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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 50,336 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
ADDICTIONSat Dec 23, 2006Monkey, so to speakMyles Callum
BEERKEGSat May 6, 2017Center of a blowout, maybeJoe DiPietro
BEONTOSun Aug 29, 2004Understand now, as someone's tricksManny Nosowsky
BIGEYEDWed Jan 1, 1997Filled with aweM. Diehl
BRAZOSun Dec 29, 1996Spanish armB. White
CINCINNATUSSat Jun 10, 2023Roman statesman for whom a Midwest city was namedJohn Hawksley
DOMINEERSat Nov 14, 2015Tyrannize overKameron Austin Collins
EEROSFri Jun 3, 1994Saarinen namesakesNorman S. Wizer
ELFUDGESun Jun 5, 2022Keebler cookie with shortbread and chocolateChristina Iverson and Katie Hale
FACERECOGNITIONTue Jul 27, 2021Technology used by smartphones nowadays ... or a hint to the ends of 16-, 24-, 44- and 57-AcrossJennifer Lee and Victor Galson
FLYINGATHALFMASTThu Feb 26, 2015Signaling remembrance, in a wayCaleb Emmons
GITANOSSun Feb 2, 2025Jeans popular in the 1980sDerrick Niederman
ILLOMENSSat Dec 15, 2001Black cats, supposedlyFrank A. Longo
JOLLITYSat Dec 3, 2022Good cheerKate Hawkins
JUNEAUITESat Apr 22, 2023Person with a 99801 ZIP codeByron Walden
KICKOFFWed Sep 23, 2015Exile from?Michael S. Maurer
KNICKERSSun May 22, 2011You may get them in a bunchBob Klahn
KRISSSat May 6, 2006___ KringleJames E. Buell
LOANTOSat Sep 7, 2024Give temporarilyDavid P. Williams
LUNDGRENSun Mar 23, 2014Dolph of "Rocky IV"Ian Livengood
MONIQUESun Mar 4, 2012Winner of 2009's Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "Precious"David J. Kahn
MUCKRAKERTue Oct 15, 2013Journalist of the Progressive EraPatrick Blindauer and Andrea Carla Michaels
NORMCOREWed Sep 25, 2019Fashion trend that involves comfortable, regular-looking clothingNatan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
OLDTOSun May 8, 1994"You're never too ____ learn"Ralph G. Beaman
OUTLAWEDSun Mar 24, 2019Like chewing gum in Singapore or wearing blue jeans in North Korea (seriously!)Trenton Charlson
OVALLYSun Jun 25, 1995How to draw an eggFrances Hansen
PLEXUSFri Jul 9, 1999Solar ___Ingrid Truemper
POLITICALSCRIPTThu May 3, 2007See 61- and 62-AcrossRichard Chisholm
SCMSat Nov 30, 2002Inits. on old typewritersJim Page
SHIRELLESFri Apr 29, 2022"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" group, with "the"Erica Hsiung Wojcik
SITNEXTTOSat Feb 21, 1998Accompany, as on a trainRichard Hughes
STICKYSITUATIONSSun Jul 5, 2020ImbrogliosLaura Taylor Kinnel
TAKECHANCESTue Aug 6, 2013Make off with some raffle tickets?Lynn Lempel
TAMPEREDWITHWed Oct 28, 1998Improperly alteredAlan Arbesfeld
THISTLESSun May 31, 1998Leg scratchersCathy Millhauser
THREEKINGSDAYSun Jun 21, 2015Annual celebration on January 6Timothy Polin
WALKINFri Feb 26, 2010Capacious closetJosh Knapp
WEAKNESSESSun Feb 3, 2008FailingsMatt Ginsberg
WHATISTHEHANGUPMon May 19, 2014"Will you please hurry?"Michael Hawkins
WORDSFAILMESat Jan 23, 2021"I ... I can't even"Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber
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