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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 50,751 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
ALIGHTEDWed Jan 4, 2012Came downBrendan Emmett Quigley
BARELYSQUEAKBYSun Mar 13, 2005Solve a lab maze almost inaudibly?Patrick Merrell
BEEROCLOCKFri Jul 10, 2015When it's acceptable to start downing brewsBarry C. Silk
BIRDONAWIRETue Dec 11, 2018Goldie Hawn comedy or Leonard Cohen documentaryAmanda Chung and Karl Ni
BODYARMORThu Jan 10, 2013Military protectionKevan Choset
BOLLASun Mar 12, 2000Soave ___Elizabeth C. Gorski
CATERESSSat May 7, 2005Job title for Blondie, in the comicsPatrick Berry
CHADWICKBOSEMANTue Sep 22, 2020Late portrayer of 40-AcrossJeremy Newton
CRAGGYSun May 29, 2022Rough and unevenDaniel Bodily and Jeff Chen
DAREWESAYTue Sep 20, 2016"Hesitating to mention it, but ..."Tracy Bennett
DASHIKISSat Dec 30, 2017Colorful pulloversDamon Gulczynski
DECENTLYThu Jun 25, 2015In a respectable wayDavid Poole
DEFOGGERSat Feb 1, 1997Visibility aidR. H. Burns
EUELLGIBBONSTue Dec 23, 2003Spokesperson who liked "wild hickory nuts"Mike Torch
FAIRTOMIDDLINGTue May 18, 2004PassableElizabeth C. Gorski
FALLCLASSICMon Oct 28, 2024Nickname for the World Series ... or what you might call 17-, 28- or 45-Across?Michael Lieberman
FINDCLOSUREWed Jun 22, 2022Accept and let go of something ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred cluesKate Hawkins
FLICKEDSat Feb 27, 2021Switched (on)Yacob Yonas
FLICKOFASWITCHWed Mar 22, 2023"Freaky Friday" or "The Parent Trap"?Madeline Kaplan
FORESTFLOORMon Oct 7, 2019Place for ferns and pine needlesKeiran King
HALFREADSun Mar 27, 2022Like a book with a bookmark in the middle, sayAugust Lee-Kovach
ISMANSun Oct 26, 2014"What ___?" (Mark Twain essay)Caleb Emmons
KEEPTALKINGFri May 26, 2017"Tell me more ..."Robyn Weintraub
KEYNOTESPEECHESFri Nov 4, 2022Conference highlightsJuliet Corless
LEIFSSat Aug 18, 2007Conductor Segerstam and novelist EngerJim Page
LETNOTSat Oct 9, 2010"___ your hearts faint": Deuteronomy 20:3Joe Krozel
MODERNWARFARESun Jun 30, 2013West Point subjectAlex Vratsanos and Jeff Chen
OFFSITEThu Jan 2, 2020Like much freelance workEd Sessa
ONSTEROIDSSat Mar 18, 2023To an extremeAda Nicolle
PLAINTOSEEMon Mar 18, 2019Clearly visibleZhouqin Burnikel
PREMIUMQUALITYThu Oct 1, 1998High-gradeManny Nosowsky
PREQUELSSat Dec 11, 2021Some origin storiesHal Moore
SEPTEMBERSONGThu Mar 2, 2000Hit by Maxwell Anderson and 64-AcrossFrances Hansen
SHACKEDUPSat Jan 5, 2019Lived in a love nestAndrew Zhou
SKIPACKAGESun Nov 26, 2023Resort offering that might include a lift ticketAdam Wagner and Michael Lieberman
TAKECHANCESTue Aug 6, 2013Make off with some raffle tickets?Lynn Lempel
TAPDANCESSat Dec 8, 2018Really clicks with a partner, say?Trenton Charlson and David Steinberg
TIMBRELTue Sep 13, 1994TambourineGregory E. Paul
WAYBEHINDTHETIMESSun Sep 13, 2015NEWSPAPER ROUTEJoe DiPietro
WORLDCOURTFri Jun 21, 2024It takes suits from around the globeBilly Bratton
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