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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 50,731 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
BEATTHERAPWed Jul 10, 2013Escape convictionEd Sessa
BLACKKNIGHTThu Feb 25, 1999Mysterious "Ivanhoe" character, with "the"Jim Page
BOOSTERCABLEThu Oct 31, 1996Car trunk itemL. Sidway
BRAINDOCTORSat Dec 24, 2011NeurologistNed White
CALLMEMADAMMon Oct 30, 1995Irving Berlin musicalGregory E. Paul
CHIDThu Dec 13, 2001Reproached, uncommonlyManny Nosowsky
CLOISONNEFri Apr 1, 2016Decorative enamelwarePeter Gordon
COMESUPONFri May 17, 2002FindsJoe DiPietro
CORLEONESSun Mar 3, 2024Sonny and Fredo, for twoHoang-Kim Vu
DEFERSTOSun Oct 28, 2001Humbly goes along withMichael Ashley
EMBARKONTue Dec 26, 2023Begin, as an adventureNeil Shook
FONTAINETue Nov 24, 1998Actress Joan of "Rebecca"Jeremy Thomas Paine
GROUTERSat Dec 9, 2006Mason, at timesRobert H. Wolfe
HOMEMATCHSat Jan 24, 2015What you can never win going awayKevin G. Der
IDONTDRIVEThu Aug 20, 2009Excuse given for asking for a rideElizabeth C. Gorski
JUSTMYLUCKFri Jan 27, 2012"Figures I'd have this problem!"Joe Krozel
LATERGRAMTue Nov 17, 2020Photo posted days or weeks after it was taken, on social mediaKyle Dolan
LEGALFORCEMon Feb 24, 2020What a law that hasn't been repealed still hasJacob Stulberg
LORDHOWEThu Jul 12, 2001Resort island northeast of SydneyWilliam I. Johnston
MIGRANTSSun May 20, 2001Certain farm helpAlan Arbesfeld
MISCOUNTSun Mar 21, 2010Election problemAdam Fromm
MOONISHTue Jan 30, 1996FickleM. Skolsky
NATIVESOILSat Jan 21, 2023Home country, poeticallyDavid Distenfeld
OLDFORDFri Feb 23, 1996Model T, e.g.A. J. Santora
OSCARNOMINATIONSat Jan 18, 2025One of 12 for Katharine HepburnScott McMahon
OUTSWIMMon Jul 21, 2008Defeat by a stroke?Gilbert H. Ludwig
PETTURTLEFri Dec 11, 2020Terrarium inhabitant, maybeAri Richter
PILASTEREDSat Feb 21, 2004Having columns set into a wallBrendan Quigley and Patrick Berry
PRISONBREAKThu Nov 22, 2012Why the press release has to wait?Joel Fagliano
PROPCOMICFri Feb 21, 2014One with a thing for laughter?Patrick Berry
REMITTANCESun Jan 2, 2022Payment sentPaolo Pasco
ROTALFri Feb 27, 2009Relating to wheelsJoe DiPietro
SNARKEDTue Feb 20, 2024Made an irreverently sarcastic commentRobert S. Gard
SOLEDADSun Mar 24, 1996California cityJ. K. Brill
STAYTUNEDFri Aug 16, 2024"More to come ..."Kate Hawkins
THEREITISFri Sep 23, 2022"Knew that was coming"Erik Agard
THESPINNERSSun Oct 8, 2017Spider-Man's favorite band?Erik Agard and Alex BriƱas
TIGHTENEDSun Dec 30, 2007Wound (up)Elizabeth C. Gorski
UNCOATSat Jan 28, 1995Strip of paintRandolph Ross
UNDERSCOREFri Nov 30, 2007Indication of stressHenry Hook
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