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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 50,639 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
AMANDAPEETWed Feb 17, 2021"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" co-starDavid Harris and Evan Kalish
ANTINODETue Nov 29, 1994Part of a radio waveBernice Gordon
APOSTASYThu Dec 29, 1994Renunciation of faithJim Page
ATONALLYWed Oct 4, 2000In an unharmonious wayAdam Cohen
BARMANSun Aug 31, 1997One who sets up shotsDavid J. Kahn
BASEONBALLSTue Apr 15, 2014Batter's reward after pitches like those described at the starts of 17-, 24-, 39- and 51-AcrossGary Cee
BULGESMon Aug 22, 2022Sticks outDoug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel
DREYERSThu Jan 25, 2024Ice cream brand in West Coast supermarketsSam Ezersky
EGOTISTICFri Dec 22, 1995Hardly humbleA.J. Santora
FEDERALEXPRESSMon Apr 7, 2003UPS alternativeHarvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
FORGOODNESSSAKESun May 2, 1999"My stars!"Jim Page
GETNASTYThu May 7, 2020Turn maliciousBruce Haight and Peter A. Collins
GLIBNESSSun Apr 8, 2007Lack of gravityByron Walden
HAPPYGILMORETue May 16, 20001996 Adam Sandler filmPeter Gordon
HUNTINGTONMon Jan 20, 2003Coal-mining city of West VirginiaAlan Arbesfeld
HYPNOTISTSSat Aug 5, 2023They make compelling suggestionsJohn Guzzetta
INDITERSSat Jan 13, 2001PoetsRich Norris
INFIELDHITMon Apr 5, 2021*Bunt single, e.g.Zhouqin Burnikel
INOCULATIONFri Dec 21, 2018ShotPeter A. Collins
ISDUETOFri Oct 3, 2014Results fromTracy Bennett
LADYLOVESun Nov 6, 2011Woman of one's heartElizabeth C. Gorski
LOWROLLThu Sep 30, 2021[Cow] + [Thunder] = Snake eyes, e.g.Rich Proulx
MACULARSat Aug 17, 1996Blotched, as the skinJ. T. Paine
MUDVILLETue Jan 30, 2007Joyless town after Casey struck outNancy Salomon
NOSTRADAMUSFri May 15, 1998Forward-looking man?John Wolting
PERORATESSat Aug 28, 1999DiscoursesFrank Longo
PINSDOWNSun Jun 10, 2007Gets to commitBob Klahn
PLAUSIBLESat May 31, 2008Not too much of a stretchRobert H. Wolfe
RETHREWSun May 12, 2019Pitched overVictor Barocas
ROILINGTue May 23, 2023Making turbulentLee Taylor
SPREADTHEGOSPELTue Jul 25, 2017Evangelize ... or what this puzzle's circled squares do?Alex Vratsanos
SWEEPSECONDHANDSat Jun 2, 2001It's in the same position every minuteJim Page
TOASKYLARKSun Aug 7, 1994Shelley workDean Niles
TOASTEDBAGELMon Nov 29, 1999Breakfast course #1Richard Chisholm
TOOTHGELThu Aug 7, 1997Aim, e.g.Mark Diehl
TRADEROUTESTue Nov 28, 2017The Silk Road and othersAndrew J. Ries
TRANSLITERATIONFri Jan 12, 2007Job for one doing character studies?Sherry O. Blackard
VERRAZANOSat Mar 20, 1999First European to enter New York BayChuck Deodene
WHITEFACESun Jul 31, 2005Clown's cover-upMark Feldman
WOZSat Jun 24, 2023Apple co-founder Steve, familiarlySpencer Leach and Quiara Vasquez
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