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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 50,404 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
AIRISun Jul 5, 2015"The ___ Breathe" (2007 drama with Kevin Bacon and Julie Delpy)Elizabeth C. Gorski
ALINEDRESSSat May 12, 20121955 Dior debutCaleb Madison
ALOOSESun Jun 19, 1994Words before cannon or wireNancy Scandrett Ross
BANACEKFri Dec 15, 1995Peppard TV roleHarvey Estes
BEONTOSun Aug 29, 2004Understand now, as someone's tricksManny Nosowsky
BINGEREADSun Oct 29, 2023Stay up all night finishing a book, maybe (GABARDINE)Alina Abidi
BREAKTHESOUNDBARRIERSun Jul 23, 2023Hit Mach I … or a hint to answering eight pairs of consecutive entries in this puzzleChandi Deitmer
CHAMBERLAINThu Jan 3, 2008Churchill predecessorHenry Hook
DADOESSun Sep 8, 1996Pedestal partsR. H. Wolfe
FREESHIPPINGFri Oct 23, 2020E-tail perkRobyn Weintraub
GARYINSun May 30, 2021City about 25 miles SE of Chicago, ILAdam Wagner
GRAVITYSRAINBOWSat Oct 22, 20161974 National Book Award winner by Thomas PynchonJames Mulhern
GUESSWHOSBACKThu Nov 9, 2017"Uh-oh, here they are again"Bruce Haight
HADANIDEAWed Apr 13, 2011SuspectedElizabeth C. Gorski
HALFNOTESSun May 23, 2021They have stems and white headsJennifer Nebergall
HIDINGSSun Aug 3, 1997StashesPeter Gordon
HIGHMAINTENANCESat Nov 24, 2018DemandingDavid Steinberg
ITSSHOWTIMEWed May 7, 2014Possible title for this puzzleKurt Mueller
KEEPASHARPEYEONFri Jun 25, 2004Watch closelyManny Nosowsky
MEDICINALPLANTSSun May 31, 2020Some natural remediesLewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen
MOTOROILSat Dec 7, 2024What helps grease the wheels?Luke K. Schreiber
ODDNUMBEREDSun Jun 26, 1994Like every other book pageNancy Nicholson Joline
PHRASINGSun Apr 21, 2019That of this clue is awkwardGrant Thackray
PICKLEDONIONMon Jul 25, 2011Gibson garnishNina Rulon-Miller
RACERIOTSat Sep 18, 1999Occasion for tear gas, maybeJoe DiPietro
REEFEDSun Sep 8, 1996Lowered, as a mastR. H. Wolfe
SECONDBESTSun Feb 23, 2020Runner-upSophia and David Maymudes
SELDESSat Jan 8, 1994Stage actress MarianRand H. Burns
SENIORBOWLSun Feb 24, 2013Postseason football game played in Mobile, Ala.Joe DiPietro
SHARPCURVEWed Apr 30, 2014Hairpin, e.g.Zhouqin Burnikel
SICKNESSWed May 21, 2025Something feigned by Ferris Bueller to get out of schoolIlana Levene and Scott Hogan
SMUGGLERSun Feb 9, 2020Customs targetBrian Kulman
STEADIEDSun Oct 26, 2003StabilizedPatrick Merrell
TEENJEOPARDYFri Aug 5, 2016Event where kids ask lots of questions, informallyBrendan Emmett Quigley
THETHREEBEARSTue Nov 15, 2005This puzzle's themeSarah Keller
TRACTILEThu Sep 8, 2011Able to be drawn outMatt Ginsberg and Pete Muller
TSGTSSun May 2, 2010E-6 officers in the U.S.A.F.Kelsey Blakley
UNRAVELEDFri Jan 6, 2012Got to the bottom ofDavid Steinberg
WHITEYONTHEMOONFri Apr 28, 2023Gil Scott-Heron poem inspired by 1969 eventsMalaika Handa and Erik Agard
ZAPPERFri Feb 9, 2018Debugging tool?Brendan Emmett Quigley
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