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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 50,654 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
ABNEGATEDFri Oct 8, 1999Gave upNancy Salomon
ANYBODYHOMESun Jan 20, 2019Baseball scorekeeperRichard Crowe
BIGENCHILADAMon Apr 16, 2012Influential sortLynn Lempel
CONJURERSun Jun 2, 1996WizardR. Norris
DARKGREENThu May 24, 2018What Tropical Rain Forest is, in a Crayola boxErik Agard and Andy Kravis
DISGRACERSFri Sep 22, 1995Black-eye bringersJim Page
DOGDOORSat Oct 26, 2019Barker's entrance?Sam Trabucco
DOONSun Jul 15, 2018___ the sly (be secretive about)Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden
FIENDINGFri May 31, 2024Hankering, slangilyAidan Deshong
GALEATue Dec 11, 2001Helmetlike flower petalA. J. Santora
GIANTANTEATERSun May 13, 2007*Toothless South American animalJim Page
HENRYMOORESat Dec 23, 2006Abstract sculptor whose work is seen at Lincoln CenterMyles Callum
IMMIGRATEFri Jul 25, 1997ResettleHarvey Estes
INCLINEDTOSat Mar 8, 2025Thinking that one mightJoe Deeney
JOKEYWed Dec 21, 2016Hardly seriousJeff Chen and Seth Geltman
KEEPSITTOGETHERSat Jul 7, 2018Doesn't snapRyan McCarty
MACARONSThu Oct 31, 2019Colorful French cookiesEzra Brauner and Jeff Chen
MILITANTSTue Jul 2, 2002Black Panthers, e.g.John R. Conrad
NOONEELSEWed May 20, 2009Only youAshish Vengsarkar
NOTWORTHAWHOOPThu Feb 3, 1994Nothing to shout aboutA.J. Santora
OKTOBERFESTFri Dec 12, 2014Annual event held in the TheresienwieseEvan Birnholz
PAIROFJOKERSTue Apr 5, 2016Cards #53 and #54 in a deck ... or a hint to the answers to 19-, 26-, 35- and 47-AcrossDan Schoenholz
PALADINSFri Jun 17, 2022Heroic knightsPao Roy
PEACEKEEPERMon Jan 27, 2014*One placed between warring partiesJames Tuttle
POLICEINFORMERTue Mar 20, 2012One who engages in finger-pointingWill Nediger
RADICLESun Dec 18, 2016Part of a plant embryo that develops into a rootDerrick Niederman
RINSERSWed Jan 7, 2015Some salon workersGreg Johnson
SAINTJOHNSWed May 27, 1998Newfoundland's capitalMark Elliot Skolsky
SMATTERSSat Oct 3, 1998Dabbles (in)Rich Norris
SPIGOTSThu Jan 5, 1995TapsHarvey Estes
SPLITAGUTWed Oct 12, 2011Laugh uproariouslyGary Cee
SUPERUSERSun Apr 26, 2020One with special I.T. privilegesRoyce Ferguson
SWINDLEDTue May 12, 2015HornswoggledPaul Hunsberger
TELLMAMAWed Sep 2, 20151968 Etta James albumKevin Christian and Bradley Wilber
THAETue Oct 21, 2003Those, to Robert BurnsJohn Underwood
THESEVENPERCENTSOLUTIONSun Nov 14, 2004Best-selling 1974 detective novelHarvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
TIEDTOWed Dec 2, 2020Connected withWill Nediger
TIPPINGThu May 23, 2019*Malcolm Gladwell best seller, with "The"Alex Vratsanos
TOAHALTSun Oct 23, 2011How some cars screechJoe DiPietro
TWEEDCOATSat Sep 8, 2001Professorial attire, perhapsJim Page
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