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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 50,385 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
ASKFORTROUBLEMon Nov 17, 2008Take unnecessary risksPaula Gamache
BAGGIESSun Mar 7, 1999Sandwich holdersRandolph Ross
BASKETCASESTue Dec 13, 2016Court precedents involving games of hoops?David Alfred Bywaters
BILLYJOETue Apr 8, 2008Subject of a 1976 film "ode"Dave Mackey
BITEYOURTONGUEMon Oct 13, 1997"Hush!"Gregory E. Paul
BOBSLEDTEAMSThu Oct 4, 2001Some Winter OlympiansDavid J. Kahn
BUMMINGAROUNDFri Sep 26, 2014Spending time unprofitablyPatrick Berry
BUSTINONFri Apr 19, 2024Surprise, F.B.I.-styleKate Hawkins
CLEMATISESSat Feb 19, 2000Virgin's-bowers, e.g.Rich Norris
COURTCASEWed May 17, 2017... seconds to clear / Successful detective's ...Paul Hunsberger
CUTTLEFISHTue Jan 2, 2001Squid's cousinSarah Keller
DISCREETSun Feb 8, 2004CircumspectRandolph Ross
DOORBELLSWed Mar 31, 1999See 36-AcrossPatrick Jordan
DRILLRIGTue Apr 27, 2004Oil company structureJanet R. Bender
EASTBAYMon Nov 23, 2020Locale of Oakland and AlamedaStanley Newman
EMPIREWAISTFri Oct 2, 2009Dress style that appears to lengthen the bodyBrad Wilber
FALSERETURNSat Feb 26, 2011Red flag for the I.R.S.Bob Peoples
FRAFILIPPOLIPPISat Apr 6, 2019Renaissance artist who's famous for his "Coronation of the Virgin"Ned White
GUNBOREFri Dec 16, 2022Channel through a barrelKameron Austin Collins
HEMMERSun Jul 1, 2001Dress finisherManny Nosowsky
IBANKERSFri Nov 20, 2020Many workers on Wall Street, informallyKameron Austin Collins
IRISHPUBSWed Mar 10, 2021They're usually packed on St. Patrick's DayNancy Stark and Will Nediger
MARXISMFri Oct 10, 2008School concerned with classes?Kyle Mahowald
MENDELEYEVFri Sep 13, 2002Periodic table developerMel Rosen
NICEGUYSSun Oct 22, 1995Proverbial last-place finishersMatt Gaffney
ONEEIGHTIESThu Jan 18, 2024Complete reversalsJon Michnovicz and Carl Michnovicz
PATENTEEThu Jun 26, 2025Bell for the telephone, for oneSimeon Seigel
RAGSTORICHESThu Mar 19, 2015Encyclopedia volume on wealth accumulation?Todd Gross
REQUIRESOFSat Sep 29, 2012Needs fromJoe DiPietro
RIPTOPIECESThu Dec 18, 2014*AshtrayTimothy Polin
RUNSONEMPTYThu Oct 22, 2020Keeps going despite fatigue ... or a hint to three features of this puzzleSid Sivakumar
SCOTCHANDSODAThu Aug 8, 2024Mixed drink with an alliterative nameChristopher Youngs
SHUTSOFFMon Aug 26, 2002Stops, as electricityCharles E. Gersch
SIGHSOFRELIEFMon Dec 16, 2002"Ahhh" and "Whew, that was close!"Jim Hyres
SISTERSINLAWFri Jan 15, 2016Women who might share the same surnamePatrick Berry
STINTONSun Dec 13, 2009Hold backMike Shenk
TICKLEMONSTERWed Jun 4, 2025"Creature" that might "attack" a small childDanna Rosenberg
TUGSATSun Jan 22, 2017Pulls on, as heartstringsDan Schoenholz
VASLAVNIJINSKYTue Oct 8, 1996Noted Ballet Russe dancerE. C. Gorski
WARPERFri Jan 7, 2005Water, vis-à-vis woodStella Daily and Bruce Venzke
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