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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 50,392 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
APPRENTICESHIPSFri Jun 21, 2002Training timesBob Peoples
ASMUDTue Sep 16, 2008Clear ___ (hard to understand)Michael Langwald
BASKETBALLSTARSun Nov 24, 2024Sue Bird or Larry BirdAlex Eaton-Salners
BBCARABICSun Aug 5, 2018Trusted news source in the MideastAlison Ohringer and Erik Agard
CBSSPORTSSat Sep 22, 2007Home of "The NFL Today"Mark Diehl
CHOUXWed Oct 19, 2022Pastry dough used in crullers and beignetsRyan Patrick Smith
CLASSREPSun Apr 2, 2023Student council electee, informallyJeremy Newton and Tracy Gray
CRADLESONGSFri Apr 7, 2017Rock music?Patrick Berry
DATABUSSun Nov 26, 2000Digital information carrierPatrick Berry
DOYOUREALLYMEANTHATSun Mar 4, 2012<em>Her husband asked "...?"</em>David J. Kahn
DREDSCOTTSat May 20, 1995Subject of an 1857 Supreme Court decisionManny Nosowsky
FAVREAUWed Jan 8, 2020"Very Bad Things" and "Swingers" actor JonAmanda Yesnowitz and Joon Pahk
GONEFISHINGTue Jan 19, 2016Classic out-of-office sign ... or what this puzzle's author has done?Byron Walden
HEATSTROKETue Mar 24, 2009Dehydration may help bring this onPancho Harrison
HELOVESMENOTSat May 11, 2019Unlucky phrase to end onRobyn Weintraub
IMONABOATSun Apr 3, 20162009 Grammy nominee with the lyric "But this ain't SeaWorld, this is real as it gets"Natan Last
MANTICOREFri Dec 21, 2012Legendary creature similar to the SphinxZoe Wheeler
MORGANSThu Mar 27, 1997Certain riding horsesAlex Vaughn
NOTMUCHTOLOOKATFri Apr 18, 2014Visually uninspiringJames Mulhern
NUMBERTHESTARSWed Aug 13, 2025Newbery Medal-winning 1989 novel for children by Lois LowryJared Cappel
ODDSOCKThu Apr 14, 2022Laundry leftoverAshish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan
OLDSONGSFri May 30, 2025Some nostalgic throwbacksRafael Musa
ONCEUPONATIMEINMEXICOSun Jan 2, 20112003 film "Érase una Vez"David Levinson Wilk
OPTICALSCANNERSFri May 13, 2011Reading devicesJoe Krozel
PERAMBULATETue Jul 24, 2001It has "amble" and "ramble" insideGayle Dean
POKEAROUNDMon Sep 19, 2011Do some investigatingJulian Lim
PUFFEDSun Aug 20, 2006Made pants?Richard Silvestri
RAPROCKSun Sep 14, 2008Genre explored by Run-D.M.C. and AerosmithJeremy Newton
RATCATCHERSun Jan 27, 2013The Pied Piper of Hamelin, e.g.Jeff Chen
REALWORLDThu Apr 26, 2012Long-running MTV show, with "The"Julian Lim
RIGVEDASat Jan 30, 2016Ancient collection of Sanskrit hymnsSamuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber
ROBSONSun May 11, 2008Director Mark of "Earthquake"Tony Orbach and Patrick Blindauer
SHOPSTEWARDTue Aug 7, 2018Union representativeAlex Eaton-Salners
SOAPBOXPREACHERFri Jun 7, 2024Figure of speech?Alice Liang and Christina Iverson
SPERSEDSat Apr 8, 1995Scattered, old styleA.J. Santora
THEDARLINGSSun Mar 11, 2018Last seen in the nursery. If found, call ___ [see 84-Across]Matthew Sewell
THINASAREEDFri Oct 17, 2014SuperslimMichael Ashley
TOREUPTHEROADSat Mar 8, 2003Burned rubberPatrick Berry
TRANSITIONSMon Sep 12, 2022"So, anyway, ..." and "On that note ...," e.g.Michael Lieberman
WINTERGREENMINTSSun Jun 19, 2022Strong breath freshenersJeremy Newton
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