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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 50,422 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
ADDICTEDSun Nov 28, 2021HookedJeff Kremer
AWHELLThu Aug 15, 2024"Well, shoot!," more colorfullyDamon Gulczynski
BAROFSOAPSun Nov 14, 2010Fragrant cakePatrick Berry
BARONIALSat Jan 10, 2009Style of envelope for greeting cardsBob Klahn
BASEDINSun Jan 20, 2008Working out ofNatan Last
BICYCLERIDERMon Sep 17, 2007Bell ringerSarah Keller
CONTACTPOISONSSun Sep 22, 2013DDT and othersMike Selinker
CRACKDOWNSFri Jul 19, 2002Police actionsElizabeth C. Gorski
CROPSPRAYERWed Jul 29, 2009Pesticide spreader, e.g.Tim Wescott
CRYABOUTSun Apr 7, 2019Get upset overPeter A. Collins
DESCENDANTSFri Jul 24, 2009People in a linePatrick Berry
DESIGNERJEANSFri Mar 24, 2006Fashionable wearManny Nosowsky
DETUNESSat Feb 10, 1996Fouls up, as a radio receiverJohn R. Conrad
DIDISTUTTERSat Aug 16, 2014Rude response to "Excuse me?"Peter Broda
EMPIRESTATEBUILDINGTOURSun Apr 29, 2001See 10-DownElizabeth C. Gorski
FAMILYROOMFri Oct 10, 2008TV station?Kyle Mahowald
GENDERSTUDIESSat Jul 28, 2018Modern college majorNatan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
HASHESOVERFri Feb 20, 2009Reviews repeatedlyPaula Gamache
HOOPOESFri May 30, 1997Notoriously malodorous birdsManny Nosowsky
IDLIKESOMEHINTSWed Sep 7, 2022Newbie crossword solver's thought on a WednesdayEkua Ewool
INFERNALThu Feb 20, 2003HellishPeter Sarrett
JOINTHENAVYMon Nov 23, 2009Head out to sea, sayBen Pall
MENDFENCESFri Oct 30, 1998Re-establish good relationsJim Page
NINJASTARSFri Dec 8, 2017Throwable weapons used by assassinsPaolo Pasco
NOTABLESSun Jul 12, 2015Important peoplePatrick Berry
NYONGOTue May 23, 2023Actress LupitaLee Taylor
PEPPERMARTINTue Dec 13, 2005Seasoned baseball player?Roy Leban
PRECLUDEDTue Nov 27, 2007Made impossibleJulie Ann Bowling
REVERENDSPOONERMon Nov 13, 2000Famous 52-AcrossPeter Gordon
ROCOCOSSat Aug 12, 2000Ornamentational stylesRich Norris
SANDBLASTEDFri Dec 23, 1994Cleaned, in a wayFrank A. Longo
SPATUBSSat Jul 17, 2021WhirlpoolsRyan McCarty
STABLEMENSun Jun 11, 2006HostlersMaxwell H. D. Johnson Jr.
STATEMAPSun Mar 19, 2006Road atlas partMichael Shteyman
STAYINGINDOORSSun Jun 29, 2003Not quitting a building supplies specialty?Rich Norris
SWAROVSKISun Sep 3, 2017Crystal jewelry company with a swan in its logoAndrew Zhou
TINBADGETue Dec 17, 2013*Sheriff's insignia, in old westernsPaula Gamache
TVDETECTIVEMon Aug 16, 2010What each of the characters named at the ends of 17-, 24-, 38- and 48-Across isAndrea Carla Michaels and Jennifer Nutt
UHOKFri Jul 4, 2025"Fine, I guess"Colin Adams
YESBABESun Nov 10, 2024"Sure thing, dear"Sam Ezersky
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