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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 50,360 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
ADDICTIONSFri Apr 2, 2004Hard things to breakGilbert H. Ludwig
ADDYSun Nov 10, 2024Mailing info, informallySam Ezersky
ALLENGINESAHEADFri Aug 12, 2005"Proceed!"Manny Nosowsky
ANDNOWThu Dec 3, 2020Emcee's segueJake Halperin
AZTECEMPERORSat Jan 4, 2025Ancient figure called the "huey tlatoani" by his subjectsSam Ezersky
BINGEWATCHINGSat Feb 24, 2018Exhibiting a modern form of obsessionJohn Guzzetta
BLOVIATESTue Aug 7, 2018Goes on and on about nothingAlex Eaton-Salners
BOTHERSSun Jul 31, 1994BugsRichard Silvestri
BUYINGTIMEFri Oct 14, 2022StallingDavid Steinberg
CROSSMULTIPLICATIONThu Sep 5, 2002Basic algebra techniqueMichael Shteyman
DECKLESat Jul 4, 2020Bookmaking frame that produces paper with rough edgesPeter Wentz
DIAGNOSESMon Dec 25, 1995Doctors' determinationsSidney L. Robbins
EXPENDINGMon Aug 24, 2020Current lover who seems suspiciously preoccupied?David Alfred Bywaters
FDRMEMORIALSat Mar 2, 2013It features a statue of a Scottie next to his masterBarry C. Silk
INTHEMOMENTWed Jan 27, 2016How Buddhists strive to liveAdam G. Perl
KNOCKINFri Nov 15, 2013Bring home, as a runDavid Woolf
LEITHSat Jun 5, 2004Scottish seaportByron Walden
LOSTWORLDThu Sep 19, 2002Classic sci-fi story, with "The"Randolph Ross
MADECONCESSIONSFri Mar 11, 2016Didn't stand firm in negotiationsMartin Ashwood-Smith
NAILEDINSun Oct 24, 2004Secured, as carpet tacksPatrick Berry
OFTWOMINDSWed Nov 29, 2023Thinking A … but also thinking B? Gah!Ruth Bloomfield Margolin
OGGITue Feb 25, 1997Today, in TurinGregory E. Paul
PADDYWHACKFri Jun 11, 2004See 27-AcrossSherry O. Blackard
PLAGIARISTFri Sep 8, 2006Copier, of sortsLisa Bunker
RECONCILEDFri Jul 31, 2020Made peaceClaire Rimkus and Erik Agard
REMELDSSun Jan 16, 1994Combines againErnst Theimer
RUNONEMPTYThu Jul 7, 2005Push ahead, despite exhaustionDavid Quarfoot
SACHABARONCOHENSat Dec 6, 2008*Bat portrayerAshish Vengsarkar & Narayan Venkatasubramanyan
SEEASHOWSun Jan 13, 2008Enjoy the theaterStella Daily and Bruce Venzke
SEEPOUTThu Mar 25, 2021Ooze awayAlex Eaton-Salners
SKIPAGRADESat Jun 18, 2011Outclass one's peers?Joon Pahk
SNAKEOILSALESMANSun Apr 7, 2019Slippery vendorPeter A. Collins
TATTLEONSat Oct 17, 2009Rat outChuck Deodene
TAXABLEGAINSat Sep 6, 1997Sale result, sometimesRich Norris
THEAYESHAVEITSun Apr 5, 2020Passing comment?Jim Peredo
THETERMINATORSat Aug 3, 2019Film featuring an assassin from 2029Ryan McCarty
THRUSHMon Jul 28, 2014Plump songbirdTom McCoy
TOWLINESTue Nov 3, 2009Water-skiers' holdsBarry Boone
WATERRIDESat Aug 27, 2022Disney's Splash Mountain, for oneAndrew Linzer
YOUCANTFOOLMEMon Jan 8, 2007What a 20-Across might sayHarriet Clifton
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