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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 50,430 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
AWAKEATDAWNThu Mar 30, 2006Result of early-morning boating?Richard Silvestri
BOLDLYGOTue Jan 13, 2004Proceed à la Captain Kirk?M. Francis Vuolo
BRAUHAUSSat Oct 11, 2025Spot to order a witbier or hefeweizenSam Ezersky
BURPEDThu Nov 18, 2004Patted a baby, maybeCharles Barasch
CASINOWORKERSun Jun 27, 2010IdealMichael J. Doran
CDIIThu Dec 22, 2011Year of the Battle of PollentiaKristian House
EMAThu Mar 11, 2010___ Savahl (couture label)John Farmer
EUCHARISTSun Mar 29, 2015Catholic riteAlan Arbesfeld
EXPOUNDINGThu Jul 5, 2012Stating in detail, with "on"Ian Livengood
FIVEMANSun Dec 31, 2000Like an N.B.A. teamElizabeth C. Gorski
FOGERTYSat Oct 21, 2000John who sang "Jambalaya"Bob Klahn
GOLDNUGGETSTue Sep 23, 2014Valuable finds suggested by the circled lettersGerry Wildenberg
HALFINCHThu Sep 21, 2023Length just over one centimeterDan Caprera
HAWESThu Oct 5, 1995Adventure story writer CharlesChristopher Page
HOWCOULDIREFUSEMon Mar 23, 2020"There was no choice but for me to say yes!"Ed Sessa
ICONIFYSun May 27, 2012Reduce to a symbolByron Walden
IDONTLIKETOBRAGSat Oct 17, 2020Disclaimer hinting at false humilityVictor Barocas and Brad Wilber
IMJUSTLOOKINGFri Nov 18, 2005Response to a sales clerkManny Nosowsky
JULESETJIMWed Sep 21, 20161962 François Truffaut film classiqueMatthew Sewell
KOALABEARSFri Sep 12, 2008Furry folivoresNatan Last
LUJANWed Jan 31, 1996Bush Cabinet member ManuelM. Gaffney
MORALAMBIGUITYThu Oct 20, 2022Ethical gray areaRebecca Goldstein
OFFMIKEThu Jul 8, 2021Not amplified, in a wayJohn Lampkin
ONLOOKOUTFri Aug 18, 2006WatchingJoe DiPietro
PHONETICALPHABETSun Mar 24, 2019See 114-AcrossTrenton Charlson
PROGRESSOFri Dec 20, 2019Big canned soup brandZhouqin Burnikel
REDDOGSThu May 6, 2021Certain Miller beersEd Sessa
RESENTMENTFri Nov 17, 1995UmbrageFran & Lou Sabin
SCUTSThu Dec 16, 1993Rabbits' tailsNancy Joline
SORORITYROWFri Aug 25, 2017Home to many sistersSam Trabucco
SPACEBARSMon Mar 13, 2023Longest keys on keyboardsSam Koperwas and Jeff Chen
SUBLEASEMon Apr 15, 2024Rent from another renterAmanda Winters
THIRDSTRINGMon Oct 1, 2007*Like players below the B teamAllan E. Parrish
TRIGGERFINGERFri Jun 11, 199931-Across activatorJim Page
TUTORIALSat Jan 3, 2004HelpJames M. and James C. Jenista
VALVESTEMFri Jan 23, 2015Part admitting air to a tireEd Sessa
VICKSSun May 15, 2005NyQuil makerPatrick Berry
WHIPPEDSun May 11, 2025Defeated decisivelyBrendan Emmett Quigley
YOUDONTNEEDTOKNOWTHISSun Dec 18, 2005"If I could digress for a moment "Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman
ZMEDFri Apr 25, 2008"T. J. Hooker" actor AdrianMike Nothnagel
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