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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 50,463 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
ANTIPERSPIRANTSun Jan 15, 2012You probably raise your arm for thisFinn Vigeland
APOCALYPSENOWWed Dec 8, 20101979 film with Capt. Willard and Col. KurtzMike Nothnagel
BALDIEMon Jun 24, 2019Person with a chrome domeRoss Trudeau
BRAINLESSWed Jan 2, 2019IdioticJacob Stulberg
CARDSHARPSSun Dec 11, 2011Bottom dealers, perhapsTimothy Polin
CHOKECHAINTue Aug 4, 1998Dog restraintJanet R. Bender
CLOCKSINFri Sep 30, 2011Officially starts workJoe Krozel
CONTAMINATEDSun Jun 14, 2020Sign at a chemical plant: "This facility is ___ -- ___" (with 114-Across)Randolph Ross
DETECTIVEBUREAUSat Apr 19, 2025Base for casesAlex Tomlinson
ERSKINECALDWELLMon Dec 11, 2000Author, 1903-87Myles Callum
ETTAJAMESMon Sep 23, 2024"At Last" jazz singerFreddie Cheng
EZERWEIZMANFri Aug 22, 2014Mideast president who wrote "The Battle for Peace," 1981Sam Ezersky
FACEPEELSun Nov 26, 2017Certain spa treatmentJeff Chen
FATEFULMon Jul 10, 2023MomentousBrad Wiegmann
FREQUENTFLIERSun Apr 25, 2004One earning rewardsElizabeth C. Gorski
GRAFTINGThu Jan 3, 2002Greenhouse operationRandolph Ross
HISORSun Jun 2, 2013___ hersElizabeth C. Gorski
IOSAPPSat Nov 5, 2022Apple productJohn Westwig
JEFFREYSTue Oct 24, 1995Anne of TV's "Topper"Stephanie Spadaccini
LAYERINGWed Apr 17, 2002Dress option for cold weatherRichard Silvestri
LEEELDERSat Nov 3, 2012First African-American golfer to play in the MastersMilo Beckman
LIGHTLYThu Feb 1, 2001Without due concernFrances Hansen
MINNEAPOLISMon Apr 8, 2002St. Paul's twinRichard Chisholm
MOODMUSICFri May 26, 2017Tunes to accompany dimmed lightsRobyn Weintraub
MOONMISSIONThu Apr 1, 2004*Apollo 17 was the last oneByron Walden
NICEGUYSFINISHLASTSun Jan 3, 1999Do unto others as you would have others do unto you, but also...Randolph Ross
NICHOLSSun May 27, 2007Anne who wrote "Abie's Irish Rose"Patrick Berry
OVERRODESun May 24, 2015CountermandedKevin G. Der
PIANISSIMOFri Sep 22, 1995So as barely to be heardJim Page
PLACEBETThu Feb 13, 2003Money put on a horse to finish secondJoe DiPietro
REPAIRSSat May 4, 2024Concerns for a prospective homebuyerJacob McDermott
ROLLERSKATESTue Sep 24, 2002Toys with keysSherry O. Blackard
SLIGHTMISTAKETue Aug 20, 2002Boo-booBob Peoples
SOMEBODYSBABYThu Dec 4, 2003Hit song by Jackson Browne, 1982Elizabeth C. Gorski
STAYTHECOURSEMon Mar 10, 2008Persist to completionKen Bessette
SWEETDREAMSTue Apr 11, 19951985 Jessica Lange filmGregory E. Paul
THEFUGITIVEFri May 8, 2009TV drama featuring Dr. Richard KimbleJohn Farmer
WABASHRIVERMon Jan 2, 2017Indiana/Illinois separatorChuck Deodene
WAISTLINESat Jun 19, 2010It often grows in winterSamuel A. Donaldson
WINGSPREADTue Jan 22, 2019Glider measurementJohn E. Bennett and Jeff Chen
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