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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 50,248 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
ANCHORSAWEIGHMon Jun 14, 2021U.S. Naval Academy anthemAndrea Carla Michaels and Doug Peterson
BAFFLESSat May 5, 2007StumpsDavid Quarfoot
BATSFIVEHUNDREDSun Apr 23, 2023"Dracula has lived half a millennium!"Katie Hale and Scott Hogan
BOYSOFSUMMERSun Sep 7, 1997Donna's sonsRandolph Ross
CUTABOVETHERESTFri Aug 12, 2005Superior, after "a"Manny Nosowsky
DROPPEDTHEBALLWed Jan 9, 2013Did or didn't perform a New Year's ceremony?David Ben-Merre
DROWSINESSSat Mar 2, 1996SomnolenceN. Joline
ENDLESSNIGHTTue Nov 3, 19981967 Agatha Christie thrillerEd Early
FRONTENTRANCESun Dec 3, 2023Walk in place?Tracy Bennett
FUNERALDIRECTORSun Feb 18, 2001DEADLINEDavid J. Kahn
GASSERSTue Jan 19, 1999Hilarious jokesKelly Clark
HALLOWEENIISat Jan 19, 2019Film with the tagline "The nightmare isn't over!"Erik Agard and Paolo Pasco
HEROOFSANJUANHILLSun Jul 5, 2015*Nickname for Theodore RooseveltElizabeth C. Gorski
HOKEYNESSSat Feb 5, 2011Corn-filled stateMark Diehl
INKSTONESat Mar 26, 2016Calligrapher's grinding mortarDamon Gulczynski
LIFEPRESERVERFri Nov 22, 2013On-deck circle?Patrick Berry
LOCALINHABITANTSat Dec 31, 2005TownsmanRobert H. Wolfe
LOWLANDSMon Aug 9, 2021Opposite of 25-Across?Alex Eaton-Salners
MARKETPRICEFri Jul 9, 2021On menus, it's often by the lobsterRobyn Weintraub
MUTOMBOWed Apr 5, 2017Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dikembe ___Alex Eaton-Salners
NORAHJONESSat Mar 3, 2007Her "Don't Know Why" was 2002's Record of the YearKaren M. Tracey
OPERAARIASMon Nov 30, 2015Songs for divasIan Livengood
OPIUMPOPPYThu Nov 28, 2002Drug source [right only]Patrick Merrell
PERIPHERALSMon Dec 5, 2016Keyboard, monitor, mouse and other devicesNed White
PETSATFri May 6, 2022Took care of a dog or cat, maybeAaron Ullman
PETTRICKSMon Aug 17, 2020"Stupid" segments on old David Letterman showsAlan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels
PILLOWCASEFri May 10, 2002White sale purchaseManny Nosowsky
POWERLINESThu Aug 8, 2019Casualties of violent stormsTimothy Polin
READSONThu Aug 21, 2025Turns the page, saySimeon Seigel
SIDEARMEDFri Oct 26, 2018Pitched horizontallyEvan Kalish
SLUGITOUTFri Apr 4, 2014Go a couple of roundsMartin Ashwood-Smith and Joe Krozel
SLURPEESFri Jun 29, 20187-Eleven treatsDavid Steinberg
SMOGGIERFri Jan 17, 2014Harder to see through, sayKevin G. Der
SNOWSTORMSun Jan 9, 2000Hank & Gail's favorite weather?Charles M. Deber
STEALTHEPICTUREWed May 1, 2002Upstage everyone, maybeSteve Jones
SUGARIESTSun Sep 10, 2000Most cloyingElizabeth C. Gorski
TEASEAPARTSat Jun 10, 2017Separate, as strands of hairMark Diehl
TOBACCOSMon Jan 2, 2017Crops used in making cigarettesChuck Deodene
TRICORDERSFri Aug 9, 2013Hand-held "Star Trek" devicesPatrick Berry
ZEBRAFINCHFri Jul 26, 2019Bird named for its black-and-white markingsTrenton Charlson
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