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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 50,584 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
ARTCOLLECTIONSun Mar 13, 1994BUCHWALD, CARNEY, GARFUNKEL, LINKLETTERNancy Nicholson Joline
BASEJUMPERSFri Jan 28, 2022Extreme athletes with parachutesJem Burch
BEGETTERFri Sep 3, 2010SireJohn Farmer
CHIRPERSun Feb 6, 2005Cricket, at timesJoel Kaplow
DEATHTOSMOOCHYWed Oct 22, 20032002 Robin Williams filmJudy Cole
EMPERORPALPATINEFri Jun 10, 2016Film villain who says "Your feeble skills are no match for the power of the dark side"David Steinberg
GETSFATSat May 2, 2020Swells up, as a lipPaolo Pasco
GOBSTOPPERTue Sep 14, 2021"Everlasting" candy from Willy WonkaChristopher Adams
HARDTOTELLFri Aug 26, 2022"I can't say for sure"Robert Logan
HIDDENGEMSTue Apr 14, 2009What the long Across answers with circles haveBarry Boone
HUDSONBAYSat Mar 29, 2014Polar Bear Provincial Park borders itBarry C. Silk
IMONABOATSun Apr 3, 20162009 Grammy nominee with the lyric "But this ain't SeaWorld, this is real as it gets"Natan Last
JEFFKENTThu Sep 12, 20132000 N.L M.V.P. who played for the GiantsIan Livengood
KANORADOKANSASThu Mar 20, 2008Plains border town portmanteauStephen Edward Anderson
KELTSSun Aug 17, 2003Ancient Brits: Var.Elizabeth C. Gorski
LABOURDAYSun Jun 12, 2022Canadian observance also called FĂȘte du TravailWill Nediger
LOCALOFFICESat Jul 6, 2019Mayoralty, e.g.Erik Agard
MAJORFIXERUPPERWed Aug 24, 2022"The space has endless possibilities!"Colin Ernst
MEDIALLYSun Aug 13, 1995Toward the centerNancy Salomon
MILLDAMThu Jan 22, 1998Structure near a flour factoryPatrick Jordan
MUDSLINGERMon Mar 5, 2007Smear campaignerFred Piscop
NITPICKEDSat Sep 30, 2000Split hairsBrendan Emmett Quigley
OAKEDWed Jul 6, 2016Stored in certain wood barrels, as 65-AcrossDavid Woolf
OILPASTELSat Jul 15, 2023Crayon alternativeJeff Chen
OLIVERSMon Sep 12, 1994Hardy and NorthSidney L. Robbins
OVERTOPSat Aug 24, 2002SurpassChuck Menning
PAYINCREASESSun Jun 29, 2003Folded-up salary check?Rich Norris
PLASMASCREENSun Nov 14, 2021TV display optionAimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz
PTAHFri May 6, 1994Chief god of MemphisManny Nosowsky
RAVECULTUREFri Mar 8, 2019Phenomenon characterized by electronic dance musicDavid Steinberg
REFERENCECHECKMon Sep 5, 2022Prehiring formality, oftenAdam Simpson
RETRACTSThu Jan 28, 2016Takes backElizabeth C. Gorski
SECONDSTRINGThu Sep 10, 2015Not starter-levelTracy Gray
SITTINGINSun Feb 5, 2023Auditing a class, maybeJeremy Newton
SNORKELERSThu Nov 20, 2014They're hooked up to breathing tubesTimothy Polin
SPINARTFri Nov 6, 2020Crafts created on a rotating platformAimee Lucido
SURCEASEDFri Oct 31, 1997DiscontinuedMatt Gaffney
TOUCHERSun Jan 9, 1994Faith healer, perhapsMel Rosen
UNROBESSun Feb 26, 1995StripsFred Piscop
UNSOLVABLESat Jan 29, 2011Like the equation "x = x + 1"Ned White
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