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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 50,738 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
ARDMORESun Jan 8, 1995Philly suburbNancy Nicholson Joline
BACKWARDSWed Feb 2, 2022See 18-AcrossMeredith Colton Hazy
BIGTICKETITEMSat Jan 20, 2018One taking a lot of credit, maybe?Alex Vratsanos
BODESWELLSun Dec 20, 2015Shows promisePeter Wentz
BODYHEATMon Aug 18, 2008*1981 film starring William Hurt and Kathleen TurnerPaula Gamache
BULGURFri Dec 26, 2025Cracked wheat used in tabboulehAndrew Spooner
CALEDONIAFri Jun 29, 2012Scotland, to poetsPatrick Berry
CARIBBEANSEAFri Aug 15, 2014One end of the [circled letters], which opened on 8/15/1914Jeff Chen
CONCEDEDThu Jun 6, 2013Accepted defeatJames Tuttle
DECORATINGFri May 26, 1995Interior workRandolph Ross
DXCVSun Jan 1, 2012Late sixth-century yearPatrick Berry
FISHOILThu Jun 23, 2011Fatty acid sourceIan Livengood
GOLLYGEESun Jun 3, 2007"Leave it to Beaver" catchphraseKelsey Blakley
GOROSat Apr 27, 1996Cio-Cio-San's marriage brokerF. Hansen
HEMMINGTue Aug 20, 2013Fixing, as the bottom of a skirtZhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo
INDRIBSANDDRABSFri Nov 30, 2012Little by littleGary Cee
JUSTAVERAGELOOKINGSun Feb 6, 2011However, this man was balding, gray-haired and ...David J. Kahn
KEEPSONICESun Jun 3, 2001Has readyBob Peoples and Nancy Salomon
LALLYGAGSun Apr 25, 1999LoafJoe DiPietro
LEADINGARTICLESSat Jun 21, 2008Front-of-magazine piecesTyler Lewis Hinman
LIABLETOThu Aug 1, 1996So inclinedB. Lubbers
MAJORBARBARASun Dec 10, 20001905 Shaw playRich Norris
MAKEPASSESMon Aug 13, 2018Succeed on the gridiron ... or invite a slap in the faceLynn Lempel
MARATHONDANCERSTue Nov 26, 2024Participants in an endurance competition set to musicKillian Olson
MELTINONESMOUTHMon Mar 14, 2011What M&M's doAndrea Carla Michaels
MXIVSun Jul 3, 20051014, in historyElizabeth C. Gorski
NODONTMon Sep 24, 2018"Stop, I beg you!"Michael Black
OFFEREDUPSun Feb 17, 2002SacrificedJoe DiPietro
PARALLELLINESFri Jun 4, 1999They never meetJohn Wolting
PEEWEEERWINThu Dec 26, 2002Jazz trumpeter of the Big Band eraCathy Millhauser
PROFITEEREDWed Jan 2, 2008Made a killing, sayPatrick Blindauer
ROADERSFri Oct 21, 2011Off-___ (sturdy bikes)Patrick Berry
SPINTHEWHEELMon Feb 7, 2005Roulette instructionGordon Seaberg
STUDFARMSun May 24, 2015Breeding groundKevin G. Der
SUBPARTFri Apr 15, 2011Fraction of a fractionPatrick Berry
TEENMOVIESun Oct 24, 2021Genre for "Booksmart" and "Clueless"Katie Hale
TOTHEMOONSun Aug 12, 2007Ralph Kramden catchphrase on old TV ... and a hint to this puzzle's themeCathy Millhauser
TUNGOSun Apr 3, 1994Miniature kangaroo of AustraliaErnie Furtado
UNCRATEThu Aug 22, 2002Open, as shipped goodsCathy Millhauser
WATCHTHISSPACEThu Jan 31, 2002Billboard lineBruce F. Adams
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