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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 50,247 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
BESTIARIESThu Oct 1, 2015Books that may depict dragons, unicorns and griffinsJohn Guzzetta
BETAGAINSTSun May 19, 2019Not like the odds of, sayNatan Last
BINGEWATCHERSun Oct 10, 2021A Man for All SeasonsBrandon Koppy
DELUDEDSat Dec 17, 2011Like suckersTom Heilman
DEVELOPERSat Mar 22, 2003One with lots to think aboutRich Norris
DUPONTSSat Dec 19, 2015Influential industrial familyDamon Gulczynski
DUROCSFri Jun 15, 2007Some hogsNancy Joline
EDWINMEESEFri Oct 19, 2012Former attorney general in the Iraq Study GroupPatrick Berry
EMBLAZONEDSat Dec 31, 1994Brilliantly decoratedAlex K. Justin
ESSAYMILLSat Mar 4, 2023Seedy business for college applicantsRyan McCarty
FLANKSTEAKFri Oct 16, 2009London broil, oftenKaren M. Tracey
FOILPAPERSat Feb 24, 2007It's brilliant in handicraftsByron Walden
GLACIERSSun Feb 27, 2022They have massive calvesSheldon Polonsky
GODWESun Jun 29, 1997Words on a quarterDavid J. Kahn
INDIANAJONESADVENTURESun Jul 17, 2005Any story in a certain movie serial ... or a 75-Down attractionDavid J. Kahn
INSTANTCOFFEEMon Jun 25, 2012Drink made with crystalsNancy Kavanaugh
INTREPIDSFri Mar 21, 1997Dodge carsShannon Burns
JOBOPENINGMon Feb 11, 2008Want ad heading ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 38- and 49-AcrossKen Bessette
JUMPINTHESHOWERMon Jan 15, 2024Wash oneself quicklyPeter A. Collins
MASTERBUILDERTue May 23, 2006See 27-AcrossAlan Arbesfeld
MATELOTSat Nov 12, 1994Sailor, in British slangBryant White
MERCYMERCYMERCYMon Jul 3, 1995Cannonball Adderley tuneFred Piscop
MIDIRONSun Apr 30, 20235, 6 or 7, in golfLewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen
MILOOSHEAMon Jan 8, 2018"Ulysses" star, 1967Sam Ezersky
MISTRUSTSat May 17, 1997DoubtDaniel R. Stark
OFAMANSun Sep 18, 1994"The true measure ___ ..."Merl Reagle
PLATTEDSun Nov 8, 2009Like surveyors' chartsRobert W. Harris
PLEASUREPALACESFri Nov 20, 1998Exotic recreation sitesManny Nosowsky
RESHOWSun Aug 8, 2021Play again, as a TV specialChristina Iverson and Jeff Chen
REVILESSun May 24, 2020ExcoriatesAndrew Chaikin
SCAVENGESSat Apr 2, 2005Dumpster-divesByron Walden
SCISSORLIFTThu May 20, 2021Movable aerial platformTrenton Charlson
SIZETWOTue May 24, 2016Petite dress specificationJonathan Gersch
TESTMATCHFri Jul 19, 2013International cricket eventPatrick Berry
THEGLOVEDONESun May 28, 2000Michael Jackson biopic?Richard Silvestri
THEMALLTue Jan 14, 2003Teen's hangout, perhapsAdam G. Perl
THEMUPPETSHOWMon Dec 11, 2006TV program for which 59-Across won an Emmy, 1977David J. Kahn
TOOKILLSun May 18, 2014Got sickJoe DiPietro
VEXERSThu Feb 5, 2009Annoying typesDavid J. Kahn
WAGELABORERSSat Jul 17, 2021Ones exploited in a capitalist system, per MarxRyan McCarty
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