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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 50,523 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
ABLEDFri Dec 27, 2024Possessing a full range of physical and mental facultiesJem Burch
ACTSALONEFri Sep 14, 2007Doesn't support a conspiracy theory?John Farmer
AGNOMENSSun Jun 16, 1996NicknamesN. N. Joline
APENMon Jul 31, 1995With the stroke of ____Elizabeth Gorski
BEARSKINTue Feb 9, 2016Puts up with one's family?Lynn Lempel
CANTREADSun May 30, 2004End of the quoteBrendan Emmett Quigley
CELIASFri Dec 1, 1995English actress Johnson et al.Manny Nosowsky
COLONESFri Mar 19, 1999Cash, in Costa RicaMark Diehl
COUNTERMANDMon Sep 18, 1995RescindAlan Arbesfeld
CURSEATSat Mar 28, 1998VituperateDavid J. Kahn
FACEPAINTTue Apr 23, 2019Decoration for some die-hard sports fansAmanda Chung and Karl Ni
FAIRISFAIRMon Apr 10, 2023"The rules apply to everyone," redundantlyGia Bosko
FINGEREDMon Sep 19, 2005ID'dTimothy Powell
INURETOThu Dec 1, 2022Desensitize against through experienceDaniel Mauer
LEGISLATORMon Feb 15, 2016Senator or representativeDavid J. Kahn
LEIBNIZFri May 23, 2008Philosopher who coined the phrase "the best of all possible worlds"Patrick John Duggan
LONGTONSWed Feb 17, 20102,240-pound unitsElizabeth A. Long
MALENURSESat Jul 27, 2013Member of a medical minorityJohn Lieb and David Quarfoot
MEGMARCHFri Mar 26, 2010Oldest of a literary quartetHenry Hook
NEWNESSFri Jun 17, 2011Antiquity's antithesisPaula Gamache
NOGUCHIFri May 6, 2016Architect/sculptor with an eponymous New York museumJulian Lim
NOWWHEREWASISun Sep 2, 2018Words after an interruptionTom McCoy
ONEWAYMIRRORThu Oct 3, 2019Interrogation room fixtureRicky Cruz
OPPORTUNEMOMENTMon Aug 15, 2005Best time to actLynn Lempel
PAINMEDSat Mar 28, 2020Number in a pharmacy, informallyErik Agard
PROMDRESSFri Feb 22, 2019Wear for a queenDaniel Nierenberg
RADIOSTARMon Aug 19, 2024Whom "video killed," in a 1979 hitKenneth Cortes
RUPAULSDRAGRACETue Feb 7, 2017Queens' placeFinn Vigeland
SLIDESINTOFri Nov 15, 1996Arrives at horizontallyR. Norris
SNOWBALLEFFECTSThu Jan 26, 2023Developing phenomena literally depicted three times in this puzzleDan Ziring and Quiara Vasquez
SORRYSIGHTSun Jun 19, 2011"It was all my fault, gun attachment!"Patrick Berry
SPACESHIPEARTHThu Jan 31, 2002Our planet, grandlyBruce F. Adams
SPAREPARTSat Jun 23, 2007ReplacementPatrick Berry
TOGETHERWITHSat Feb 8, 2003AlongsidePatrick Berry
TOSSOUTWed Aug 2, 2017Offer for consideration ... or remove from considerationBruce Haight
TULEWed Dec 23, 1998Large bulrushChristopher Hurt
UGLINESSSun Mar 21, 2021Initial problem for a storied ducklingJulian Kwan
UPSTROKEThu Jul 11, 2024Certain calligraphy markMat Shelden
WALTZINGSat Oct 23, 2010Couples' activity once considered scandalousWill Nediger
WESTTOEASTWed Jul 6, 2011How the jet stream proceeds ... and how to read the answers to 17-, 37- and 56-AcrossPeter Collins
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