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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 50,360 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
BOTTOMOFTHEFIFTHSun Jul 24, 2011Whiskey bottle dregs?Kurt Mueller
BULBULSSun Jun 2, 2013Songbirds in "The Rubáiyát"Elizabeth C. Gorski
BUTTERDISHFri Feb 17, 2017Where to stick a stickDavid Steinberg
CELICASSat Jun 15, 2013Some ToyotasNed White
COWORKERThu Mar 22, 2007ColleagueKaren M. Tracey
ECHOSOUNDERSat Dec 18, 2010Aid in deep divingBrad Wilber
ELIZABETHANERASun Jan 21, 2018Play of Shakespeare (remember 23-Across)Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis
ENDEAVOURWed Nov 24, 2010#6Allan E. Parrish
EPICBATTLESun Dec 11, 2016Climax of many a fantasy novelTom McCoy
FILLEDOUTThu Apr 11, 1996Got plumperR. Hamel
FRANKLANGELLATue Apr 4, 1995Dracula portrayerDavid J. Kahn
FRYBREADTue Feb 5, 2019Naan-like Native American foodErik Agard
GOTOPLANBWed Jun 13, 2007Scrap the original strategyCurtis Yee
GRANDFORKSTue Aug 22, 2017Red River Valley city in the upper MidwestTimothy Polin
HAVEALOTTOOFFERSun Mar 25, 2001What the state gambling board might do to increase sales?Trip Payne
HEARTBEATSFri Feb 14, 19971950's doo-wop group with the hit "A Thousand Miles Away," with "the"J. R. Conrad
IMPUMPEDSat Jun 8, 2013"Can't wait!"David Quarfoot
INDUCTORFri Apr 20, 2001Circuitry coilChuck Deodene
MANDELBROTTue Aug 27, 2024Mathematician Benoit ___, coiner of the word "fractal"Julia Hoepner
ONENIGHTERSat Mar 10, 2012Quick affair?Patrick Berry
ORGOThu Mar 18, 2021Notoriously difficult chem classTom McCoy
PELLETGUNFri Mar 10, 2000Air rifleChuck Deodene
PERSONALHISTORYFri Oct 12, 2012Caseworker's compilationMartin Ashwood-Smith
PREPAREDSat Aug 3, 2024ReadyRich Norris
PROSCENIAThu Sep 17, 2009Stage archesArthur Schulman
RADICALRIGHTSun Nov 9, 1997Conservative groupRich Norris
RUNSOFFSun Mar 5, 2006ShoosAshish Madhukar Vengsarkar
SHARISSat Apr 29, 1995Puppeteer Lewis et al.Fred Piscop
SIDLEUPTue Apr 24, 2018Approach furtively, with "to"Peter Gordon
SQUAREDUPSun Jan 19, 2025(Pixar movie)2Emily Sharp and Kunal Nabar
SUSPENDERSTue Oct 21, 2003Garters, to BritsJohn Underwood
TENBUCKSMon May 15, 2000Two five-spotsGregory E. Paul
TENDEDBARSun Nov 22, 2020Made the rounds?Alex Eaton-Salners
TRANSITIVEVERBSFri Dec 13, 2002English class topicBob Peoples
TRIBUNESSun Oct 14, 2018Officials in ancient RomeRoss Trudeau
UPSTANDINGSun Mar 19, 2000DRY CLEAN ___ ORDER FORMGreg Staples
VALUERMon Feb 16, 2004AppraiserCharles Barasch
VOODOOSSat Mar 18, 1995Magic systemsManny Nosowsky
WALLSAFEMon Jan 16, 2017Something that may be hidden behind a framed pictureJohn Wrenholt
WASHDISHESSat May 6, 2017Be on K.P., in a wayJoe DiPietro
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