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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 50,654 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
ABORTERFri Jul 29, 1994Launch stopperA. D. Cover
AIRBRUSHERFri Nov 4, 1994Photo retoucherMatt Jones
BALMORALMon Jul 12, 2010Scottish castle for British royalsFreddie Cheng
BOBMCADOOSat Feb 24, 2007N.B.A. scoring leader, 1974-76Byron Walden
BUZZINGThu Sep 1, 2011Paging, sayJoel Fagliano
CAMPOSMon Sep 26, 1994South American plainsSidney L. Robbins
CLANGERSat Sep 24, 2005Big goofByron Walden
COLORWHEELSSun Sep 1, 2019Reference aids for artistsFinn Vigeland
CREWNECKSWed Dec 6, 2023Hoodless pullovers often worn with other layersPeter A. Collins and Bruce Haight
CRIMINALRECORDSat Jan 2, 2021Rap sheet, so to speakJoe Deeney
DIAMONDWEDDINGTue Jan 17, 2023Couple's 60th anniversary [Spanish]Erika Ettin
DISAPPEARFri Mar 18, 2022DematerializeClaire Rimkus and Brooke Husic
DRAWNINThu Feb 7, 2002AttractedPatrick Berry
GALVESTONSat Feb 18, 2023Onetime capital of the sovereign Republic of TexasKameron Austin Collins
GIVESPERMISSIONTOSun Dec 28, 1997LMatt Gaffney
HELLOHELLOSat Jul 7, 2007Enthusiastic welcomeTodd McClary
KNOWNOTHINGPARTYThu Nov 12, 201519th-century nativist groupDavid Kwong
LIMEHOUSESun Mar 5, 2000"___ Blues" (1924 Paul Whiteman hit)Nancy Nicholson Joline
NOVISADSat Jul 5, 2008Serbian provincial capital on the DanubeKaren M. Tracey
OFFDAYSThu Apr 1, 1999Times when you're not at your peakKelly Clark
PLATOSCAVESat Mar 13, 2021Ancient allegory paralleled in the plot of "The Matrix"John Guzzetta
PLOPPEDSat Jan 11, 1997Fell heavilyR. Norris
PRESUMABLYTue Jan 24, 2017In all probabilityJohn R. O'Brien
PREWWISun Oct 27, 2013Like the time of Franz Ferdinand's reignBrendan Emmett Quigley
PROCESSORSSun Dec 31, 2023Computer circuitry componentsMatt Linzer and Rafael Musa
RIVERDELTATue Jun 18, 2013*Fertile area where a stream empties into an oceanTim Croce
RUBNOSESMon May 29, 2017Kiss like an EskimoJeff Chen and Seth Geltman
SENIORDISCOUNTTue Dec 30, 2008Incentive aimed at golden agersDoug Peterson
SHELLSOUTCASHMon Aug 17, 2020Spends moolahAlan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels
SMASHUPSWed Mar 1, 2000They attract rubberneckersM. Francis Vuolo
TAILBACKWed Jul 20, 2005Offensive football positionRoy Leban
TALKINGBOOKSun Jul 23, 1995Recording item launched in 1945Fran & Lou Sabin
TALLANDSLIMSat Jan 6, 2007Like a string beanRobert H. Wolfe
TERRIBLEIDEASun Nov 15, 2020Many a dare, in hindsightCaitlin Reid
THIRDWORLDTue Jul 11, 2000UnindustrializedNick Grivas and Nancy Salomon
TIMBERLANDSSat Jul 6, 2019Footwear with a tree logoErik Agard
TIRINGOFSun Aug 14, 2022Getting bored withJeff Chen and Jim Horne
TWOPHASESat Apr 17, 2004DualBrendan Emmett Quigley
VAUGHANSat Nov 26, 20051982 Grammy-winning singer for "Gershwin Live!"Rich Norris
XSANDYSSun Mar 11, 2018Algebraic variablesMatthew Sewell
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