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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 50,655 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
AMERICANTRAGEDYSat Aug 27, 1994Book by 36 Across, with "An"Joy L. Wouk
APOLOGTue Dec 27, 1994Moral fable: Var.Ernie Furtado
AROSEFROMTHEASHESSun Nov 3, 2002Official flower of Phoenix?Patrick Berry
ASPIRATIONSun Mar 6, 2011HopeDavid Levinson Wilk
ASTIITALYFri Jan 22, 2010European wine centerNatan Last
AZERBAIJANIFri Dec 19, 2008Russian's neighborNatan Last
BASEBALLBATTERSTue Aug 3, 2010They're upPaula Gamache
BLACKLISTINGSun Nov 9, 2014Banning from future workTom McCoy
BOOZEUPFri Jun 4, 2010Brit's benderMartin Ashwood-Smith
BRIDGINGSat Jul 10, 2010Making ends meet?Joe DiPietro
COMMUNISTSTATESun Apr 17, 2016*Laos or VietnamHoward Barkin
DAVECHAPPELLETue Aug 2, 2011Performer with a self-titled Comedy Central series from 2003 to 2006Albert R. Picallo
DEMOUNITSat May 15, 2021iPhone on display at an Apple Store, e.g.Sam Trabucco
DISPLEASEDSun Apr 12, 2009FrowningEric Berlin
EATONPLACESun Mar 5, 2000"Upstairs, Downstairs" settingNancy Nicholson Joline
ELLENTERRYSat Dec 31, 1994Actress from Coventry, EnglandAlex K. Justin
EUROPEANSThu May 10, 2012Poles, e.g.Jules P. Markey
FALSERETURNSat Feb 26, 2011Red flag for the I.R.S.Bob Peoples
FLIEDOUTSun Oct 19, 2008Batted the ball too high, perhapsJoe DiPietro
FOOTBALLFIELDSun Nov 5, 2006Flag ___ DayDerrick Niederman
FRANCESSat May 31, 19971973 Pulitzer winner FitzGeraldFrank Longo
GOSHDARNITSat Jan 7, 2023"Shoot!"Adam Aaronson
GREATBALLSOFFIREWed Feb 11, 20261957 rock 'n' roll classic suggested by this puzzle's circled lettersJoseph Gangi
HAIRNETSFri Apr 20, 2001Mess headgearChuck Deodene
HEAPINGSun Dec 18, 2016Like a more-than-full spoonfulDerrick Niederman
IRSAUDITORSWed Aug 31, 2016Taxpayers' bugaboosNed White
LAYSITONTHELINEWed Jan 26, 2000What Hingis does?Dan Reichert
LEFTFIELDERThu Apr 4, 2002Ted Williams was oneTrip Payne
MAKINGENDSMEETSun Feb 12, 2023Economizing, as represented by the shaded squares?Christina Iverson and Samuel A. Donaldson
MERKELFri Apr 27, 2012First female chancellor of GermanyPatrick Berry
MINUETSFri Feb 27, 2015Dances in 3/4 timeJulian Lim
PRINTADSFri Jan 10, 2014Old-fashioned promotionsPatrick Berry
PROBABLEFri Aug 5, 1994In the cardsDaniel R. Stark
RELINKSSun Dec 24, 2023Fixes, as broken 93-DownDrew Schmenner
SCHOOLBOARDTue Jul 31, 2007*Education overseersAllan E. Parrish
SIGNSINFri Sep 26, 2003Records one's arrivalEric Berlin
SINEDIEFri Jul 19, 2013How Congress might adjournPatrick Berry
SOMERSAULTEDTue Mar 20, 2018FlippedAndrew Zhou
SPITZESSat Mar 3, 2012Dogs that ought to be great swimmers?Byron Walden
THEJOKEWASONYOUTue May 17, 2005Trickster's comment, after 17-, 33- or 42-AcrossSherry O. Blackard
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