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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 50,390 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
ABOVEREPROACHSun Dec 11, 2022Having an impeccable reputation, sayLaura Taylor Kinnel
BALDCAPSat Sep 16, 2023Component of a Mr. Clean costume, sayJonathan Kaufman
BREEZEBYSun Apr 15, 2007Defeat easilyBrendan Emmett Quigley
BUNNYSLOPEMon Oct 20, 1997Beginners' skiing areaPeter Gordon
CALIBRESSat Jul 15, 2006Round numbers in England?Patrick Berry
CRAYOLACRAYONWed Nov 20, 2024Coloring implement since 1903Robert S. Gard
EDITORIALWEFri Dec 2, 2022First person plural?Scott Earl
EVACUATIONPLANEFri Oct 18, 2002Stranded person's wishManny Nosowsky
FINGERPRINTSSun Aug 12, 2001They may get a dustingNancy Nicholson Joline
FLYINGSOUTHSat May 17, 2025Going down, in a wayRyan Judge
HAZARDINGFri Jul 22, 2011GamblingTodd McClary
IGNOREMESat Aug 15, 1998Self-dismissive remarkRich Norris
INTELLIGENTSun Jul 25, 1999DNACharles M. Deber
ISHOTTHESHERIFFFri Jun 13, 20141974 #1 hit written by Bob MarleyDavid Steinberg
KEEPASun May 2, 2004___ low profileDerrick Niederman
MOUNTVERNONTue Feb 22, 2005Where Washington relaxedEd Early
NAPOLEONSOLOWed Jan 24, 2007The man from U.N.C.L.E.Gary Steinmehl
NEWBORNBABIESThu Mar 4, 2021They're swaddled and coddledBlake Slonecker
NOTONEREDCENTTue Mar 18, 2008Nary a pennyDavid Pringle
OKWISEGUYSat Apr 5, 2025"Hey, dude, enough with the jokes"Rafael Musa
PEPPERMINTTWISTMon Jul 9, 2018Wrist exercise at a candy factory?John Lampkin
READILYAVAILABLEWed Oct 26, 2022Interpret + Hockey's Kovalchuk + Colorado ski town + Fit = On handSimeon Seigel
SCANTRONFri Oct 19, 2018Teacher's timesaver for grading testsTrenton Charlson
SEXILEDSat Sep 3, 2022Temporarily banished from a dorm room, in a wayDavid Distenfeld
SHIMODASun Apr 2, 1995Japanese port cityNorman S. Wizer
SIGNALEDTue Sep 24, 2002Gave the high signSherry O. Blackard
SIKEThu Apr 21, 2022"Only joking!," to a texterMax Chen Lauring
SIXTYNINEFri May 22, 2009Cardinal that looks the same when viewed upside downManny Nosowsky
SPEARHEADFri Nov 15, 1996LeadR. Norris
SPOONBILLMon Dec 12, 1994One may be roseateJoy L. Wouk
TAKENBYSun Aug 16, 2015Impressed withDon Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel
THEAUDACITYTue Feb 18, 2025"Seriously?!"Erik Agard
THELITTLETHINGSWed Sep 13, 2017They're what really count, so it's said ... or a hint to the multilingual answers to the starred cluesDaniel Mauer
THERMOPILESat Oct 23, 2004Radiant energy measurerJames E. Buell
VERBIAGEFri Jan 14, 2022What purple prose and technical jargon have in commonMatthew Stock and Sid Sivakumar
WHISKERWed Dec 18, 1996Narrow margin of victoryM. W. Perry
WIIMINISun Jan 30, 2022Small Nintendo console, onceRoss Trudeau
WOLFGANGFri Jun 15, 2012Puck, for oneMark Diehl
YELLOWERSun Nov 21, 1993Less bravePeter Gordon
YOUFOOLSat Oct 5, 2024"Imbecile!"Natan Last
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