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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 50,595 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
AMERINDIANSWed Jun 20, 2007Iroquois and othersBonnie L. Gentry and Victor Fleming
ANIMATEDGIFWed Jul 5, 2017Many an internet memeJake Halperin
BIGUPSETSat Apr 6, 2024Cinderella's calling cardByron Walden
BIOTESTSSat Sep 21, 2002Experiments on organismsRich Norris
BLACKFORESTHAMSun Mar 12, 2023German deli meat / DiscussionDavid Tuffs
BOUGHTSun Oct 7, 2012Accepted as trueZoe Wheeler
CAMERAEQUIPMENTThu Mar 3, 2005Screens, filters and suchByron Walden
COMEUNDERFIRESat Aug 18, 2007Face attackJim Page
COMITYSat Dec 16, 2023Courteous behavior, formallyGarrett Chalfin
CRUISELINESun Oct 29, 2017Carnival, say, or a further hint to 42-AcrossRoss Trudeau
CYBERFRIENDTue Jul 28, 2020Chat room palRoss Trudeau
DAHOMEYSun Jul 13, 2008Benin, until 1975Matt Ginsberg
DAYCARESSun May 14, 2023Toddler drop-off localesSid Sivakumar
DIZZIEDFri May 23, 2014ConfusedDavid Steinberg
DRINKMESat Mar 18, 2006Label obeyed by AlicePatrick Berry
HOCKEYGAMEThu Jul 28, 2005It will sometimes have icingEric Berlin
INCIPIENTSat Sep 6, 1997DevelopingRich Norris
INHIBITORFri Apr 23, 1999AnticatalystHarvey Estes
JOJOBASat Jan 9, 2021Southwestern shrub that yields a cosmetic oilTrenton Charlson
JORGWed Jul 13, 2022George, in GermanyAddison Snell
KIAOPTIMASat Feb 5, 2011Korean-made sedan since 2001Mark Diehl
LALOLLOSat Nov 5, 20051950's-60's sex symbol's nicknamePatrick Berry
LEADORESSun Apr 7, 2013Galena and cerussiteMatt Ginsberg
LIGURESSat Feb 10, 1996Biblical gemstonesJohn R. Conrad
LONGLOSTFATHERWed Mar 23, 2016*Recurring soap opera plot deviceAlex Boisvert and Jeff Chen
NICOLETWed Jan 12, 2011Lake Michigan explorer Jean ___Jim Hilger
OFFICETEMPSSun Nov 4, 2012Nine to five, generally, in Grenoble?Brendan Emmett Quigley
PANORAMASSat Feb 1, 2025Broad viewsKate Chin Park and Rafael Musa
PESKIERSat Nov 20, 2021More vexingMary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
REGISTRATIONFEEFri Apr 4, 2003Entrance moneyMartin Ashwood-Smith
REIMBURSEFri Nov 11, 2005IndemnifyEric Berlin
RIDICULESSat Nov 25, 1995RibsJoe DiPietro
SCOTTISat Sep 30, 1995Operatic baritone AntonioBryant White
SOYOUSun Dec 6, 2020"... or ___ think!"Tony Orbach
SPANKEDWed May 6, 2009Punished with a wooden spoon, sayMichael Callaway Barnhart
STANNOSun Sep 30, 2007Tin: PrefixKelsey Blakley
STEPSOVERSun Sep 5, 2004CrossesPatrick Merrell
SWARMINGTue Jan 5, 1999Bee activityLyell Rodieck
WINGATESun Aug 27, 1995W.W. II British officer Orde _____Martin Schneider
WORKLOADSMon Sep 3, 2012Sets of tasks, as at an officeC. W. Stewart
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