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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 50,409 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
AREYOUREADYSat Aug 31, 2013Cry used to pump up a crowdJosh Knapp
ATTHELEASTFri Apr 26, 2019"If nothing else ..."Kyle Dolan
BARCLAYSun Jun 4, 2000British banking nameMartin Schneider
CAMOUFLAGEPANTSThu Jun 14, 2001What a dog might do to pretend it's not out of breath?Mark Diehl
CAMPAIGNSIGNSTue Sep 19, 2017Yard displays at election timeDon Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel
EARTHASThu Jul 20, 1995Singer Kitt et al.Gerald R. Ferguson
ENCINOMANTue Jul 28, 20201992 Brendan Fraser film about a thawed Cro-MagnonRoss Trudeau
EVICTINGSun Nov 14, 2021BootingAimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz
EXTERNALLYSun Jul 29, 2018Former supporter of seabirds?Will Nediger
FLUSHESWed Oct 21, 1998Some good handsMatt Gaffney
GOESBALDMon Jan 2, 2017Loses one's hairChuck Deodene
GREATTIMEWed Mar 16, 2011BallAlan Arbesfeld
HIPREPLACEMENTWed Jun 26, 2002Fashionable substitute?Nancy Salomon
ILSESFri Aug 30, 1996Pianist Von Alpenheim et al.A. J. Santora
IMPOSITIVESun Mar 9, 2008See 39-AcrossPatrick Berry
JODECIThu Nov 23, 2017Group with five #1 R&B hits in the 1990sHoward Barkin
MGMSTUDIOSSat May 11, 2002Group under the sign of LeoMark Diehl
MIDDLEEARTHTue Oct 22, 2013"The Lord of the Rings" setting ... or a feature of 17-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across?Kevan Choset
MIRRORMIRRORFri Jan 9, 20152012 film adaptation of "Snow White"Patrick Berry
MISSIDAHOSat Jun 4, 2016Pride of Moscow?Byron Walden and Brad Wilber
NOLANSThu Feb 6, 2014Director Christopher and actor LloydJoe Krozel
NOTSAFEFORWORKSun Jan 21, 2018At risk of being offensiveVictor Barocas and Andy Kravis
OLDSAXONThu May 20, 2021Germanic language of the 8th-12th centuriesTrenton Charlson
ORONYMSun Oct 10, 2021Similar-sounding phrase, such as "I scream" for "ice cream"Brandon Koppy
ORTHOPEDICThu Apr 12, 2007Like some shoesJim Page
PATCASHTue Jul 14, 19981987 Wimbledon winnerRaymond Hamel
PATENTTROLLWed Mar 27, 2019One profiting through litigation, not innovationMichael Hawkins
POCATELLOSun Jul 12, 2015Western city named after a Shoshone chiefPatrick Berry
PORTMANTEAUSun Jan 12, 2003Blend of two partsPatrick Berry
REFRESHEDSun Mar 1, 2020Like some web pages and memoriesSam Trabucco
ROCKYPROMONTORYSun Jan 7, 2001He's got a craggy faceManny Nosowsky
SIXPACKOFBEERTue Jan 21, 2020Party purchase ... or a hint to each circled letter setCarl Larson
STACKUPFri Nov 15, 1996CompareR. Norris
THECOLTSSat Mar 6, 2021A.F.C. South squadSid Sivakumar
THECRUSADESFri Aug 31, 2007Fights with knightsPaula Gamache
THEMSTHEFACTSFri Mar 1, 2024"That's just how it is!"Julian Xiao
THESHADOWMon Jan 8, 1996Lamont CranstonN. Steinberg
TRASHPILESun Apr 8, 2018It's a bunch of garbagePatrick Berry
UNDERWATERSat Aug 7, 2004Masks are worn herePatrick Berry
WAITSFORThu Aug 2, 2007ExpectsRobert Dillman
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