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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
CLEARCONSCIENCESat Dec 27, 1997Sleeping aid?Martin Ashwood-Smith
DIMMINGFri Nov 3, 2023Like the light at sundownRobyn Weintraub
DRINKINGGOURDSun Jul 25, 2021Celestial figure depicted in this puzzle's grid, in African American folkloreChandi Deitmer
DULLNESSTue Apr 28, 2009TediumMatt Ginsberg
EASThu Jun 1, 2006___ in eagleEthan Cooper
ELMBARKSat Apr 14, 2012Medicinal tea sourceMark Diehl
ENDTABLESSun Jan 21, 2018They may sit next to sofasVictor Barocas and Andy Kravis
EVERGLADESun Oct 5, 1997Swampy tractDerrick Niederman
FIRECRACKERSTue Aug 31, 2021Good snack for an arsonist?Eric Bornstein
FLATEARTHSOCIETYSun Dec 11, 2011Group that doesn't believe in revolution?Timothy Polin
HANSCHRISTIANANDERSENSun Aug 19, 2001"He used to make up unbelievable tales"David J. Kahn
HOMERUNKINGTue Oct 13, 1998Title for 17-AcrossNancy Salomon
IRADESFri Feb 4, 1994DecreesJoe Clonick
LITAFORDSat Jul 1, 2017"Kiss Me Deadly" rockerDavid Phillips
MESAVERDESun Jan 8, 2006National park in ColoradoMichael Ashley
MODERNPROMETHEUSSun Jun 10, 2007Mary Shelley subtitle, with "The"Bob Klahn
MOVIETICKETSSat Sep 6, 2025They help you see the big pictureKunal Nabar
NOCAUSEFORALARMSat Mar 21, 2015"Don't worry"Frederick J. Healy
NURTUREDThu Feb 9, 1995Was a mentor toRichard Thomas
ORLOSun Oct 29, 1995Flat plinthMaura B. Jacobson
PRANDIALTue Dec 4, 2001Dinner-relatedMichael Shteyman
PUMASNEAKERSSun Oct 30, 2016*Athletic footwear once promoted by PeléCaleb Madison
QUELQUECHOSESun Aug 13, 2006Something in FranceDerrick Niederman
RABFri Jun 16, 1995Mortar beaterThomas W. Schier
REDCARDThu Mar 15, 2018Soccer penalty indicatorJoe DiPietro
SENTPACKINGTue Aug 13, 1996Fired, as a U.P.S. worker?R. Hughes
SEVENTHSONSat Oct 15, 2022Potentially prophetic childJohn Hawksley
SHEBOYGANMon Jul 24, 2017Wisconsin city on Lake MichiganPeter Gordon
SOCKEDINTHENOSEThu Jul 1, 2004Worse than slappedNancy Kavanaugh
SPECIMENSFri Dec 17, 2010Lab stockPatrick Berry
STUBBEDMon Aug 24, 2009Struck accidentally, as the toeAnthony J. Salvia
SWIMMERSat Jun 1, 2019Pool party?Ari Richter
TELEPROMPTERFri Jun 22, 2018Orator's aidAndrew Kingsley
TETRAHEDRONTue Oct 27, 2009Solid with four triangular facesChuck Deodene
TILEGROUTMon May 30, 2011Bonding material for bathroom floorsMichael Barnhart
TREEFERNMon Aug 21, 2000Tropical plant with a trunklike stemDave and Diane Epperson
TWENTYDOLLARSTue Oct 9, 2012<em>On both sides</em>John Guzzetta
WORKUPSat Jul 12, 2003ProduceManny Nosowsky
WROUGHTSun Apr 18, 2010CreatedRandolph Ross
ZANDTFri Nov 23, 2012Musician/radio host Steven Van ___Patrick Berry
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