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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 50,746 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
ALECLEAMASSun Sep 29, 2002The Spy Who Came In From the ColdRandolph Ross
ALIGHTINTHEDARKWed Dec 18, 2013Arrive via a red-eye?Ed Sessa
ALTERNATESSat Jun 23, 2012Disappointed Olympic team members, maybeLaura Sternberg
AMANDINESat Aug 9, 1997Trout ___Raymond Hamel
APPIASun May 4, 2008Via ___ (Roman road)Richard Silvestri
BALROGSun Jul 28, 2019Creature slain in the Mines of Moria by GandalfChristopher Adams
BEMOANEDSun Jun 28, 2015Didn't like, and said soJeremy Newton
CANITWAITSat Mar 20, 2021"I'm a little busy, you see?"Emily Carroll
CHECKINGACCOUNTSat May 12, 2001You may draw on itMichael Shteyman
COUPLESSun Jul 8, 2012CombinesJoel Fagliano
ESSAYMILLSat Mar 4, 2023Seedy business for college applicantsRyan McCarty
FOOLINSun Oct 3, 1999"No ___!"Fred Piscop
GETWORSEThu Sep 19, 2002DeteriorateRandolph Ross
GRAVESTONESat Feb 15, 2014Where to read a plot summary?Julian Lim
HEARSESTue Aug 14, 2018Funeral vehiclesAndy Kravis and Erik Agard
HIGHHOLIDAYSThu Mar 3, 2022*Rosh Hashana and Yom KippurAugust Lee-Kovach
HIYOSILVERMon Dec 12, 2005Lone Ranger's cryAllan E. Parrish
HOTELVISITORTue Aug 23, 2005Rubbernecker at the Ritz, perhapsHolden Baker and Nancy Salomon
ILEUSSun Dec 19, 1993Abdominal ailmentJohn M. Samson
LINEARIZESat Oct 11, 1997Make straightFred Piscop
MAOTSESun Nov 10, 1996___-tungR. Hamel
MAXIMUSFri Oct 31, 1997Circus followerMatt Gaffney
MODESTFEEThu Feb 4, 2016Reasonable chargeJeff Chen
NURSERSSun May 8, 2011Baby bottlesDaniel A. Finan
NUTBREADMon Jan 7, 2019Dessert loafAndrew Kingsley
ORPAHFri Feb 2, 1996Daughter-in-law of NaomiR. Hamel
PLOTARMORSat May 29, 2021Protection of a protagonist for narrative purposes, in slangAdam Aaronson
QUITTERSSat May 20, 1995DesertersManny Nosowsky
RECEIVESSun Dec 3, 1995Doesn't serveMartin Schneider
RICKILAKEMon Feb 1, 2010Sensational 1990s-2000s talk show hostScott Atkinson
RIPPERSTue Oct 23, 2012Bodice-___ (old-fashioned romance novels)Jules P. Markey
SEDIMENTALSat Sep 22, 2001Of a bank deposit?Jim Page
SIRPURRSat Nov 10, 2018Carolina Panthers mascot with a rhyming nameWill Nediger
SIRROBERTPEELSun Apr 24, 2005First British Conservative P.M.Brendan Emmett Quigley
SUREISSun Nov 2, 2025"No doubt about it!"Rafael Musa
TAKESIGNThu Apr 23, 2020Gesture from a coach not to swing at the next pitchYacob Yonas and Erik Agard
TERENCESTAMPSun Feb 1, 1998"...starring ___..."Merl Reagle
TOYSURPRISEWed Feb 9, 2011*Cracker featureVictor Barocas
UPBRAIDEDWed Mar 9, 2016Took to taskJohn Guzzetta
WALKINGThu Jul 21, 2016With 1-Across, no-no #1Jason Flinn
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