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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 50,360 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
BEARPAWSun Oct 6, 2019Large print sourceHoward Barkin and Victor Barocas
BUNCOSFri Dec 11, 1998ScamsJoe DiPietro
CENTURYTWENTYONESun Mar 22, 2009Big name in real estateJoon Pahk and Matt Matera
CETACEANSat Sep 1, 2012Air-breathing swimmerTim Croce
CHEESEHEADSun Apr 4, 2010*Green Bay Packers fanBob Klahn
CYNTHIAWed May 26, 2010"Sex and the City" actress NixonAnna Shechtman
DIGRESSEDSun Oct 13, 2013Went off?Jeff Chen
DRIVESATWed Sep 13, 1995Attempts to conveyEileen Lexau
DRIVETHROUGHWed Dec 13, 2017Option at many a fast-food restaurantBenjamin Kramer
DUKEANDDUCHESSWed Feb 20, 2019*Noble coupleByron Walden
ERRANTRYFri Jul 17, 1998Old-fashioned adventurismRandolph Ross
ETAHSun Jan 11, 2004Greenland base for many polar expeditionsAlan Arbesfeld
EXPERIENCESat Sep 2, 2006Go throughMel Rosen
FEVERISHSat Sep 21, 2013SuperexcitedTim Croce
FOOTWORNTue Feb 22, 2022Well-trodden, as a pathJacob McDermott
GENTLEMENSSun Feb 13, 1994Kind of agreementCathy Millhauser
GOODSPORTWed Oct 17, 2001Unselfish participant, or a mercantile harborGreg Staples
JIMMYFALLONSat Aug 31, 2013TV host who won a Best Comedy Album GrammyJosh Knapp
LASTSECONDSat Mar 16, 2024The "wire," so to speakCarly Schuna
LAUNDEREDMONEYMon Jul 17, 2006Handled Mob finances, to a housekeeper?Larry Paul
MARCANTONYFri Jan 31, 1997Second Triumvirate memberM. Gaffney
MARLBOROSSun Apr 30, 2000They were once promoted with the slogan "Ivory tips protect your lips"Cathy Millhauser
MEIOSISThu Jun 20, 2024Process of cell divisionElla Dershowitz
MIRACLEMOPWed Nov 29, 2017So-called "self-wringing" cleaning implementErik Agard
MULLOVERWed May 15, 2013Reflect deeply onDavid Sullivan
NEWYORKTIMESThu Dec 13, 2018Publishing debut of 1851, with "The"John Westwig
NOTIFBUTWHENSat Mar 13, 2021Statement of inevitabilityJohn Guzzetta
OMNIPRESENTFri Jul 25, 2014Like GodPeter A. Collins
ONEFOURTHFri Dec 19, 2003Generous slice of the pieElizabeth C. Gorski
OUTSPRINTThu Mar 9, 2023*Defeat in a 100-meter dash, saySimeon Seigel
RECITINGSun May 15, 1994Not ad-libbingCharles M. Deber
REMEMBERMESat Feb 19, 2011Reunion questionTim Croce
STARKNESSSat Jun 24, 2000DesolationNancy Joline
STATINSSat Apr 12, 2008Lipitor and suchByron Walden
STRESSMARKSun Jul 2, 2006AccentElizabeth C. Gorski
STUNTDOUBLESun May 17, 2009Perfect job for Darren?Oliver Hill
SUBWAYADSSat Oct 5, 2024Pitches low and inside?Natan Last
THEMUDVILLENINESat Jun 26, 2021Literary team playing in front of "ten thousand eyes"John Lieb and Brad Wilber
TOWNEEThu Aug 22, 1996Nonstudent living in a college community: Var.R. Norris
WRYHUMORThu Oct 10, 2024Trademark of deadpan stand-upsGrant Boroughs
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