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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 50,744 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
CASTRATIWed Aug 28, 2019Singers of high notes in olden timesDaniel Grinberg
EELTRAPWed Feb 10, 2021Way to catch a conger?Kate Hawkins
ENATESSun May 22, 1994Mother's kinRandolph Ross
EYESOFBLUEWed Sep 12, 2018Attribute for "my girl" after "Five Foot Two" in a 1920s tuneJeffrey Wechsler
FLUBUGThu Feb 8, 2024It goes viral in winterSamuel A. Donaldson
FORGINGAHEADSun May 7, 2000Doing counterfeit sculpture?Patrick D. Berry
GOODTIMECHARLEYTue Nov 8, 1994He's friendly and party-lovingRichard Hughes
HANGONASECSat Mar 11, 2023"Hold up ..."Tom Pepper
HERMANNHESSETue Dec 28, 2004Double-H of literatureElizabeth C. Gorski
INSOLENTLYFri Jun 10, 2022With sauceBlake Slonecker
INTRADAYSun Nov 1, 2009Like some stock market highs and lowsMatt Ginsberg and Pete Muller
JEMThu Nov 3, 2011Scout's brotherParker Lewis
LAMBSHANKSMon Dec 15, 2008Essayist Charles's favorite entree?Susan Gelfand
LEGALIZESat Mar 17, 2007AllowJohn Farmer
LONGISLANDICEDTEAThu Dec 17, 2015Alcoholic drink so named because of its color, not its contentDavid Kwong
MAGGIESMITHThu Jul 10, 1997Best Actress of 1969Matt Gaffney
OWASSOSat May 2, 1998Town north of TulsaJeff Herrington
PADDLEWHEELMon Aug 10, 2015*Riverboat propellerC. W. Stewart
PORINGThu Jun 7, 2001Going (over)Randolph Ross
QUIETDOWNSat Jun 23, 2012Lower one's racketLaura Sternberg
RATUREFri Dec 27, 1996Erasure, in RouenB. White
REPAIRINGSat Jul 22, 2006A lot of a handyman's workRobert H. Wolfe
REVVINGUPThu Mar 10, 2016GunningEd Sessa
ROMEROSSat Aug 24, 2002"Night of the Living Dead" director and othersChuck Menning
SANDDUNESun Jan 29, 2012Sahara featureIan Livengood
SCRUBSUITSSun Mar 31, 2019Outfits in the operating roomAndrew J. Ries
SEHENFri Mar 26, 2010To look, in LeipzigHenry Hook
SHOEFETISHThu Jul 2, 2009Carrie Bradshaw had one in "Sex and the City"Elizabeth C. Gorski
SOURPUSSESFri Jun 13, 2003GrouchesTodd McClary
SPENTONSat Feb 12, 2005Used to buyJoe DiPietro
STARTERKITSFri May 24, 2024Basic sets of suppliesCarolyn Davies Lynch
TAUPINTue Jan 31, 2012Elton John collaborator BernieDoug Peterson
THEWOOLThu Dec 25, 1997It may be pulled over someone's eyesA. J. Santora
THROWASCAREINTOFri Oct 18, 2002FrightenManny Nosowsky
TOWNSQUARESWed Aug 15, 2012What the six groups of circled letters representElizabeth C. Gorski
TWODOLLARBILLSSun Jun 2, 2024RU$$ELL and BLA$$?Luke K. Schreiber
VALENTIThu Mar 2, 2006Jack who created the film rating systemPatrick Merrell
WESTLASat Aug 28, 2021It abuts Santa Monica, for shortJulian Lim
WIENERSCHNITZELSat Jun 13, 2009Dish akin to cotoletta alla milaneseBarry C. Silk
YOUSENDMETue Sep 20, 2016Sam Cooke's first #1 hitTracy Bennett
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