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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 50,246 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
ACHEDFORSun Oct 31, 2021Wanted badlyAlex Eaton-Salners
ALLYEARSun Dec 6, 2015Never closed, as a resortPatrick Berry
APPLYFORSat Sep 4, 2004Try to getPatrick Berry
ARTOFTHEDEALSun Nov 3, 1996Business book, with "The"M. Nosowsky
BIOGENETICThu Jul 23, 1998Like Ernst Haeckel's lawRandall J. Hartman
BOATRIDEFri Jul 31, 2015Outing on a river or lakeJames Mulhern and Ashton Anderson
CHAIRMANOFTHEBOARDThu Dec 31, 2009Person making firm decisionsFrank Longo
DAGWOODBUMSTEADThu Aug 10, 1995Office napper of noteMatt Gaffney
DRUNKENCHICKENWed May 11, 2022Chinese poultry dish marinated in wineMichael Paleos
ENCINOMANTue Jul 28, 20201992 Brendan Fraser film about a thawed Cro-MagnonRoss Trudeau
GABBYMon Apr 29, 2013TalkativeC. W. Stewart
GOODWILLSHOPMon May 5, 1997Secondhand storeStephanie Spadaccini
HAIRYLEGSThu May 14, 2015Hindrances for a competitive swimmerKameron Austin Collins
HARDATSun May 5, 2019Really busy doingSamuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson
HOOKEMHORNSThu Mar 7, 2019Cheer at a Texas football gameBrian Thomas
HUMOREDSun Nov 23, 2014Played along withPatrick Berry
IRISHPUBSWed Mar 10, 2021They're usually packed on St. Patrick's DayNancy Stark and Will Nediger
ITSYOURLUCKYDAYFri May 23, 2025"Actually, I have good news"Kate Hawkins
KELTSSun Aug 17, 2003Ancient Brits: Var.Elizabeth C. Gorski
KISSUPSMon Jun 18, 2012Sycophants, slangilyPeter A. Collins
LOWTECHSun Jul 31, 2016Hardly electronic wizardryRuth Bloomfield Margolin
MAMMALIAThu Sep 15, 1994Class to which all of us belongFred Piscop
MARVELOVERSat May 28, 2022Look at with aweJoseph Greenbaum
MUNSTERFri Aug 29, 2025Member of a 1960s TV familyJesse Cohn
OFFSIDESThu May 9, 2019Football offense ... or a hint to six answers in this puzzleLewis Rothlein
OVERHEADDOORSun Jan 17, 2021Way into a garage, typicallyTracy Gray and Tom Pepper
PENCILCADDYTue Oct 24, 2006Desktop containerGail Grabowski
PLAYPENSSat May 14, 2016They corral kidsJeff Chen
PULLASIDEFri May 19, 2023Draw into a private conversationDavid Distenfeld
PUTSONAPEDESTALFri Oct 1, 1999GlorifiesJohn Wolting
REDOAKSFri Mar 26, 2021Amazon comedy/drama set in a New Jersey country club in the 1980sDaniel Larsen
RESTORINGTue Dec 12, 2017Eliminating the effects of wear and tear on, as was done to 38-AcrossDavid J. Kahn
ROCKGUITARISTWed Dec 4, 2024/Daniel Raymon
SLICKENSat Apr 29, 1995Grease upFred Piscop
SOMETHINGELSESun Oct 4, 2020To anyone who wasn't addressed above: "You're ..."Sam Ezersky
SQUIRTFLOWERTue May 17, 2005Third trickSherry O. Blackard
THEWINTERXGAMESSun Mar 16, 2014*Annual draw for snocross fansJeremy Newton
WEAVINGWed Dec 17, 2008Not staying in one's laneJohn Farmer
WHOSINWed Nov 4, 2020"Anybody up for it?"Jack Murtagh
WOOSTERMon May 10, 1999Ohio town or its collegeFrances Hansen
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