PHOEBESNOWTue Jun 10, 2008"Poetry Man" singerBarry C. Silk
PRETTYASAPICTURESun Feb 19, 2023Photoshop?Rebecca Goldstein
PUZZLESOLVERSun Dec 5, 1993You, nowManny Nosowsky
QUAKERWed Apr 25, 2007FriendJohn Farmer
ROCKMUSICWed Oct 11, 2023Output of the Rolling Stones, appropriatelyMiranda Kany
SCARPIASun Dec 19, 2004"Tosca" villainFrances Hansen (1919-2004)
SICKNESSWed May 21, 2025Something feigned by Ferris Bueller to get out of schoolIlana Levene and Scott Hogan
SLEDDEDSun Jun 29, 1997Traveled by double-ripperDavid J. Kahn
SLIMINGFri Jun 1, 2012Activity in "Ghostbusters"Joe Krozel
STEAMILYFri Apr 4, 1997How some "Melrose Place" stories proceedGerald R. Ferguson
VACUOUSTue Nov 27, 2007Empty, as a stareJulie Ann Bowling
WAVThu Jul 10, 2003Form of music files on the NetMichael Shteyman
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