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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 50,472 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
APCOURSEWed Jun 19, 2019Class for college-bound kids, maybeSam Trabucco
APPRENTICESHIPSFri Jun 21, 2002Training timesBob Peoples
BOOMERANGEFFECTThu Oct 24, 2013Unwelcome reversal ... or a title for this puzzle?Peter A. Collins
BORDERLINECASESFri Aug 8, 1997They're debatableMartin Ashwood-Smith and Bob Klahn
CATCHFORTYWINKSWed Mar 29, 1995What an insomniac would like to do, minimallyManny Nosowsky
CORONACIGARTue Feb 16, 2021Long, straight-sided smokeJohanna Fenimore
CRUNCHBERRYMon May 23, 1994Cereal "fruit"Jonathan Schmatzbach
DIAMONDNECKLACESun Oct 16, 2011See shaded letters intersected by this answerJoel Fagliano
DIGITALYEARBOOKSSun Jun 13, 2010Modern school keepsakesFrancis Heaney
DILLPICKLEMon Jun 23, 2025Can it!Zhouqin Burnikel
DOESNTCONCERNMETue Mar 6, 2012"So what?!"Wesley Johnson
DREYFUSSFri Jan 18, 2008"Moon Over Parador" star, 1988Trip Payne
DRILLERThu Aug 5, 2010Dentist, at timesGary J. Whitehead
ELECTSTOFri May 16, 1997Makes a choiceBrendan Emmett Quigley
FIRMBELIEFTue Jun 17, 2025Something one probably won't change one's mind onTarun Krishnamurthy
FULFILLAREQUESTThu Jan 22, 1998___Patrick Jordan
FUNHOUSEMIRRORWed Sep 4, 2024It will change the way you see yourselfKareem Ayas
HALOHALOTue Jan 31, 2023Crushed-ice dessert with a reduplicative nameErik Agard
HEURISTICSat Oct 27, 2018Method of solvingByron Walden
HUXTABLESWed Nov 6, 20191980s-'90s sitcom familyRoss Trudeau
IDIEDSun Jun 19, 1994"I wander'd till ___": ArnoldNancy Scandrett Ross
IMAGINATIVENESSFri Mar 15, 2013What prosaic minds lackJoe Krozel
INCINERATETue Aug 14, 2018Burn to a crispAndy Kravis and Erik Agard
JUDITHHEUMANNFri Jan 6, 2023Leading disability rights activist in the 2020 documentary "Crip Camp"Erica Hsiung Wojcik
LAUGHINGFALCONSSun May 27, 2012Snake predators named for their callsByron Walden
LIDOSSun May 22, 2011Fashionable beach resortsBob Klahn
LUNATICFRINGETue Jun 3, 2014Extremist groupSusan Gelfand
MAKELIGHTFri Mar 1, 1996Belittle, with "of"Charles E. Gersch
MOOJUICESat Jan 2, 2021Milk, slangilyJoe Deeney
OLIVEPITSat Dec 12, 2020Tapenade discardSid Sivakumar and Brooke Husic
OPENTOESThu Jan 8, 2004Some women's shoe featuresMichael Shteyman
ORTHOPEDICThu Apr 12, 2007Like some shoesJim Page
PETERSOUTATTHEENDSun Nov 22, 1998He's always asleep by midnightNelson Hardy
PINKYANDTHEBRAINSun Jul 7, 2024Lab mice of 1990s cartoonsDavid Karp
PLANETARYWed Feb 13, 2019With 36-Down, astronomical rarity ... or a hint to the circled lettersRoss Trudeau
POOLCUESSat Nov 8, 2008Sticks you need to breakByron Walden
PROHIBITSFri Mar 4, 2016OutlawsEvans Clinchy
SETFIREFri Aug 27, 2004Light, with "to"Manny Nosowsky
SIMONPETERFri Sep 7, 2001First popeManny Nosowsky
SOUTHVIETNAMESETue Apr 28, 1998From Ho Chi Minh CityManny Nosowsky
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