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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 50,260 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
AMERICASCUPTue Sep 18, 2001Yachting prizeJay Livingston
ANTAWNThu Sep 15, 2005Jamison of the N.B.A.Frank Longo
BAJILLIONWed Dec 12, 2007Huge amount, slangilyDaniel Kantor
BERNETSat Aug 27, 1994Sotheby Parke ___ (auction house, formerly)Joy L. Wouk
BIALYSSun Jul 16, 2017Polish rollsAndrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller
BLONDERSat Mar 20, 2004One way to leave a hair salonByron Walden
CARACOLESat Jul 6, 2013Dressage half-turnMartin Ashwood-Smith
EFILERSat Jan 23, 2021One going paperless in April, sayDoug Peterson and Brad Wilber
EGGSSUNNYSIDEUPTue Sep 4, 2007Two ...Manny Nosowsky
FALLEQUINOXFri Apr 15, 2022Occasion for Druids to gather at StonehengeTrenton Charlson
GIASSat Aug 23, 2003Actress Scala and othersRich Norris
GLTSun Mar 27, 1994Gold in color: Abbr.Jeanette K. Brill
GOLDENJUBILEESat Jun 25, 19945O's bash?Manny Nosowsky
GOPSSun Aug 11, 1996Quadrennial conventionersM. Schneider
HELGAPICTURESThu Jan 17, 2013Noted series of paintings by Andrew WyethMilo Beckman
HIDALGOSFri Nov 6, 1998Lesser Spanish noblemenBob Klahn
IKNOWRIGHTFri Sep 15, 2017"Seriously!"Damon Gulczynski
INTHELINEOFDUTYSun Jun 30, 1996While officially workingR. Norris
ISTHATOKMon Mar 4, 2019"Bother you at all?"Ellis Hay
LEASEHOLDERFri Apr 28, 2006RenterEric Berlin
MARTINSHEENFri Dec 6, 2019Actor whose roles have included both a fictional and a real-life U.S. presidentAndrew J. Ries
MASTERMINDSSat May 25, 2024Architects, so to speakDavid P. Williams
MOTHBALLMon Jun 28, 2004Closet larvae repellentSarah Keller
MOTIVATORWed May 13, 2015Speaker at many a corporate retreatJeffrey Wechsler
OLDWHATSHERNAMEFri Jun 23, 2006"You know ... THAT woman"Bruce Venzke and Stella Daily
ORSOITSEEMSFri Dec 22, 2023"… apparently"Brooke Husic and Brendan Emmett Quigley
PAPELBONSat Sep 5, 2009Pitcher who struck out the final batter of the 2007 World SeriesMike Nothnagel
PITCHEROFWATERSun Apr 14, 2002Order for a thirsty groupDavid J. Kahn
PUTPENTOPAPERFri Aug 10, 2018Begin writingDamon Gulczynski
RIGHTFIELDERSWed Jul 5, 2000Al Kaline and Roberto ClementeAlan Arbesfeld
ROUTINGSat May 7, 2011Postal activityTim Croce
SEDIMENTEDFri Mar 9, 2012Deposited into a bankTim Croce
SEEATTACHEDSat Apr 21, 2018Common two-word emailDaniel Nierenberg
SETOFCLUBSSat Sep 4, 2010Course load?Mark Diehl
SHOTOFFTue Mar 27, 2018Launched, as a missilePeter Koetters
SPICULESun Oct 1, 2006Skeletal support in a spongeAshish Vengsarkar
STREAMLINESSat Apr 7, 2001Maximizes efficiencyTrip Payne
SUBSOILSSun Nov 30, 2003Layers undergroundManny Nosowsky
TIGERMOTHSat May 31, 2014A woolly bear becomes oneJohn Lampkin
USERSFEESMon Oct 14, 2013Service chargesZhouqin Burnikel and D. Scott Nichols
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