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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 50,251 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
ADBLITZESTue Mar 26, 2019Intense promotional campaignsZhouqin Burnikel
AREYOUAWAKEFri Nov 29, 2024Question that can't possibly be answered "No"Willa Angel Chen Miller and Matthew Stock
CARPEDABOUTTue Jan 19, 2016Criticized nigglinglyByron Walden
CEQUIFri Oct 4, 1996Which: Fr.M. Ashwood-Smith
COAMINGSFri Mar 23, 2001Raised borders that prevent water overflowElizabeth C. Gorski
DECIAREFri Mar 9, 200110 square metersMitch Komro
GENTLEMENTue Jan 10, 2017Twosome in a Shakespeare titleDavid Poole
GFORCESTue Jun 12, 2018Pressing concerns for astronauts?Samuel A. Donaldson and Tracy Gray
GRIZZLIESTue Jan 30, 2007Scary bearsNancy Salomon
HITTINGTHEWALLMon Sep 10, 2001Out of gasNancy Salomon and Karen Riekert
HORSETRADERSThu May 17, 2007Shrewd bargainersAlan Arbesfeld
ICANTTELLFri Jul 14, 2023"It's not clear to me"Jonathan Kaufman
IMPOSEAGAGORDERSun Jun 6, 2004Demand more cartoon ideas?Patrick Merrell
LAMBENTSat Feb 18, 1995FlickeringStephanie Spadaccini
LETMEDREAMAGAINFri Aug 30, 1996Song standard from 1875A. J. Santora
LODGERThu Oct 14, 2010Paying guestJim Hilger
MAKESGOODMon Sep 29, 2014What a local success story doesEric Sydney Phillips
MATCHBOXCARMon Mar 22, 2021Collectible toy vehicleDaniel Grinberg
NANNYCAMTue Mar 15, 2022Home-monitoring deviceMichael Lieberman
ODARKTHIRTYSat Jul 17, 2010Very early morning, in slangMark Diehl
OYSTERCRABWed Apr 6, 2016Chesapeake Bay delicacyTimothy Polin
POLARIZESSat Oct 22, 2005Sends to separate campsPatrick Berry
PRISEDSun Oct 1, 2000Used a lever onNancy Nicholson Joline
PULSERATEFri May 5, 2023Vital concernJacob McDermott
RAGGEDYMon May 25, 1998TatteredWilliam Canine
RECREATEDThu Oct 3, 1996PlayedJ. R. Leeds
RESCUECATSat Aug 23, 2025Purr-fect adopteeRyan Judge
RIMOSESun Sep 26, 1999Full of chinksRandolph Ross
ROSACEAThu Jul 24, 2025Skin condition that causes facial flushingGinny Too
SMALLFACESFri Jul 1, 2005British band with the 1967 hit "Itchycoo Park"Brendan Emmett Quigley
SNARKEDTue Feb 20, 2024Made an irreverently sarcastic commentRobert S. Gard
TENDAYWed Mar 19, 2014Like some short-term N.B.A. contractsSamuel A. Donaldson
TWOIRONThu May 17, 2012Club not seen much nowadaysJoe Krozel
UNCOUNTEDSun Oct 2, 2011Like invalid ballotsEric Berlin
UNIRONICALLYWed Oct 19, 2022"I'm worried I may have anemia," said Tom ___Ryan Patrick Smith
USELESSNESSFri Jul 21, 1995Obsolescence, in a wayMatt Gaffney
WAGEHIKESun Jan 13, 2019Pay up?Andy Kravis
WEARSOFFThu Aug 24, 1995Loses effectivenessMatt Gaffney
WINSOMERFri Mar 19, 2021More charmingKameron Austin Collins
YCLEPTSun Mar 24, 1996Named a la SpenserJ. K. Brill
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