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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 50,612 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
ADEQUACYThu Oct 19, 2000SuitabilityPatrick Jordan
ASSESSMENTROLLSFri Sep 28, 2007Records of interest to real estate agentsHarvey Estes
BRASSWARESat Oct 28, 2017Many doorknobs, faucets, candleholders, etc.Roland Huget
BUTTOCKTue Apr 22, 2014Half moon?Ed Sessa
CODYSThu May 7, 2009Buffalo Bill ___ Wild West ShowElizabeth C. Gorski
CONSTRAINSThu Feb 28, 2013HindersJoe Krozel
COVERALLSTue Apr 29, 2014Some work clothesJules P. Markey
DONTTURNBACKSat Jan 3, 2004Resolute advice to the hesitantJames M. and James C. Jenista
DURSLEYSun Jun 6, 2021Surname of Harry Potter's adoptive familyRobyn Weintraub
EXTRAPOINTSSun Jan 30, 2022Scores for placekickersRoss Trudeau
FAUXDIAMONDSat Aug 11, 2018Blarney stone?Ryan McCarty
FIDDLESWed Sep 6, 2006Hoedown staplesManny Nosowsky
GIANTANTEATERSun May 13, 2007*Toothless South American animalJim Page
GIVETHESTINKEYESun Mar 1, 2020SMEILLSam Trabucco
INNERPLANETThu Mar 26, 2020Mercury or Earth, e.g.Alex Eaton-Salners
KEDROVASun Oct 26, 2014Lila ___, Oscar winner for "Zorba the Greek"Caleb Emmons
MINERALHARDNESSSun May 12, 2019What's measured by [circled letters]Victor Barocas
MYSTERYNOVELThu Aug 11, 1994PoserBryant White
NAPPASat Mar 22, 2008Soft leather used in wallets, whose name derives from a place in CaliforniaByron Walden
NOODLINGMon Feb 17, 2025Messing around, as with an instrument or ideasKate Hawkins and Erica Hsiung Wojcik
OBLATESThu Aug 2, 2012Monastery residents who have not taken monastic vowsXan Vongsathorn
OVERSTRUNGSat Apr 6, 2013Very tenseMichael Wiesenberg
PANDABEARTue Nov 29, 2011Chinese zoo attractionAimee Lucido
PECTORALSat Jan 10, 2009Kind of fin on a fishBob Klahn
PHARMAREPFri Jul 5, 2019One making a living by pushing drugs, informallyFreddie Cheng
PIONEEREDFri Apr 7, 1995TrailblazedGerald R. Ferguson
PUTONTHEDOGTue Dec 27, 1994Have airs, like Rover?Ernie Furtado
PUTSINATRANCEWed Nov 12, 2008HypnotizesPeter A. Collins
ROUNDERSSun Jul 17, 20221998 Matt Damon film featuring this puzzle's gameGreg Slovacek
SANDRAKESThu Jul 29, 2010Golf groundskeepers' toolsPeter A. Collins
SOBSISTERSSat Feb 3, 2018Overly sentimental writersSam Ezersky and Byron Walden
STOOPDOWNWed Mar 16, 2022DuckJoseph Gangi
STUMPERSWed Nov 3, 1999Tough puzzlesGreg Staples
SWIMSHIRTSun Jan 7, 2024Certain beach topMichael Schlossberg
TAXIRIDESat Oct 24, 2009It begins where a person hails fromPaula Gamache
TEETERONTHEEDGEFri Aug 24, 2018Flirt with disasterRoland Huget
THEISun Nov 16, 2025What a detail-oriented person might "dot"Randolph Ross
TURNTHECORNERMon May 14, 2012Pass through a crisis safelyJohn Dunn
WHENTHECATSAWAYMon Apr 10, 1995With 36 Across, shirker's commentSidney L. Robbins
YOBASat Jun 24, 2023Malik ___, actor on "God Friended Me"Spencer Leach and Quiara Vasquez
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