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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 50,871 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
AMSTATIONSun Jan 27, 2013Source of talk, oftenJeff Chen
AUCONTRAIREFri May 14, 2021"You thought wrong!"Yacob Yonas
AVAILABLECREDITSat May 18, 2013What you may charge withMartin Ashwood-Smith
BAILIWICKThu May 7, 1998DomainEd Pegg Jr.
BALLYARDThu Jan 30, 2014Home is one corner in itDan Schoenholz
BAMBOOSThu Oct 31, 1996Furniture materialsL. Sidway
BARRELHOUSEJAZZWed Jul 21, 2021Raucous music style similar to boogie-woogieAlex Vratsanos
BRADLEESat Dec 17, 2016Ben ___, legendary Washington Post editorZhouqin Burnikel
CAMRONTue Dec 29, 2015Grammy-nominated rapper with the 2002 hit "Oh Boy"Jeff Stillman
CROPPERWed Nov 4, 1998Tenant farmerRich Norris
CUDDLEPUDDLESat Mar 26, 2022Horizontal group hug sessionAshton Anderson and James Mulhern
DEERHUNTERThu Aug 16, 201864-/65-Across work of 1978, with "The"Alan Arbesfeld
DOZINGOFFSun Apr 29, 2007Exhibiting ennuiHenry Hook
EMBELLISHERThu Apr 24, 1997Decorator, e.g.David J. Kahn
FINDCLOSUREWed Jun 22, 2022Accept and let go of something ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred cluesKate Hawkins
FOXINSOCKSFri May 23, 2003Dr. Seuss titleDave Tuller
GRIPPERSThu Feb 10, 2011Tongs, e.g.Derek Bowman
ILLREPUTESat Jul 13, 2024NotorietyEli Cotham
LOBSTERBISQUETue Dec 29, 1998Bright-red unglazed china?Susan Harrington Smith
LOUTISHWed Jul 6, 2005Stupid and ill-manneredRaymond Hamel
MAJORBARBARASun Dec 10, 20001905 Shaw playRich Norris
MENTALGYMNASTICSSat Jan 22, 2022Cognitive contortionsDaniel Okulitch
METAMORPHOSISTue Feb 16, 2010Larva-to-adult transitionPaul Hunsberger
MOUNTVESUVIUSWed Oct 23, 2019Famous erupter of A.D. 79Jennifer Nutt
PETTYOFFICERSMon Aug 16, 2004Boatswains, e.g.Joy C. Frank
PHOEBUSWed Sep 24, 1997Apollo as god of the sunWayne Robert Williams
PIGOUTONSun Aug 13, 2023Stuff oneself withManaal Mohammed
RARESUPSat Nov 26, 2016Stands on the hind legs, in dialectPaolo Pasco
RIDESIDESADDLEThu Jan 27, 2022Go on horseback à la Lady GodivaLewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen
ROADRASHSat Oct 4, 2025Scrapes from a motorcycle fallRyan McCarty
ROCKGARDENSTue Jun 30, 2015Comedian cultivates flowers?Susan Gelfand
SETTINGUPSHOPSun Feb 3, 2008Establishing a businessMatt Ginsberg
SNUGSThu Sep 13, 2001Lies comfortablyRobert H. Wolfe
SUBVOCEFri Apr 20, 2018Under the specified word, in a reference bookJoel Fagliano
THEDOGSThu Jul 15, 2004Things can go to themRoy Leban
THYROIDSSat Dec 7, 2019Energy regulators in the bodyKevin G. Der and Erik Agard
VESTEDINTERESTThu Jul 1, 2004StakeNancy Kavanaugh
VODKAGIMLETFri Sep 1, 2006Tart bar orderDavid Quarfoot
WATERMAINSThu Nov 17, 2016Hookups for hydrantsTimothy Polin and Joe Krozel
WITHINEARSHOTFri Jul 31, 2009Relatively closeMike Nothnagel
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