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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 50,681 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
AUTOCORRECTSat Oct 18, 2014Aid for clumsy thumbsEvan Birnholz
BAYONETINGSat Feb 9, 2019Taking a stab at?Ryan McCarty
COLLISIONTHEORYWed Apr 16, 2014What scientists use to predict the rates of chemical reactionsMichael Dewey
DOAGOODTURNFri May 6, 2016Help someoneJulian Lim
DRIVETOWORKFri Sep 12, 2014Commute, in a wayMichael Wiesenberg
EARTHMOVERMon Nov 29, 1993BulldozerSidney L. Robbins
FANJETSSun Jan 5, 1997Airplane enginesW. R. Williams
FELIXTRINIDADWed Sep 3, 1997Longtime welterweight boxing champHugh Davis
GOBSTOPPERTue Sep 14, 2021"Everlasting" candy from Willy WonkaChristopher Adams
GOLDEFri May 10, 1996Tevye's wife in "Fiddler on the Roof"M. Gaffney
HANDSPRINGSat Aug 2, 1997Elated reactionEd Early
HOUSECLEANSFri Apr 7, 2017Minds one's place?Patrick Berry
IMPULSEBUYFri Jan 16, 2009Many an item at a checkout lineMike Nothnagel
INSOLUBLEThu Oct 14, 2004Like chalk in waterMike Sikowitz
LAVENDERFri Jan 17, 2014Herb whose name is derived from the Latin for "to wash"Kevin G. Der
LINOTYPEThu Dec 11, 1997Mergenthaler patent of 1884Trip Payne
MADAMEROSATue Sep 12, 1995Simone Signoret roleGregory E. Paul
MALMSEYSat Dec 16, 1995Sweet amber wineBryant White
MAYBEBABYFri Jan 6, 20121958 Buddy Holly hitDavid Steinberg
NEGROSSun Apr 6, 1997Philippine islandRich Norris
NONSANESun Dec 19, 1993IrrationalJohn M. Samson
OCTENNIALSun Jan 12, 2003Occurring every other leap year, sayPatrick Berry
OHIOVALLEYTue Apr 10, 2012Wheeling, Cincinnati and Louisville are in itGregory Philip Butler
ONTHEOUTSIDESun Jun 7, 2015"It's Pariah ___!"Samuel A. Donaldson
OPENINGSENTENCESat Feb 13, 2010"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ...," e.g.Ashish Vengsarkar
PAINRELIEVERSFri Apr 29, 2022They promise no hurt feelingsErica Hsiung Wojcik
PEACETOWERFri Apr 26, 2019Ottawa landmark completed just after W.W. IKyle Dolan
PENISSun Aug 27, 1995"The _____ mightier..."Martin Schneider
PETFOODSun Oct 31, 2021Fare that's eaten hands-freeAlex Eaton-Salners
PRETTYINPINKSun Feb 17, 2019Answer to 66-Across [Entertainment]David Kwong
PURLOINEDWed Feb 15, 1995Like Poe's "Letter"Harvey Estes
REACHESAVERDICTMon Jan 5, 1998What the jury does after deliberatingMark Moldowsky
ROUGHUPWed Jul 17, 2024Knock around, sayAlex Eaton-Salners
SECRETFILESFri Mar 26, 2021Parts of a leakDaniel Larsen
SUSANNAHFri Mar 20, 1998York of "Tom Jones"Martin Ashwood-Smith
SWIMGOGGLESSun Nov 27, 2016Urban woe + squirms = pool accessoryMatt Ginsberg
THRALLSSun Jul 13, 2008SlavesMatt Ginsberg
TIMBRESSat Jun 5, 2021Qualities in musicPeter Wentz
TOOKTENSat Apr 12, 2008RestedByron Walden
UNUSESun Sep 4, 2016NeglectTom McCoy
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