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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 50,695 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
AHGOTCHAWed Apr 5, 2023"Hmm, that makes sense"Brandon Koppy
ALLSWELLTHATENDSWELLSun Aug 26, 2012Source of the line "They say miracles are past"Amanda Yesnowitz and Doug Peterson
BEARDEDSat Oct 11, 1997Like a mountain goatFred Piscop
BIGCITYFri Jun 10, 2011Typical of urban lifePatrick Berry
BILLIEHOLIDAYTue Nov 28, 2006"Lady Sings the Blues" autobiographerAlan Arbesfeld
BLACKVELVETThu Sep 8, 20161990 #1 hit for Alannah MylesJoanne Sullivan
BOATRIDEFri Jul 31, 2015Outing on a river or lakeJames Mulhern and Ashton Anderson
BPICTURESFri Oct 30, 2015Minor additions to the bill?Patrick Berry
COCOAPUFFTue Aug 8, 2023Bit of chocolate-flavored cerealZachary David Levy
COMEXTue Dec 30, 1997One of the financial markets, for shortElizabeth C. Gorski
DARKVICTORYTue Jan 6, 20091939 Bette Davis dramaJohn Greenman
DENSEFORESTMon Jun 8, 2009Thick growth of treesRandy Sowell
DESOXYRIBONUCLEICACIDSun Oct 13, 2002Part of 26-Down, old-styleElizabeth C. Gorski
EARLOCKFri Feb 24, 2012One hanging at a templePatrick Berry
EDWARDGOREYTue Aug 5, 2008Author/illustrator who used the pseudonym Ogdred Wearyjoon and caroline pahk
EPICUREANThu Feb 17, 1994Definitely not asceticBrett Blaylock
EVENERSSun Feb 26, 2006PlanesRandolph Ross
EXPRESSLANEFri Jun 19, 2009Something to pass inDavid Levinson Wilk
FENDEDOFFSun Apr 30, 2006DeflectedElizabeth C. Gorski
GOODESThu Jun 16, 1994Former Philly mayor Wilson et al.Jim Page
GORGEOUSGEORGEMon Nov 28, 20111940s-'50s wrestler with golden locksAndrea Carla Michaels
HOTASHADESSat Mar 8, 2025ScorchingJoe Deeney
HOTONTHESCENTTue Mar 18, 2008In close pursuitDavid Pringle
IBSENSTue Aug 15, 1995"Ghosts" writer and kinRandall J. Hartman
INTRAMURALSat Sep 1, 2012Unlike conference gamesTim Croce
LETDOWNYOURHAIRThu Jul 16, 2015Entreaty to RapunzelPaula Gamache
MEDIEVALROMANCESat Aug 17, 2002Damsel-in-distress tale, maybeFrank Longo
NORTHERNERThu Dec 12, 1996YankeeJ. R. Conrad
OBSERVANTSun May 19, 1996DEV*C. M. Deber
PENSACOLAThu Feb 26, 2015Southern city that calls itself "America's First Settlement" (1559)Caleb Emmons
PHLSun Aug 21, 2022Keystone State airport codeBrooke Husic and Will Nediger
POSTTRUTHSat Apr 28, 2018Like a world in which objective facts are less important than appeals to emotion and personal beliefAndrew Kingsley and John Lieb
PULLRANKTue Jan 27, 2009Exert one's superiorityJim Hyres
REBUFFEDMon Jun 9, 2025SpurnedAimee Lucido
SAYNOWThu Sep 16, 2021"Here's an idea ..."Kevin Patterson
STEAMERTRUNKThu Sep 25, 2025Storage item on some ocean voyagesJesse Goldberg
TOERAGMon Dec 31, 2018Scoundrel, in British slangBrian Thomas
TOOKAHIKEWed Jan 9, 2013Did or didn't participate in the Boy Scouts outing?David Ben-Merre
WEIGHSCALESMon Mar 1, 2010They measure the tonnage of trucksBrendan Emmett Quigley
WOESOMESun Dec 24, 1995Grievous, to grandmaFrances Hansen
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