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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 50,501 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
ACESATESTSun Oct 21, 2012Scores 100Caleb Rasmussen
ADVANCEPAYThu May 1, 2003Early check, perhapsGilbert H. Ludwig
ALEAJACTAESTSat Dec 11, 2010"The die is cast," to CaesarPaula Gamache
ARRIVERSun Jan 27, 2008One pulling inMike Nothnagel
BILLGATESFri Mar 29, 2002"The Road Ahead" authorKevin Hagen
BOUNDUPINThu Apr 19, 2001Deeply connected withManny Nosowsky
CAPITALBSat Jun 2, 2018eBay featureTrenton Charlson
CONTAMINATEDSun Jun 14, 2020Sign at a chemical plant: "This facility is ___ -- ___" (with 114-Across)Randolph Ross
CREAThu Aug 8, 1996Spanish linen fabricD. J. Kahn
DUSTEDFORPRINTSMon Jul 17, 2006Did crime scene work, to a housekeeper?Larry Paul
FALSECHARGESat Sep 24, 2011Bum rapJeremy Horwitz
FOZZIEBEARSat Feb 16, 2013Orange children's characterMichael Ashley
GASDRYERSun Sep 23, 2018Certain laundry applianceAndrew Zhou
GOTASECONDSat Mar 7, 2020"Hey, can I talk to you briefly?"Robyn Weintraub
HOLDINGATBAYSun Jan 5, 1997Preventing an attack, in a wayW. R. Williams
INTROITSun Apr 25, 1999Song at the start of a church serviceJoe DiPietro
INVESTORSun Jan 16, 1994Wall Street figureErnst Theimer
INVITEDSun Aug 13, 1995On the guest listNancy Salomon
ISFAHANSat Apr 2, 2022Capital of ancient PersiaKyle Dolan
KALECAESARFri Oct 26, 2018Trendy salad typeEvan Kalish
KEEPINDETENTIONFri Dec 22, 2000Not releaseMartin Ashwood-Smith and Brendan Emmett Quigley
KNUTEROCKNEWed Jun 8, 1994With 53-Across, 1940 Reagan filmA.J. Santora
KORBUTSun Dec 30, 2001Gymnastics legendElizabeth C. Gorski
LEOGSun Jan 26, 1997Actor ___ CarrollS. Elliott
LUCKYBREAKSWed Dec 14, 2022Fortunate circumstances ... or a punny hint to the shaded lettersMatthew Stock
MAHATMAGANDHISun Aug 26, 2012Time's 1930 Man of the YearAmanda Yesnowitz and Doug Peterson
MATHSYMBOLThu Sep 29, 2011[See blurb]Ben Fish
OBEISANCESSun Aug 2, 2015Acts of deferenceMatt Ginsberg
POLARICECAPMon May 9, 2005Shrinking Arctic massJim Hyres
QUELLEDSat Apr 30, 2005Put downNancy Salomon
RAPTATTENTIONMon Nov 24, 2003Public speaker's goalNancy Kavanaugh
ROLLEDOUTSat Aug 13, 2011Like newly available productsTim Croce
RUNSLOOSESat Oct 15, 2016Goes without a leashMark Diehl
SCRAMBLESun Oct 3, 2010Convert, as metal into a melt?Daniel A. Finan
SMARMIESTSun Oct 6, 2002Most insincereMyles Callum
THINNESTSun Oct 4, 2020Like 0.5-millimeter lead, among popular mechanical pencil optionsSam Ezersky
TILLETSat Jun 14, 1997Glazed fabricA. J. Santora
TWITTERALERTSSat Jul 22, 2017Certain social media notificationsZhouqin Burnikel
WHALEBOATSWed Sep 23, 2020The Pequod and othersMargit Christenson
WINDYCITYTue Nov 11, 2008Chicago, with "the"Nancy Salomon and Larry Shearer
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