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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 50,366 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
ALPHABETBLOCKSSun Oct 13, 2019Children's playthings that help with spellingErik Agard
BOATERSWed Jan 15, 1997Straw hatsC. Currier
BUGBEARSSat May 17, 2014Sources of chronic annoyanceBrad Wilber
CAMEALONGSat Dec 28, 2019Went tooRobyn Weintraub
CANADABLUEGRASSSat Jan 11, 2014It has a close "Kentucky" cousinMartin Ashwood-Smith
CONSTANTCRAVINGSat Mar 17, 20181992 hit for k. d. langRoland Huget
FLEETWOODMACThu Jan 20, 2022FM band on the radio?Howard Barkin
FORGOODNESSSAKESun May 2, 1999"My stars!"Jim Page
FRAFILIPPOLIPPISat Apr 6, 2019Renaissance artist who's famous for his "Coronation of the Virgin"Ned White
GETSITONSat Mar 12, 2011Begins brawlingJoon Pahk
GOANNASat Oct 29, 2016Australian monitor lizardPatrick Berry
GOOVERSEASThu Apr 1, 2021Travel abroadSam Ezersky
HIGHNOTEMon Jul 2, 2012It may be hit by a sopranoBernice Gordon
INCUBATESTue Jan 7, 2014Sits on to keep warm, sayMark Bickham
KGBSPIESFri Dec 25, 2015Red molesMary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
LAVISHLYWed Jul 10, 1996With extravaganceDiane C. Baldwin
LEGTOFri Oct 30, 1998Have a ___ stand onJim Page
MAGICLAMPSThu Mar 9, 2017Things from which genii are summonedJeremy Newton
MAILITINMon May 29, 2017Do a perfunctory performanceJeff Chen and Seth Geltman
MARTHAGRAHAMThu Sep 16, 2004Laughing choreographer?Paula Gamache
NONFACTORSFri Oct 4, 2019They don't come into playMatthew Sewell
OUTNUMBERThu Dec 25, 2014Be bigger than, in a wayXan Vongsathorn
PEACHBRANDYTue May 28, 2002Sweet drinkEd Early
PLAYERSUNIONThu Apr 21, 2022Labor group for athletesMax Chen Lauring
POISONOAKSat Mar 2, 2013Toxicodendron diversilobumBarry C. Silk
POLARICECAPMon May 9, 2005Shrinking Arctic massJim Hyres
REMEMBERSThu May 13, 2004Calls upPatrick Merrell
SAILSONSat Jan 29, 2011Keeps cruisingNed White
SCHOOLCLUBTue Mar 24, 2015Debate team or Model United NationsRobyn Weintraub
SETSUPONMon Jan 2, 2012Attacks vigorouslyPaula Gamache
SPEAKSONESPIECEWed Feb 12, 2025Talks franklyPhilip Koski
STTHERESAFri May 14, 1999So-called "Little Flower of Jesus"Frank Longo
STYLERSSat Aug 26, 2000Bun makers, e.g.A. J. Santora
TEMPERATURESun May 12, 2019What's measured by [circled letters]Victor Barocas
TOYSOLDIERSFri Jan 20, 2017Little green menAngela Olson Halsted
TRAINEDELEPHANTSat Dec 14, 2013Jumbo, e.g.Martin Ashwood-Smith
UNBECOMINGFri Jan 18, 2002Neither right nor properManny Nosowsky
URAWAWed Feb 4, 1998Suburb of TokyoFred Piscop
VEGETABLESHORTENINGSun Jun 25, 2017Canful in a cupboard ... or a hint to parts of six answers in this puzzleJacob Stulberg
VIENNABOYSCHOIRSat Aug 29, 1998Hofburg Palace Chapel performersJim Page
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