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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 49,897 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
AGINCOURTFri Jan 8, 2016"Henry V" battle settingPeter A. Collins
BALCONYSEATSSat Dec 29, 2018They're tops in the theaterRobyn Weintraub
BEDHOGTue Jan 7, 2020One monopolizing a mattressRoss Trudeau
BESTOFSEVENSat Jan 21, 2023Playoff formatDavid Distenfeld
BREAKTHENEWSMon Oct 16, 2000Reveal for the first timeMitch Komro
BUMPYRIDEWed Feb 23, 2022Rough flightRose Conlon
COWBANESat May 14, 2016Plant poisonous to cattleJeff Chen
DRAGRACERSSat Apr 17, 2021Zoom participants?Leslie Rogers
DRCLAWSun Dec 9, 2018"Inspector Gadget" antagonistRoss Trudeau
DREWBARRYMORETue Sep 24, 2013Child actress who appeared with [circled letters]Kevin Christian
EVENMONEYCHANCEThu Jan 25, 200750% likelihoodManny Nosowsky
FRENCHANTILLESWed Dec 13, 2017Island group near DominicaBenjamin Kramer
GROUNDSQUIRRELSSat Apr 18, 2009Marmots and prairie dogsByron Walden
IHADAHUNCHSun Jun 29, 2014"That's what my Spidey sense told me"Byron Walden
INNITWed Nov 29, 2017"Don't you agree?," in British lingoErik Agard
ISAIAHSSun Jan 9, 2005Jewish scholar Berlin and othersBrendan Emmett Quigley
MACARONINOODLESMon Oct 21, 2024Elbows in a grocery storeNeil Padrick Wilson
MAILOUTThu Jun 23, 2011SendIan Livengood
MEDIACIRCUSSat Apr 16, 2022Excessive coverage, perhapsHemant Mehta
MELFISun Jan 24, 2016Theodore who directed "St. Vincent," 2014Francis Heaney and Brendan Emmett Quigley
MUSSESUPSun Feb 3, 2013TouslesDan Schoenholz
NAILBITINGTue Feb 15, 2000Worrier's habitFrances Hansen
NEWBORNBABIESThu Mar 4, 2021They're swaddled and coddledBlake Slonecker
NEWSCRAWLFri Jun 27, 2008Ticker with headlinesBrad Wilber
NOEXCUSESun Jul 25, 2021"That's just unacceptable"Chandi Deitmer
PERORATESSat Aug 28, 1999DiscoursesFrank Longo
PIECEOFPAPERSun May 31, 2020What marriage merely is, to someLewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen
REMASHSun Jan 16, 1994Pulverize the spuds some moreErnst Theimer
RESERVEONESSPOTTue Oct 18, 2022Secure a seat at the table, sayDan Schoenholz
SEVENYEARSINTIBETSun Nov 24, 2019Hit 1997 film condemned by the Chinese governmentFrank Longo
SINEWAVESFri Feb 17, 2006Representation of tuning fork soundsTrip Payne
SPAULDINGSat Jan 8, 1994See 18-AcrossRand H. Burns
TEASERRATEWed Jan 17, 2024Promotion for a new credit account, maybeMorton J. Mendelson
TEMPORARYRELIEFMon Jul 8, 1996What a cold remedy givesSidney L. Robbins
THARDESERTTue Feb 15, 1994Arid region of IndiaJonathan Schmatzbach
THEENDOFTHELINEFri Mar 22, 2002TerminusRandall J. Hartman
TWELFTHNIGHTSun Dec 9, 2007Yuletide celebrationPatrick Blindauer
VAMPISHSat Mar 26, 2005Like Betty BoopEd Early
WORLDATLASFri May 29, 2020Country album?Sam Ezersky
WRECKERSun Sep 3, 2017Tow truckAndrew Zhou
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