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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 50,244 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
ACCRUEDINTERESTSat Dec 13, 2008Payback factorFrank Longo
AHERNThu Apr 1, 2004Irish P.M. BertieByron Walden
ALEXANDRASRAGTIMEBANDSun Aug 8, 1999Feminine jazz group?Brendan Emmett Quigley
ASQUITHFri Jul 19, 2013British P.M. when W.W. I beganPatrick Berry
BIDPRICESSat Aug 11, 2018Auction figuresRyan McCarty
BOWKNOTSFri Mar 6, 1998Double loopsBrendan Emmett Quigley
BOXSOCIALSat Mar 12, 2016Old-fashioned affair à la "Oklahoma!"Josh Knapp
CAMPOUTMon Dec 1, 2014Activity with a tent and s'moresJohn Guzzetta
COMMIEWed Oct 9, 2013Cold war foe, slangilyJason Flinn
COPYPASTASat Aug 12, 2023Block of text duplicated and reposted online, in internet slangRachel Fabi and Christina Iverson
DIGHTSun Aug 2, 2015Adorn, in old literatureMatt Ginsberg
DISAPPEARFri Mar 18, 2022DematerializeClaire Rimkus and Brooke Husic
ELCHEAPOSThu Jul 12, 2018TightwadsJoe DiPietro
EUXSun Jul 14, 1996Them: Fr.J. Schmalzbach
EXPLODEDMon Mar 2, 2015Went off, as a bombAndrea Carla Michaels
HARCOURTSun May 10, 2009Publishing firm bought by Houghton MifflinPatrick Berry
HOAXERSun Jun 16, 2019Scam artistJoel Fagliano
HONEYWINESat Aug 26, 2017MeadPeter Wentz
INCOMETAXESSun Jan 10, 2021Things Wyoming and Nevada lackAlex Bajcz
INTEMPERATESat Aug 17, 1996Prone to excessJ. T. Paine
INTHEMIDDLEFri Dec 23, 2016Like moderates, politicallyRobyn Weintraub
LASERDISCSSat Oct 18, 2014Abandoned storage units?Evan Birnholz
LASPALMASThu Mar 9, 1995Canary Islands portAlex Vaughn
MOHAWKRIVERThu Oct 4, 2001Schenectady is on itDavid J. Kahn
NONSENSICALWed Sep 27, 2023MeaninglessScott Koenig
NULLVALUESun Apr 24, 2022Data output denoted by "N/A"Sam Ezersky
POLITICALARENASFri Mar 11, 2011Fields in which 6-Acrosses are foundMartin Ashwood-Smith
RANDOMHOUSEUNABRIDGEDSun Mar 4, 2007Dictionary source for each asterisked clue in this puzzleRandolph Ross
REASONTOBELIEVESat Jul 21, 2018What keeps you going when everything seems lostJason Flinn
REVOLUTIONMon Jun 18, 20121968 song with the lyric "We all want to change the world"Peter A. Collins
SCIENTWed Mar 16, 1994KnowingFred Piscop
SEWARDSSun Aug 27, 1995___ FollyMartin Schneider
SPUNAROUNDThu Apr 1, 2004Like the answers to this puzzle's starred cluesByron Walden
STAMINALSun Jul 3, 1994LastingA.J. Santora
TAPERERSat Jun 4, 2005Candlebearer, in Anglican servicesByron Walden
TATTERDEMALIONSSat Sep 16, 1995RagamuffinsBryant White
TIEINSALEFri Jul 26, 2002Two-for-one deal, sayManny Nosowsky
TWENTIETHCENTURYSun Dec 2, 2007One of the first Buicks to roll off the line?Seth A. Abel
WINDGUSTFri Jul 9, 2004It may raise the roofDavid Liben-Nowell
WINDOWMANNEQUINThu Jul 9, 1998And still another dummyNorman S. Wizer
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