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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 50,585 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
ARRANGERSat Jul 18, 1998Professional musicianRich Norris
BBQPORKBUNSat Jun 24, 2023Steamed Chinese snack also called char siu baoSpencer Leach and Quiara Vasquez
BITINGPESTSWed Jan 2, 2002They're hidden in 21-, 31- and 40-AcrossSarah Keller
BLISTERSThu Aug 8, 2002Sore spotsPatrick Merrell
BOUNCESThu May 30, 2002EjectsPeter Gordon
COMMUNALThu Nov 30, 1995Shared by allSusan Smith
CRUELANDUNUSUALFri Jul 10, 2009Torturous, perhapsJoe Krozel
DECLAIMEDWed Jun 24, 1998Renounced?Richard Silvestri
DETERGESMon Mar 5, 2007CleansesFred Piscop
DISCOUNTSTORESSun Jan 5, 2020Ignore what you have in reserve while taking inventory?Will Nediger
DOUBLEDECKERSun May 4, 2014Classic London transportMary Lou Guizzo
DRUMMERSSat May 27, 1995Band membersA.J. Santora
ELIONThu Aug 11, 2005Gertrude ___, 1988 Medicine NobelistMichael Shteyman
ENDUPINLASTMon Jul 28, 2008With 73-Across, be beaten by the rest of the fieldRoger Baiocchi
EPICUREANThu Feb 17, 1994Definitely not asceticBrett Blaylock
EXHIBITORWed Apr 14, 1999Show participantAlan Arbesfeld
FILTHYFri Dec 23, 2005Foul-mouthedManny Nosowsky
FLOORLEADERSun Apr 4, 2010*Legislative V.I.P.Bob Klahn
FRONTAXLESSat Sep 15, 2007Steering system componentsBrad Wilber
FROSTERSat May 17, 2003Bakery worker, at timesBob Peoples
GNOSTICSun May 2, 2010Early ChristianKelsey Blakley
GOOPYThu Aug 3, 2023Cloyingly sentimentalSimeon Seigel
HAYFORKSun May 14, 2006Farm pitcherPatrick Berry
JUSTMISSSat Jul 3, 2004Come this closeEric Berlin
LYMEDISEASEWed Jun 6, 2012Malady named after a Connecticut townGary Cee
MADEAPLANFri Jun 24, 2011PreparedMilo Beckman
MISSCUBATue Dec 11, 2012Havana beauty, maybeGene Newman
NOODLESOUPMon Sep 1, 2025Ramen or phoLynn Lempel
OEUFSFri Jan 21, 2011Quiche ingrédientsPete Mitchell
POPPEDAPILLThu Oct 12, 2023Dosed oneselfJohn Nagamichi Cho
REVENUERWed Nov 30, 1994T-manJoan Scott
SAEEDSun Nov 2, 2025___ Jones, author of "How We Fight for Our Lives"Rafael Musa
SALMISFri Oct 13, 1995Pheasant ragoutsCharles E. Gersch
SEMINARSThu Mar 23, 1995University sessionsWayne Robert Williams
STITCHINGSun Jun 21, 2015NeedleworkTimothy Polin
STOCKARBITRAGEThu May 30, 1996Wall Street actionN. S. Wizer
TADLINCOLNSat Jun 21, 2014Onetime White House resident with a cleft palateBrad Wilber and Byron Walden
TAKINGWed Apr 22, 2009PiratingDaniel A. Finan
TINNERSSun Oct 23, 1994Some smithsCathy Millhauser
WRITEOFFSSun Aug 15, 2021Some tax breaksAimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz
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