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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 50,470 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
ADDEDCOMPLEXITYSun Jan 19, 2025Rocket science + brain surgeryEmily Sharp and Kunal Nabar
ARMYMANMon Mar 16, 2015Every West Point graduate until 1980Ian Livengood
ASMARANSun Apr 27, 1997From the capital of EritreaMatt Gaffney
BABYDIAPERThu Sep 1, 2011It may be hard to changeJoel Fagliano
BALLYARDThu Jan 30, 2014Home is one corner in itDan Schoenholz
BIGLOVEThu Feb 27, 20252000s HBO series about a polygamous familyDavid Steinberg
BOGOSITYThu Dec 9, 2004Modern jargon word for complete nonsensePaula Gamache
BROODEDSat Jul 25, 2020Was on eggshells?Royce Ferguson
CLIPPETYCLOPMon Jul 10, 2000The horse goes ___Gene Newman
COLORLESSWed Sep 27, 2023Like helium and carbon dioxideScott Koenig
CRABCREOLEMon May 18, 2009Cajun seafood dishBillie Truitt
DISMOUNTSSun Aug 29, 1999Gymnastic finishesLou and Fran Sabin
FORALLMANKINDTue Jul 21, 2009See 45-AcrossDonna S. Levin
GAMMARAYWed Nov 1, 2017Emission from radioactive decayHerre Schouwerwou
HAILSTORMFri Jul 5, 2024Hard fall?Trent H. Evans
HAPPILYSat Jan 15, 2011One way to be marriedBarry C. Silk
INDIANAPACERTue Dec 3, 1996Hoosier proR. Hartman
INTHERAINTue Feb 28, 2023One way 38-Across is offeredGia Bosko
IRSAUDITORSWed Aug 31, 2016Taxpayers' bugaboosNed White
JAMESFENIMORECOOPERSun Dec 3, 1995Composing caskmakerMartin Schneider
JESUSLIKESun Apr 3, 2022Describing the 32-Down's imageByron Walden
LASTTANGOWed Apr 27, 2005Title happening in a much-discussed 1973 filmLyell Rodieck
MASLINSat Dec 20, 2014Literary/film critic JanetKevin G. Der and Ian Livengood
MISCALCULATIONSFri Jan 9, 1998ErrorsManny Nosowsky
MIXEDREVIEWSSun Sep 20, 2020*, *** and *****, saySam Trabucco
NASCARFANMon Apr 28, 2008Daytona 500 enthusiastGary Disch
OMARBRADLEYWed Jun 24, 2015First chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1949Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
PAULDIRACWed Dec 30, 2015Physics Nobelist who pioneered in quantum mechanicsMary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
REVERSESCOURSESat Jan 28, 1995BacktracksRandolph Ross
ROLLERRINKFri Jul 20, 2018Place to spin your wheelsRobyn Weintraub
SALTDOMESTue Jan 19, 2016Halite formations that might be oil reservoirsByron Walden
SERRATESTue Jul 10, 2012Puts teeth on, as a knifeChris A. McGlothlin
SERVICEBREAKThu Aug 13, 2015Turning point in a tennis match, maybeJim Hilger
STAGNATEMon Jul 25, 2005Remain in a rutLynn Lempel
TEAMCRESTThu Apr 12, 2018Image on a soccer jerseyJules Markey
TERENCESTAMPSun Feb 1, 1998"...starring ___..."Merl Reagle
THEGREENMONSTERTue Feb 15, 1994Bucky Dent slew it at Fenway Park in 1978Jonathan Schmatzbach
TICKLEMONSTERWed Jun 4, 2025"Creature" that might "attack" a small childDanna Rosenberg
TOKYOJOESat Aug 14, 20101949 Humphrey Bogart/Sessue Hayakawa movieJohn Farmer
VIETNAMVETERANSThu Nov 12, 1998Washington Memorial dedicateesDavid J. Kahn
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