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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 50,755 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
ABELLFORADANOSun Jun 23, 1996Best seller of 1944F. Hansen
BATSFIVEHUNDREDSun Apr 23, 2023"Dracula has lived half a millennium!"Katie Hale and Scott Hogan
BEBOPPERMon Jan 29, 2007Charlie Parker or Dizzy GillespieFred Piscop
CALAMONDINSun Oct 6, 1996+Tangerinelike Philippine fruitR. Max Hopkins
CHAPERONSSat Mar 8, 1997Some supervisorsRich Norris
CHIOMEGAFri Dec 10, 2021Largest college sorority by enrollment (380,000+ members)Joe DiPietro
DOWNRIVERSat Oct 8, 1994Toward the mouthRand H. Burns
EAVESDROPSFri May 4, 2001Is nosyElizabeth C. Gorski
FORTIFIESWed Sep 12, 2007Enriches with vitaminsAlan Arbesfeld
FOXYLADYFri Jan 6, 20121967 hit with the lyric "You know you're a cute little heartbreaker"David Steinberg
FROSETue Aug 22, 2023Slushy summer drink portmanteauJay Silverman
GAMEROOMSun Jun 7, 2009Place for matches at homeJeremy Newton
GOESUPINSMOKEThu Nov 28, 2024Amounts to nothing, as a planRicky J. Sirois
HIGHTONEDWed Nov 23, 2011PretentiousIan Livengood
HIPPYDIPPYTue Oct 18, 2022New-Agey, slangilyDan Schoenholz
HOWAREYOUSat Feb 25, 2023"Everything good?"Trent H. Evans
ILLCHANCEITWed Jan 20, 1999Risk-taker's declarationFred Piscop
LOWERBACKTATTOOTue Sep 10, 2019Body art that might be revealed by hip-hugger jeansEthan Cooper
MAJORITYOWNERThu Mar 22, 2018One with a lot of shares?Ross Trudeau
NOWWEARESIXSun Apr 23, 1995A.A. Milne titleRandolph Ross
OWLETMOTHSFri May 18, 2018Insects named after a small birdRyan McCarty
OXTAILSThu Jan 19, 2017Ingredients in a Jamaican stewJacob Stulberg
PISHEDSat Oct 21, 2006Directed a cry of contempt atDavid Quarfoot
PLAYERSCLUBSat Jul 31, 20041998 Ice Cube film, with "The"Byron Walden
PRESSSENDFri Nov 13, 2020Stop tinkering with an emailSawyer Tabony and Ashton Anderson
ROBYNFENTYSat Jun 12, 2021First and last name of RihannaBrooke Husic and Brian Thomas
ROUGINGThu Mar 2, 2006Making rosy-cheekedPatrick Merrell
RUBIKSSun Sep 27, 2009___ CubePatrick Berry
SACKDRESSSat Sep 22, 2018Garment originally fashionable in the late 1950sSam Trabucco
SCAMPERINGSat Aug 21, 1999Like kids in a playgroundCharles E. Gersch
SEVEBALLESTEROSFri Oct 3, 1997Two-time Masters champMartin Ashwood-Smith
SHUTTLESSun Feb 16, 2025Atlantis and othersJohn Kugelman
SLAVEREBELLIONSSat Sep 30, 2023The Haitian Revolution and the Aponte Conspiracy of 1812, e.g.Ahmed Bayoumi
TEMPERANCEFri Jul 29, 1994Self-controlA. D. Cover
TENTHGRADEThu Oct 12, 2006SophomoreDave Tuller
TRACKDOWNSat Sep 21, 2019Obtain with difficultyJoon Pahk and Erik Agard
TREERINGWed Apr 3, 2024Annual growth indicatorAlex Eaton-Salners
TUNEINTOMORROWWed May 30, 2007"Don't miss the next episode ..."Mike Nothnagel
TWOSIDEDWed Aug 19, 2020Like most debatesBrandon Koppy
UNREVERSEDSun Jun 23, 2002Normal, as a photoEric Berlin
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