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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 50,390 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
ACHIEVERSat Dec 11, 1993Success storyRobert H. Wolfe
ALLTHETRIMMINGSTue Jun 3, 2014What Thanksgiving turkey may come with ... as suggested by parts of 17-, 22-, 38- and 51-Across?Susan Gelfand
ANYOFWed Mar 13, 2002"Don't give me ___ your lip!"Ed Early
BOBBERSSat Jul 9, 1994Certain sled ridersGerald R. Ferguson
CHANGETOTue Dec 1, 2020Replace withByron Walden
CIVILLAWSat Sep 18, 2004Basis on which many suits are pressedBob Peoples
COEDDORMSFri Feb 21, 2014Buildings often segregated by floorPatrick Berry
COSMICJOKESat Oct 21, 2017Twist of fate you can't help but laugh atSamuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber
COSSETEDSun Feb 7, 2010SpoiledPatrick Berry
CRACKDOWNSFri Jul 19, 2002Police actionsElizabeth C. Gorski
CRULLERSSun Dec 22, 2019Deep-fried doughy treatsLaura Taylor Kinnel
ENSALADAThu May 9, 2002It's tossed at Spanish restaurantsCathy Millhauser
EVCREDITWed Aug 31, 2022*Federal tax incentive for buying a Tesla, sayJoe Deeney
FACINGITSat Aug 23, 2003Not running away from a challengeRich Norris
FREDPERRYSun Feb 14, 2021British tennis champ who invented the sweatbandLisa Bunker
GRACKLESFri Jul 1, 2011Cousins of blackbirdsChris A. McGlothlin
INTERROBANGFri Jan 16, 2015?!Michael Wiesenberg
IRISHCREAMFri Oct 18, 2019Baileys, for oneJamey Smith
IVANREITMANFri Aug 21, 2009Director of "Meatballs" and "Stripes"Patrick Berry
LASHUPFri Oct 24, 2025Makeshift arrangementKelvin Zhou
NICEQUALITYThu Sep 29, 2011[See blurb]Ben Fish
OFNOCONSEQUENCESat Mar 27, 2004Eliciting a "So what?"Sherry O. Blackard
ONMYOWNWed Aug 4, 20211986 #1 hit for Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonaldBrandon Koppy
OUIMONSIEURMon Dec 19, 2011Polite assent in ParisRichard Chisholm
PARTCOMPANYTue Jun 2, 2020Go their separate ways ... or a description of 17-, 24-, 35- or 47-Across?John Guzzetta
PEARLFISHSun Nov 29, 2015Creatures that may live inside oysters - hence the nameAlex Vratsanos
PENDENTSat Jan 1, 2000SuspendedRich Norris
PREMEDITATEDACTSat Oct 11, 2003Something plannedRobert H. Wolfe
RAYMONDCARVERSun Dec 3, 1995Scribbling sculptorMartin Schneider
SANDWICHBAGFri Aug 18, 2017Sometimes-zippered containerBrendan Emmett Quigley
SEMICIRCULARSun Dec 3, 2006Junk mail a trucker might get?Patrick Merrell
SHAWARMASat Sep 28, 2019Street food prepared on a rotisserieAlex Eaton-Salners
STORAGESPACETue May 11, 2021*What closets and attics provideKevin Patterson
SUNNYSIDEUPSun Aug 10, 2014*Egg order [the Obamas]Elizabeth C. Gorski
SWEAROFFSun Nov 9, 2008RenouncePaula Gamache
TAKESTOTHESTUMPSat Nov 5, 1994Begins campaigningManny Nosowsky
TITRATESSun Jul 13, 2014Determines the concentration of a dissolved substanceTom McCoy
WHININESSThu Mar 27, 1997PulingAlex Vaughn
XRAYMACHINESun Jul 29, 2012"Get an inside look at our booth" (Buffalo, 1901)Kevin G. Der
YELLOWTAILSat Nov 4, 1995Game fishFrank A. Longo
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