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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 50,581 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
BARBUDAFri Jun 10, 2016Island north of AntiguaDavid Steinberg
BARTENDERSSat Feb 9, 2013Ones who are counter-productive?Peter Wentz
BLOWUPSWed Jun 10, 2015Angry outburstsTracy Gray
DEBACLESWed Jun 11, 2003Complete collapsesNancy Salomon
EUROPEANSThu May 10, 2012Poles, e.g.Jules P. Markey
FORDGALAXYMon Aug 5, 2013Minivan since the mid-'90sAlan Arbesfeld
GARCONSSat Mar 13, 1999Ones taking ordersDavid J. Kahn
GOTITONFri Sep 28, 2012Began brawlingEd Sessa
HEBREWCALENDARSat Jun 29, 2019What ends with AdarKameron Austin Collins
HIGHMUCKETYMUCKTue Apr 13, 2004V.I.P. #2Bill Ballard
HOMEMADEBREADSat Nov 30, 2024End result of a starterOliver Goodridge and Juan Garavito
HORSEMANURESat Dec 29, 2012BalderdashJoe Krozel
INHIGHSPIRITSMon Aug 12, 2013*ElatedDaniel Raymon
INSTRUCTSTue Oct 3, 2023TeachesTroy Laedtke
JUSTMARRIEDMon Jan 14, 2008Good sign on a car trunkRobert Dillman
LOUISCINQThu Oct 3, 1996The king has drowned, in 33-Across?J. R. Leeds
MONICKERThu May 1, 2008HandleJim Leeds
NEOCOSMICFri Jun 16, 1995Of the universe in its present stateThomas W. Schier
NOTHINGLEFTBEHINDThu Oct 24, 2019... Surgeon's goalMatt Ginsberg
NOTONEREDCENTTue Mar 18, 2008Nary a pennyDavid Pringle
OHERLIHYThu Mar 17, 1994Character actor DanJim Page
PARTITIONSOFFFri Aug 24, 2012Puts barricades aroundMark Diehl
PLAYSGODSat Aug 25, 2018Acts all-powerfulSam Ezersky
PODIATRISTSat May 4, 2024Ball handler?Jacob McDermott
POSTBOXFri Sep 30, 2011London letter getterJoe Krozel
POWERLINESThu Aug 8, 2019Casualties of violent stormsTimothy Polin
PREAKNESSSTAKESTue Oct 31, 2006Dracula's least favorite sporting event?Patrick Blindauer
RAISINGARIZONASun Oct 14, 20071987 Nicolas Cage/Holly Hunter filmElizabeth C. Gorski
ROCKTHEVOTESat Jul 27, 2013Election-related nonprofit since 1990John Lieb and David Quarfoot
RUNCOLDWed Jul 23, 2014What your blood may do when you're frightenedHoward Barkin
SORTTHEMAILSun Jul 12, 2020Chore for a knight?Samuel A. Donaldson
STORMINATEACUPWed Jun 27, 2012Much ado about nothingMike Buckley
THEDEETSMon Nov 21, 2022Particulars, slangilyBrandon Koppy
THUMBSDOWNFri Jan 11, 2008Negative signMike Nothnagel
TOMATOCANSat May 15, 2021Incapable fighter, in boxing slangSam Trabucco
TOOLSETSSun Aug 14, 2016Some True Value purchasesIan Livengood
TYREKEFri May 29, 2020Evans who was the 2009-10 N.B.A. Rookie of the YearSam Ezersky
UNSAFERFri Aug 22, 2008Condomless vis-à-vis protectedKevin G. Der
WATERCRAFTSat Aug 19, 1995Junk, e.g.Bryant White
WENTOVERTHESIDEFri Sep 24, 2004Abandoned ship, possiblyPatrick Berry
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