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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 50,421 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
ACHIEVABLESun Jul 2, 2006Within reachElizabeth C. Gorski
APPOSINGWed Jun 21, 1995Next-doorDorothea E. Shipp
BELLYLAUGHSSun Oct 18, 1998The gastroenterologist got many ___David J. Kahn
BENITOMUSSOLINISat Oct 7, 2000World leader who wrote a novel, "The Cardinal's Mistress"Chuck Menning
BOSSMANWed Sep 2, 2015Head honchoKevin Christian and Bradley Wilber
BYEFORNOWTue Aug 29, 2006"Later!"David Pringle
CORONACHSun Jan 22, 2012Funeral song in ScotlandAdam Fromm
DEACONSTue Jun 4, 2002Priests' subordinatesMatthew J. Koceich
DISACCHARIDESun Mar 9, 2008Double sugar / Travel freely? [merger]Patrick Berry
DODYSun Sep 6, 2009Goodman of "Splash" and "Grease"Robert H. Wolfe
FORDUMMIESThu May 3, 2018Self-deprecatingly titled instructional book seriesEmily Carroll
FREESUPFri Apr 25, 2003UnencumbersRandolph Ross
GETONONESNERVESMon Jan 8, 2001Exasperate, as a neurologist?Gregory E. Paul
GOESTOPIECESFri Aug 9, 2002Cracks upMartin Ashwood-Smith
GOODFOODMon Feb 19, 2001WHAT A GOURMET ENJOYSPeter Gordon
HANGERSONSat Jul 16, 2011Coattail ridersPatrick Berry
HAWESThu Oct 5, 1995Adventure story writer CharlesChristopher Page
ILLSHUTUPSat Jul 13, 2024"Sorry, that's enough out of me"Eli Cotham
ITSWORTHTHERISKMon Apr 12, 2010"Let's take that gamble"Ian Livengood
JOLLYSTNICKSun Dec 21, 2008December 25 answer to 69-Across?Elizabeth C. Gorski
LAZIOSat Jul 26, 2014Region of Italy that includes RomeJulian Lim
MANLESSWed Jun 20, 2007Like a band of AmazonsBonnie L. Gentry and Victor Fleming
MANSERVANTThu Jun 23, 2005Maid's counterpartCourtenay Crocker III
NEUTRONSTARMon May 30, 2022Ultradense galactic bodyAlexander Liebeskind
OPENEDONESHEARTFri Dec 4, 2009Became emotionally receptiveMartin Ashwood-Smith
OPENTOALLWed Nov 9, 2011Needing no invitationPaula Gamache
ORNURSESFri Nov 24, 2023Workers who must maintain a sterile environment, in briefRafael Musa
OUTHOUSESThu Apr 17, 2014Heads for the woods?Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
PEAFOWLSMon Jul 16, 2001Parkland birdsPeter Gordon
PERSONALBAGGAGEWed Jul 23, 2014*One's physical or emotional burdensHoward Barkin
PRETERITSSat Feb 11, 1995Past tensesRandolph Ross
PROVINGGROUNDTue Dec 4, 2012Weapons-testing areaElizabeth C. Gorski
RAGGEDYANDYSat Jul 17, 2021Inductee into the National Toy Hall of Fame five years after his sisterRyan McCarty
RAVISHSun Sep 3, 2000CaptivateDavid J. Kahn
SPECTATORWed Jan 28, 2004EventgoerJim Hyres
TABRIZSat Apr 19, 1997Valued Persian carpetRich Norris
THATSSOYOUFri Jan 7, 2022Dressing room encouragementRobyn Weintraub
THEFLYINGTOMATOTue Aug 9, 2011Nickname for snowboarder Shaun White ... or some airborne soup?Tony Orbach
TIMOTHYHUTTONSun May 11, 19971980 Oscar winnerNancy Nicholson Joline
YUKONGOLDSun May 30, 2021Potato cultivar that was developed in Ontario, despite its nameAdam Wagner
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