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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 50,565 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
ARBORISTSSun Aug 4, 2013Tree expertsSteven Ginzburg
AREYOUBLINDFri Aug 10, 2018Angry shout to an umpireDamon Gulczynski
ASPIRATORSun Aug 27, 1995Suction pumpMartin Schneider
ATNOPOINTTue Sep 20, 2022Not even onceRebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi
BESPATTEREDThu May 8, 2003Like a painter's smockElizabeth C. Gorski
BLACKISHSun Apr 14, 2019ABC sitcom about the JohnsonsWill Nediger
BUCKTHEODDSSun Jan 8, 2006The rodeo rider tried toMichael Ashley
CHICOMARXFri May 30, 2008Old comedian known for his unique piano-playing styleNatan Last
CISWOMANMon Sep 16, 2024One assigned female at birth and identifying as suchRobert Corridan
CONTAINThu Dec 16, 1999Hold in checkHarvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
COOKINThu Apr 19, 2007"What's ___?" (informal greeting)Henry Hook
CORIOLISFORCESun Jan 17, 2016What causes storms to swirl in opposite directions in the Northern and Southern HemispheresJeff Chen
COWORKERThu Mar 22, 2007ColleagueKaren M. Tracey
GETSFARSun Nov 22, 1998Makes a lot of progressNelson Hardy
GIBERSun Nov 20, 2016One dishing out digsEd Sessa
HOMEBREWERSat Jul 12, 2025One might start fermenting in the kitchenKatie Hoody
INFUSEDSun Jan 23, 2022Like some vodkasNancy Stark and Will Nediger
INTERBANKFri Jan 7, 2005Like wire transfersStella Daily and Bruce Venzke
IWASONLYKIDDINGSun Feb 4, 2018"Jeez ... lighten up!"David Levinson Wilk
JAIMESWed Oct 25, 2006Common Spanish boys' namesAdam G. Perl
JEFFBEZOSTue Jul 15, 2014Founder of 36-AcrossZhouqin Burnikel
LIONIZESThu Apr 20, 2023Praises to the heavensSimeon Seigel
MADEFORTVSun Jun 4, 2017Like the movies "Brian's Song" and "Sharknado"Tom McCoy
MUSICCRITICSat Dec 18, 2004Person working in concert with others?Dana Motley
OFFEREDUPSun Feb 17, 2002SacrificedJoe DiPietro
PAMELASThu Dec 16, 2010Hollywood's Anderson and ReedCharles Deber
PIGHEADEDTue Aug 21, 2001ObstinateSarah Keller
RECURRINGDREAMSSun Dec 5, 2021... AMBITION AMBITION AMBITION ...Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen
SANGFORFri Mar 31, 2006Entertained, in a wayGilbert H. Ludwig
SHOOTTHEBULLMon Jul 10, 2023Chat idlyBrad Wiegmann
SNAPDECISIONMon Feb 16, 2009What a person in an emergency might have to makeDavid Kwong
SOCCERBALLSThu Oct 31, 2019They get kicked around a lotEzra Brauner and Jeff Chen
SONNETEERThu Dec 16, 2021Shakespeare, notablyTrenton Charlson
STALLOUTSun Oct 14, 2007Abruptly stopElizabeth C. Gorski
TABARETWed Oct 30, 1996Upholstery fabricA. D. Cover
TASTINGSun Aug 4, 2013With 37-Down, restaurant offering with many small dishesSteven Ginzburg
TESTABLESat Dec 15, 2007Subject to an assessment?Rich Norris
THESEVENSAMURAISat Nov 15, 20031954 Akira Kurosawa classicPatrick Berry
THREEBLADERAZORSun Mar 14, 2021Grooming tool jokingly predicted by 101-Across in 1979Jacob Stulberg
UPANDQUITSat Apr 22, 2023Abruptly resignByron Walden
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