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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 50,423 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
AHISTORICALTue Mar 17, 2020Ignoring the record of past eventsRoss Trudeau
AIRPISTOLSat Feb 26, 2005Pellet shooterJim Page
AMEBICSun Jun 29, 2003ProtozoanRich Norris
ANDTHENTHEREWERENONESun Oct 2, 20051939 Agatha Christie classicRandolph Ross
AOSCOTTTue May 31, 2016Longtime New York Times film criticSarah Keller
BOATERSWed Jan 15, 1997Straw hatsC. Currier
CALLATRUCESat Aug 16, 2003Stop fightingManny Nosowsky
CHICKENYAKITORIMon Jul 12, 2021Grilled Japanese dish on skewersKevin Christian
COWPATTYSat Mar 24, 2001Pasture itemMark Diehl
CUTPRICESat Dec 28, 2002ReductionRich Norris
DOMINANCESat Mar 18, 2006Unquestioned #1 statusPatrick Berry
DOUBLEDOGDARESSat Jul 22, 2023Extreme challengesRobert Logan
ECLIPTICSun Apr 5, 1998Like a solar eventDavid J. Kahn
FOODSTAPLESat Aug 17, 2019Corn or riceMichael Hawkins
FRYBREADTue Feb 5, 2019Naan-like Native American foodErik Agard
GENERATEDThu Feb 27, 1997ProducedRaymond C. Young
GOATSBEARDTue Jul 29, 2014... for a fall guy?Timothy Polin
GRASSLANDThu Dec 4, 2003SavannaElizabeth C. Gorski
HADABEEFThu May 19, 2016Was unhappy (with)Morton J. Mendelson
KATHARINEROSSSun Oct 10, 2004"The Stepford Wives" actress, 1975Elizabeth C. Gorski
LUTSun Oct 30, 1994Iranian desertR. M. Hopkins
MANUALLYSat Nov 5, 2016By handDavid Phillips
MARIJUANALEAVESFri Dec 20, 2024Common motifs in high art?Henry Josephson
MENSSIZESSat Dec 12, 1998Clothing store designationsRich Norris
OBTRUDERMon Jan 24, 1994BusybodyJanie Lyons
OSMUNDSun Aug 16, 1998Royal fernBrendan Emmett Quigley
POLICYCHANGEWed Mar 23, 2022FLIP-FLOPBarbara Lin
PRICEINDEXWed Jul 3, 2019Bureau of Labor Statistics statisticEvan Mahnken
REGGAETONFri Oct 3, 2014Combined Latin/Jamaican/hip-hop genreTracy Bennett
ROSALYNSat Jan 8, 2011Calvin's baby sitter in "Calvin and Hobbes"Will Nediger
SCAFFOLDTue Jun 4, 2013Painter's supportKristian House
SLOBBEREDFri Jan 21, 2011Acted like a baby, in a wayPete Mitchell
SMALLSCREENSSat Nov 1, 1997TelevisionsRich Norris
SPEEDCOPSun Feb 2, 2025Officer with a radar gunDerrick Niederman
SPINCLASSESSun Apr 6, 2025Intense cycling sessions ... or what you must do to complete the answers to this puzzle's starred cluesKareem Ayas
STATEBANKSFri Jul 14, 2017Chartered financial institutionsPatrick Berry
SYLVESTERSTALLONESun Jan 11, 2015The bartender poured beers for all the action movie stars, including ___Peter A. Collins
TAXPREPSat Oct 19, 2013Return servicePeter Wentz
TWEETERSSat Jul 22, 2000They put out high-frequency soundsJoan Williamson
UNDIVIDEDThu Jul 22, 2010UnitedJeremy Horwitz
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