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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 50,871 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
ACTOFWARSat Nov 12, 2011Bombing, e.g.Barry C. Silk
ARITHMETICSat Jul 3, 2004Putting two and two together, sayEric Berlin
BOUNCESBACKSun Feb 20, 2022EchoesVictor Barocas
BRIDESTOBEThu Aug 10, 2023Ones who've answered "Yes!"Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
BROADWAYCLOSINGSun Jul 12, 2009*Lights out in New York CityAlan Arbesfeld
CHAPALASun Jun 6, 2010Mexico's largest lakeDaniel A. Finan
CONFITSun Aug 16, 2020Duck dishFrancis Heaney
CONSTANCYTue Apr 3, 2012FaithfulnessPaula Gamache
CRABCLAWSat Apr 29, 2023Target for a certain malletDavid Steinberg
ECOSAVVYThu Jun 3, 2021Quite greenKyra Wilson and Sophia Maymudes
EDMSSat Jan 28, 2006Teachers' degs.Dana Motley
EDMUNDISun Jun 21, 2015English monarch called "the Magnificent"Timothy Polin
EXERCISEREGIMENTue Aug 19, 2003Way to fitnessKaren M. Tracey
FOUNDMISSINGMon Mar 11, 2019Like a stolen object, when it's not where it's supposed to beTrent Evans
GETSRIDOFFri Jul 7, 2017Deep-sixesAndy Kravis
GRANDMAMOSESThu Mar 23, 2000American rural life painterNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
HEYNINETEENSat Apr 7, 2001Steely Dan hit, 1980Trip Payne
INEVIDENCESat Oct 24, 2020NoticeableByron Walden
INVICTUSSat Sep 17, 1994Poem that ends "I am the captain of my soul"Rich Norris
ITELLThu Apr 2, 2015"___ you what ..."Joe Krozel and Timothy Polin
KOMENWed Dec 28, 2022Susan G. ___ (breast cancer advocacy organization)Josh Goodman
LOCUMSSun Feb 17, 2002Substitute doctors, in BritainJoe DiPietro
MESSYBUNFri Feb 16, 2024Casually chic updoColin Adams
MOTORCITYSun Jun 2, 2019Center of the U.S. auto industryErik Agard
NONUNIONThu Sep 15, 2011Lacking bargaining power, maybeSamuel A. Donaldson
NOWANDTHENMon May 9, 1994OccasionallySidney L. Robbins
PAMPLONAFri Oct 24, 2014Site of an annual encierroPatrick Blindauer
READYANDWILLINGTue Jan 23, 2001GameNancy Salomon
RUSSETYSun Nov 2, 2003Reddish-brownElizabeth C. Gorski
SALOSun Feb 11, 2007Eastern European pork fat dishMark Feldman
SALTCODSun Dec 10, 2017Cured and dried fishErik Agard and Laura Braunstein
SEAHARESThu Jul 7, 2016Mollusks once known as lepus marinusJoel Elkins and Andrea Carla Michaels
SILKBOXERSSat Oct 3, 2020Some pricey undergarmentsBrad Wilber and Doug Peterson
STRUMMEDSun Feb 16, 2014Pulled strings, maybe?Yaakov Bendavid
THISISJEOPARDYSun Jun 9, 2024Classic game show introZachary Schiff
UPANDABOUTMon May 9, 1994No longer bedriddenSidney L. Robbins
WARATTue Oct 2, 2012"The ___ Home," 1996 Emilio Estevez filmEthan Cooper
WASTRELSThu May 23, 1996SpendthriftsM. E. Brindamour
YAPPYSat Dec 21, 2024Like a noisy toyBarbara Lin and Lewis Rothlein
ZIKAVIRUSSat Feb 23, 2019Mosquito-borne danger in 2016 newsSam Ezersky
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