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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 50,658 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
AGAINANDAGAINSun Aug 1, 1999Two good N.F.L. plays?Randolph Ross
ASISEEITYESSun Sep 1, 2002... are you a modern-day Delphic oracle?Patrick Berry
BEALLSWed Jul 17, 1996Most important figuresM. Nosowsky
BEVINSun Jan 22, 1995British Labor leader ErnestFrances Hansen
BRIARYTue Jul 27, 1999Like many a rabbit's warrenAlfio Micci
BYPLAYTue Jun 14, 2011Incidental activityDoug Peterson and Angela Olson Halsted
CHIHUAHUAMEXICOSun Nov 8, 2015State bordering TexasTracy Gray
COMMERCIALRADIOFri Oct 25, 2013Certain advertising mediumMartin Ashwood-Smith
EMPIRICISTSun Mar 30, 2014John Locke, philosophicallyPeter A. Collins
ENTRENCHEDThu Apr 22, 2004Dug inDaniel C. Bryant
EUPHEMISMSSun Oct 22, 2006"Holy mackerel!" and othersHarvey Estes
FERNDALEThu Oct 4, 2007Detroit suburb named for the plants the area was once overgrown withSheldon Benardo
FILEPROTECTIONSun Oct 28, 2001ARMED (FILE) GUARDMichael Ashley
FIOREFri Apr 24, 2015Rosa, lilla or tulipanoJoe Krozel
GOODTIMECHARLIEMon Aug 17, 1998Life of the partyGregory E. Paul
HAVINGACOWFri Jan 1, 1999Reacting hystericallyJoe DiPietro
HOPINGFri May 3, 2013___ for the bestDavid Kwong
HOTONTHEHEELSOFTue Dec 28, 1993Close behindRonald C. Hirschfield
INEXTREMISFri Aug 18, 2023Under the most dire circumstancesKameron Austin Collins
LIKEAKINGSat Aug 13, 2011Extravagant way to liveTim Croce
MEDIALLYSun Aug 13, 1995Toward the centerNancy Salomon
MUSICRACKSSun Aug 10, 2008Conductors' aidsWill Nediger
NOLEFTTURNSat Mar 25, 2023Traffic sign near a jughandle, maybeRobyn Weintraub
PASSEDTHETIMEFri Jun 24, 2016IdledPatrick Berry
PLAINTOSEEMon Mar 18, 2019Clearly visibleZhouqin Burnikel
PODGEWed Oct 10, 2012See 19-AcrossPete Muller
RIGGEDUPSat May 7, 2011Threw togetherTim Croce
SHEOLSun Dec 19, 1993NetherworldJohn M. Samson
SHOPPINGLISTMon Jun 25, 2018Slip of paper to take to the groceryKathy Wienberg
SOCKITTOMETue Jun 23, 2009"I'm ready for anything!"Caleb Madison
TABULATETue Aug 24, 2004Arrange in columnsLynn Lempel
TEARDOWNTHISWALLSun Sep 28, 2014Reagan's challenge to GorbachevTodd Gross
THIRDGEARSun Mar 30, 2008Manual transmission positionPaula Gamache
TOSOMEDEGREEFri Sep 25, 2015PartiallyJames Mulhern
UNCOLOREDWed Dec 14, 2005PlainJames R. Leeds
UNCONDITIONALLYSat Mar 28, 2009Without reservationsJoe Krozel
UNNECESSARYROUGHNESSSun Oct 24, 2004Fellow forgets to shave before kissing girlfriend; ref cites him for ...Patrick Berry
VACAYSWed Nov 2, 2022Casual getawaysEthan Zou and Tomas Spiers
YELLOWKNIFEWed Nov 9, 1994City on Great Slave LakeWayne Robert Williams
YPSISun Jun 26, 2022City that neighbors Ann Arbor, for shortMatthew Stock and Finn Vigeland
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