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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 50,658 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
ACTEDALONEThu Jan 1, 2026Had no co-conspiratorsTopher Booth
AMVETTue Feb 17, 2009W.W. II-era G.I., e.g.Kristian House
BATSFORSun Dec 15, 2019Takes the plate in place ofChristina Iverson and Jeff Chen
BIZARROTue Nov 25, 2025___ World, DC Comics planet of oppositesJohn Ewbank
BRATINGSat Aug 31, 2024Risky bond designationSam Ezersky
BURNINGQUESTIONThu Feb 26, 2009It has to be askedBrendan Emmett Quigley
CALLHOMEMon May 20, 2002Phone the folksNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
CARTHIEFThu Jul 28, 2016Auto boosterAdam G. Perl
DENTALFILLINGWed Jun 15, 2011What 28-Across has?Jeffrey Wechsler
DESERTERSFri Mar 29, 2024Those who've gone wrong?Jake Bunch
DEVOIRFri Dec 20, 1996Act of civilityM. Ashwood-Smith
DRINKERWed Nov 8, 2017Bar patronJoel Fagliano and Sam Ezersky
EXPRESSIONISTICSat Dec 30, 2023Like art conveying emotion rather than realismSimeon Seigel
FISHMARKETSun Aug 9, 2020Where to get a mullet trimmedRuth Bloomfield Margolin
FOLKLORESThu Feb 16, 2006Fairy tales and urban legendsLevi Denham and Nancy Salomon
HARRYSTue Mar 28, 2017Truman and othersRyan Milligan
IBMWATSONThu Jul 20, 2023Technological breakthrough first seen on "Jeopardy!" in 2011Drew Schmenner
INDEPENDENTCOUNSELSun Apr 20, 2008Head of a special government inquiryJohn Farmer
IRREGULARSThu Nov 21, 1996Baker Street groupM. Ashwood-Smith
JAMESWOODSSun Sep 21, 2003"The Light in the Forest" as read by actor ___Randolph Ross
KENTCIGARETTESSun May 17, 2020R. J. Reynolds product that once sponsored "The Dick Van Dyke Show"Byron Walden
KILOJOULETue Feb 19, 20131,000 watt-secondsBarry Franklin and Sara Kaplan
LANSINGMICHIGANWed Feb 25, 2015Midwest capital #1Michael Shteyman
LIMANThu Aug 24, 1995Certain PeruvianMatt Gaffney
MANUALRECOUNTSun Feb 9, 2025Instructions for slaying Dracula?Rich Katz and Jeff Chen
MENTIONINGThu Oct 17, 1996Not worth ___J. R. Conrad
MOMBLOGSSat Sep 18, 2021Some parenting websitesRyan McCarty
OURTEAMSat May 4, 2019Heading over a list of leading figures on a business's websiteMark Diehl
PILLAGERSSat Aug 4, 2001Huns, e.g.Randolph Ross
PROPEACESat May 6, 2023Like much 1960s activismCarter Cobb
ROUGHSITFri Jan 27, 2017Camps in the wildJohn Guzzetta
SLIPKNOTWed Feb 23, 1994Boy Scout tieJoel Davajan
TAXIESFri Mar 15, 2024Gets ready to flyDaniel Grinberg
TRIPLEOVERTIMEThu Apr 13, 2017Uncommon period in basketball ... or a hint to 19- and 37-Across and 4- and 48-DownMichael Shteyman
TURNINGRADIUSSun Jul 29, 2001Driver's condition?Michael Ashley
UNADORNEDWed Jan 26, 2022PlainMichael Schlossberg
UNDERWATERSat Aug 7, 2004Masks are worn herePatrick Berry
UNDOCKSThu Apr 27, 2023Separates from the mother ship, sayMichael Schlossberg
UNSTABLEWed Apr 3, 2002Like nitroglycerinFred Piscop
WELLDONEOLDCHAPMon Dec 20, 1999Compliment from a BritNancy Salomon
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