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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 50,526 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
AMAZINGISNTITSun Dec 3, 2017"Pretty cool, huh?"David Steinberg
ATTHELEASTFri Apr 26, 2019"If nothing else ..."Kyle Dolan
BALLCONTROLThu Apr 13, 1995Gridiron offense strategyGlenn E. Sykes
BLUEBOTTLESat Jul 27, 2019Shiny blowflyByron Walden
CANDIEDSun Oct 18, 2020Voltaire's sweet novel?Miriam Estrin
CELLWALLSTue Sep 15, 2020They provide structure, biologicallyAmanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau
CHRISSIEHYNDEFri Oct 8, 2010The great Pretender?Brendan Emmett Quigley
COHOSTSThu Dec 31, 2015They share the airBen Tausig
CONDUCTORMon Jan 1, 2024Official on a train ... or for an orchestraHarry Zheng
CONSUMERPROFILETue Jun 4, 2019Need for targeted advertisingJake Halperin
DEVOTIONALFri Jun 19, 1998Used in worshipA. J. Santora
DIPPIERSun Nov 14, 1999Less coolLloyd E. Pollet
EDDIEBAUERThu Jul 13, 2023J.Crew competitorHanh Huynh
EMBOWEREDFri Jul 19, 2013Surrounded with foliagePatrick Berry
EVILLAUGHSun Jul 30, 2023"Mwa-ha-ha-ha" is oneJohn Kugelman
FIGURESKATEFri Dec 19, 2014Practice swizzles and twizzles, sayBrad Wilber and Doug Peterson
FLUORESCESun Mar 14, 2021Glow, in a wayJacob Stulberg
FUHRMANSun Aug 17, 19971995 cop on the spotCathy Millhauser
HANDEDOFFThu Dec 22, 1994Relinquished, as a footballStanley Newman
HOLISTSSat Jun 28, 2003Some philosophers and physiciansRobert H. Wolfe
HOPONITThu Nov 7, 2019"Get going already!"Joe DiPietro
IMPOSITIONSSun Mar 9, 2008Annoying obligations / "No need to check" [split]Patrick Berry
NAILEDINSun Oct 24, 2004Secured, as carpet tacksPatrick Berry
NOTESOFTHESCALEMon Sep 10, 2007Features found in 17- and 64-Across and 11- and 28-DownEdward M Sessa
ONABOUTFri Nov 15, 2013Speaking of repeatedly, to a BritDavid Woolf
ONFURLOUGHSat Feb 14, 2009Away, in a wayJoe Krozel
SAINTALBANSFri Jul 16, 2004Wars of the Roses battle siteCraig Kasper
SANFERNANDOMon Jun 9, 1997Los Angeles suburbThomas W. Schier
SEASPRAYSun Jun 18, 2017Result of waves hitting rocksSam Trabucco
SECRETKNOCKFri Feb 5, 2021Underground rap?Erik Agard
SHADOWCABINETMon May 23, 2022Opposition party group in British politicsSimon Marotte
SINGLEOCCUPANCYMon Mar 30, 2009Small hotel room specificationAndrea Carla Michaels
STREAKINGSat Aug 6, 2016Activity for when there's nothing going on?David Phillips
TASKBARThu Mar 24, 2022Strip of computer shortcutsJess Shulman
TENDERIZEFri Dec 5, 1997Pound, perhapsCraig Kasper and Dave Tuller
THEENDOFTHELINEFri Mar 22, 2002TerminusRandall J. Hartman
THEROUNDTABLESun Jul 26, 2009See 14-DownKevin G. Der
WACOTXThu May 26, 2011Baylor U. localeAshish Vengsarkar
WOESOMESun Dec 24, 1995Grievous, to grandmaFrances Hansen
WOODNYMPHFri Sep 5, 2008Butterfly with black-and-white eyespotsKevin G. Der
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