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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 50,386 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
BIGSURPRISEFri Oct 15, 2021"What a shocker"Ashton Anderson
BOBSLEDTEAMThu Mar 13, 2003Downhill racersDavid J. Kahn
BRASSIESTue Oct 4, 1994Number two woodsStanley B. Whitten
BULLFINCHWed Jun 20, 2018Small Eurasian songbirdJeffrey Wechsler
CARNAPSun May 18, 2014Steal, as a vehicleJoe DiPietro
CLEARINGFri Sep 27, 2013Snow job?Peter A. Collins
COLLIESFri Nov 24, 2023Some "bearded" dogsRafael Musa
DARESNOTSun Mar 26, 2000Is unwilling to riskManny Nosowsky
ELISABETHSHUEThu Sep 10, 1998Nicolas Cage co-star, 1995Christopher Hurt
ESTHSSun Oct 27, 1996Tallinn nativesN. N. Joline
EVESDIARYThu May 15, 2025Mark Twain tale narrated in the first person by a noted first womanSimeon Seigel
FACTOREDSun Aug 1, 2004Broken downRandolph Ross
FIGHTSDIRTYFri Apr 18, 2025Claws or bitesGreg Snitkin and Glenn Davis
FORGOESSat Jan 7, 1995SkipsRandolph Ross
FRITZIMon Jul 27, 2009Nancy's 56-Down in the comicsAllan E. Parrish
GARDENTOOLSun Feb 5, 2012124-Across near Dover?Charles M. Deber
GASHEATERFri Feb 17, 2023Room warmer of sortsJem Burch
GATEWAYSTue Dec 18, 2001Entry pointsSarah Keller
GOODFORNOTHINGSun Sep 26, 1999"Much Ado About Virtue" by William ShakespeareRandolph Ross
JEEPSAFARISFri Sep 1, 2023Some adventures in the SerengetiRobert Logan
LYFTDRIVERWed Feb 19, 2020One competing with UberAlex Eaton-Salners
MANYSSun Feb 9, 2014"___ the time ..."Charles M. Deber
NASHRAMBLERMon Dec 27, 2010Car in the Playmates' 1958 hit "Beep Beep"C. W. Stewart
NURSECLINICIANSSat Apr 28, 2012They may perform minor surgeriesGary J. Whitehead
PORKRIBSat Oct 23, 2021BBQ specialtySam Ezersky
RUNOUTOFTOWNSun Apr 28, 2019ROOT words?Brendan Emmett Quigley
SENSEOFFAIRNESSFri Jun 21, 2002Judge's needBob Peoples
SOCCERBALLSThu Oct 31, 2019They get kicked around a lotEzra Brauner and Jeff Chen
SOLVABLEFri May 18, 2018Like this puzzle, we hopeRyan McCarty
STATESAVENUEFri Mar 25, 2016Pink propertyIan Livengood
SUREHANDEDThu Nov 29, 2012Having firm controlSharon Delorme
SWOUNDSat May 9, 2009Faint, to ShakespeareBrad Wilber
TANTSat Sep 18, 2010"___ pis!" ("Too bad!," in France)Natan Last, Brown University '12
TEDDERWed Feb 9, 2000Hay spreaderCharles E. Gersch
TENSORSFri Nov 15, 1996Tightening musclesR. Norris
TROUBLEDTIMESTue Jul 10, 2007Periods of unrestPete Muller
TWEAKEDThu Jul 16, 1998Fine-tunedKelly Clark
VERYWELLSun Jan 27, 2013"Fine, have it your way!"Jeff Chen
WHERESTHEREMOTEFri Oct 11, 2013Universal query?Peter A. Collins
WINNOWEDTue Jul 16, 2024Slowly whittled downKelly Richardson
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