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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 50,800 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
ABLATEDFri Dec 12, 1997Removed by melting, e.g.Manny Nosowsky
APLATINWed Apr 15, 2020H.S. course often covering the "Aeneid"John-Clark Levin and Jeff Chen
ASORSun Feb 4, 199610-stringed lyreD. J. Kahn
BIDENSSun Sep 30, 2012Vice-presidential familyElayne Cantor and Victor Fleming
BLUEPAINTTue Jul 4, 1995Picasso's preference, 1901-04Fran & Lou Sabin
CAMERAFLASHWed Oct 9, 2024Photography option commonly represented by a 37-AcrossJeffrey Lease
CATENASat Oct 21, 2000Connected seriesBob Klahn
CEMENTNAILWed Jun 15, 2011Fastener for basement flooring, perhapsJeffrey Wechsler
CESTLAGUERREWed Jan 29, 1997Phrase of resignationR. Hughes
DESSERTCASESat Feb 9, 2019It takes the cakeRyan McCarty
DISMAYINGThu Jul 20, 2023WorrisomeDrew Schmenner
EMPIREWAISTFri Oct 2, 2009Dress style that appears to lengthen the bodyBrad Wilber
FUDGESFACTSSun Mar 24, 2024Sugar and cocoa content?John Kugelman
GETOFFASHOTSun Mar 29, 2020Manage to heave the ball before time expiresRicky Cruz
KEELHAULSFri Mar 18, 2011Severely rebukesPatrick Merrell
KEYCARDSSat Nov 12, 2016Front desk collectionDavid J. Kahn
LATEBETSSat Dec 26, 2020No-nos at a racetrackJohn Guzzetta
LEFTRIGHTWed Feb 28, 2018When repeated, marching orders?Peter A. Collins
LEKEUTue Mar 23, 1999Belgian composer GuillaumeNathaniel Weiss
MOVEITALONGTue Apr 8, 2014"That's enough!," to an assembly line worker?Ian Livengood
MUDSLINGERMon Mar 5, 2007Smear campaignerFred Piscop
NAUSEOUSFri Feb 4, 1994UpsetJoe Clonick
ODEARFri May 22, 2009"___ Cassio!": OthelloManny Nosowsky
OFFUNSun Dec 18, 2016Barrels ___Derrick Niederman
PAISLEYFri Sep 12, 2008Pattern sometimes called "Persian pickles"Natan Last
PALTEREDWed Sep 13, 1995EquivocatedEileen Lexau
PENNSWOODSTue Oct 17, 1995Keystone State, onceDiane C. Baldwin
POLLTAKERMon Nov 9, 2020Busy person just before an electionKate Hawkins
RECOVEREDSat Jan 26, 2008Well againKaren M. Tracey
REWARDERSFri Apr 5, 1996Bosses at bonus timeJ. Page
SANDARACSFri Oct 28, 1994Trees with dark, fragrant woodBryant White
SECONDSTORYJOBWed Dec 16, 1998Sequel writer's work?Nancy Salomon
SECRETDOORThu Mar 9, 2023Private entrance, perhapsSimeon Seigel
TABLOIDTVSat Feb 24, 2007Sensational news formatByron Walden
TANSHOESSat Aug 27, 2005Footwear in a 1959 Dodie Stevens hitByron Walden
THINBLUELINETue Sep 10, 2019The police, metaphoricallyEthan Cooper
TIMETOKILLFri Feb 21, 2025A few hours for doing whateverColin Adams
TRAMCARSSun Dec 25, 2011Piccadilly moversElizabeth C. Gorski
WINBYALONGSHOTSun Nov 16, 2003Take first place in a whiskey drinking contest?Cathy Millhauser
WRITINGTue Mar 27, 2001Black and white #2Sherry O. Blackard
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