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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 50,389 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
APOLOOHNOFri Apr 20, 2018Winner of eight Winter Olympics medals in the 2000sJoel Fagliano
ATTITUDESSat Nov 20, 1999Motivation affectersA. J. Santora
BELIEVEITORNOTMon Nov 2, 2009Ripley catchphrase that's apropos to 20-, 34- and 42-AcrossAndrea Carla Michaels and Kent Clayton
BIOPSYTue Aug 20, 2024Tissue sample testSam Buchbinder
BOBFLYSun Sep 9, 2012Fishing line attachmentKevin G. Der
BRASSERAFri Nov 1, 2013Pre-W.W. I in automotive historyBrad Wilber
BURGERSSat Jul 15, 1995Fast food stapleRand H. Burns
DENNEHYThu Nov 19, 2009Brian of "First Blood"Tyler Hinman and Jeremy Horwitz
DOHAQATARSat Jun 9, 2012Al Jazeera localeDavid Quarfoot
DUTCHCHEESESun Jul 25, 1999PAWSCharles M. Deber
FAIRENOUGHTue Jun 6, 2017"Point taken"Lisa Loeb and Doug Peterson
FERNDALEThu Oct 4, 2007Detroit suburb named for the plants the area was once overgrown withSheldon Benardo
FINISHINGSECONDTue Nov 8, 2005Placing (and a hint to the first words of 17-, 24-, 47- and 60-Across)Gail Grabowski and Nancy Salomon
FIRSTLOOKThu Dec 19, 2019UnveilingAndy Kravis and Erik Agard
FORCEFEEDSat May 21, 2016Stuff down the throat ofJason Flinn
GCHORDSSat May 18, 2019Some guitar basicsAndy Kravis and Erik Agard
HAMMIESTSun Dec 31, 2006Most broad?Elizabeth C. Gorski
HARLOTSat Nov 25, 1995TartJoe DiPietro
HEELKICKSTue Dec 10, 2024Taekwondo moves done with an outstretched legBrian Callahan and Geoffrey Schorkopf
HIGHSPIRITSThu Aug 4, 2022GaietyElla Dershowitz
HOMEWORKThu Jun 25, 1998Page of math problems, sayStanley B. Whitten
HORNBYTue Nov 15, 2011English novelist Nick who wrote "About a Boy"Gareth Bain
IMMATURESun Aug 10, 1997GREENNancy Nicholson Joline
JACKMANSun Jul 29, 2007Actor Hugh of "X-Men"Brendan Emmett Quigley
JAMESIVSun Jul 30, 2017Last Scottish king to die in battleIsaac Mizrahi and David J. Kahn
JMSYNGESat Sep 11, 2010Playwright who co-founded the Abbey TheatreBrad Wilber
LETNOTSat Oct 9, 2010"___ your hearts faint": Deuteronomy 20:3Joe Krozel
LIVEBYThu Nov 8, 2018Follow, as a moral codeSam Ezersky
MISSHAPEThu Dec 4, 2008DeformBarry C. Silk
OILOFOLAYWed Jun 1, 2011"Love the skin you're in" sloganeer, onceElizabeth C. Gorski
PICKYEATERFri Jan 29, 2021Unlikely member of the "clean-plate club"Robyn Weintraub
RESTAURATEURSFri Jul 30, 1999James Beard Award nomineesJohn Wolting
RINGALARMBELLSTue Feb 15, 2022Security alerts at a boxing match?Claire Rimkus
SACLIKESat Nov 27, 1999Resembling a sporePatrick D. Berry
SOCRATICSSat Mar 13, 2010Plato and othersTyler Hinman and Byron Walden
STGERARDSat Aug 16, 2008Patron of pregnant womenByron Walden
WELSHESTue May 17, 1994RenegesHarvey Estes
WENTOUTONALIMBSat Sep 18, 2021Really risked itRyan McCarty
WHATABEASTSat Dec 2, 2023Statement upon witnessing an impressive featRoyce Ferguson
WHITESTARThu Oct 14, 2010Owner of the TitanicJim Hilger
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