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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 50,657 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
ACIDIFIEDFri Dec 5, 2014SouredTim Croce
BARBRAWLSat Dec 26, 2009Shots after shots?Kevin G. Der
BBQPORKBUNSat Jun 24, 2023Steamed Chinese snack also called char siu baoSpencer Leach and Quiara Vasquez
BOATERSWed Jan 15, 1997Straw hatsC. Currier
BRANDYWINETue Jul 22, 19971777 battle siteFred Piscop
CASHANDCARRYTue Dec 21, 1999Like some purchasesRichard Hughes
CHALONSTue Apr 15, 1997Where Attila was defeated, 451Jonathan Schmalzbach
CHARLEYHORSESun Jul 3, 2022Fish with a prehensile tailTom McCoy
CHOPCHOPSun Jan 29, 2012Lickety-splitIan Livengood
COMPLEMENTSSun Feb 13, 2022*Goes well withDavid Steinberg
DETACHEDSun Feb 27, 1994ImpartialBette Sue Cohen
EMERALDEARRINGSFri Dec 13, 2002Fashion accessory given in May, maybeBob Peoples
EXCHEQUERSTue Feb 15, 1994National treasuriesJonathan Schmatzbach
EXODERMThu Jan 3, 2019Outer layer of a membraneTimothy Polin
FLYBYNIGHTSun Oct 26, 2025Awesome after dark? (Gen X)Gary Larson and Doug Peterson
GOPUBLICFri Aug 28, 2015Tell the worldSamuel A. Donaldson
GOWDYThu Dec 11, 2003Hall of Fame sportscaster CurtEd Early
IWILLSOThu Dec 12, 2019Insistent comebackAlex Eaton-Salners
LAWANDORDERSun Mar 20, 2005Religious ___ (two, please)Patrick Berry
LUDICROUSWed Feb 11, 2015*"Chicken-n-Beer" rapper, to an overzealous copy editor?Will Treece
OLDMUSICSat Nov 8, 2008Standards, e.g.Byron Walden
PANTOPHOBIAWed Nov 16, 2022Fear of everything ... NOT a fear of trousersJohn Hawksley
PREFLIGHTThu Feb 24, 2022When pilots go through their checklistsJake Halperin
ROUTEMANWed Apr 25, 2007Worker who makes roundsJohn Farmer
SKITRACKSFri Apr 16, 2021Evidence of having gone on a runTom Pepper
STAYSLATESun Jun 2, 2013Works overtime, sayElizabeth C. Gorski
SWEETADELINESun Oct 30, 1994"In the evening when I sit alone a-dreaming..."R. M. Hopkins
SYNCHROSat Jun 13, 2015Mostly-women Olympics sport, familiarlyBrad Wilber and Doug Peterson
TAMAGOTCHISMon Mar 7, 2016*Hand-held "pets" with digital facesDamon Gulczynski
TAWINGSat Jan 1, 2005Shooting marblesRaymond C. Young
THEFOURELEMENTSMon Jun 2, 2008What the starts of 22-, 36-, 41- and 50-Across compriseBarry Boone
THESTREETFri Oct 14, 2022Nasdaq's home, informallyDavid Steinberg
THEWBSun Sep 18, 2016Channel that aired "Felicity" and "Smallville"Jeremy Newton
THORPESFri Sep 22, 2006Athletes Jim and IanSherry O. Blackard
TOOTLEDFri Nov 3, 1995Played the fluteDavid J. Kahn
TRAGICOMICTue Apr 15, 2025Like a film that's both sad and funnyPer Bykodorov
TULEWed Dec 23, 1998Large bulrushChristopher Hurt
UNMAPPEDSat Nov 23, 2013Like the human genome, before the 1990sFrederick J. Healy
WIDERECEIVERSSun Oct 31, 2004Home viewers' HDTV's?Patrick Merrell
ZARQAWIFri May 18, 2007Noted terrorist killed in June 2006David Quarfoot
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