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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 50,702 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
ALFLANDONSat Jun 18, 2005Sufferer of a crushing defeat in 1936Sherry O. Blackard
APAREJOSat Feb 12, 1994Mexican packsaddleRand H. Burns
BOMBARDSat Sep 9, 1995PepperDaniel R. Stark
CARPENTERANTSun Dec 18, 2022One might crawl out of the woodworkRyan McCarty
CLINGINGVINEFri Mar 15, 1996Not the independent sortA. J. Santora
COMEOFAGEWed Sep 17, 2014Reach adulthoodZhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo
COMPOSSun Nov 17, 2002Sane, brieflyRichard and Judith Martin
DAMPENEDTue Jun 29, 2010Made less intensePeter A. Collins
DAVESSat Oct 27, 2007Dr. Seuss's "Too Many ___"Brendan Emmett Quigley
DVDRECORDERMon Oct 27, 2014TV hookup option ... or what you are by solving this puzzle?Stanley Newman
EDUCTORSat Jan 28, 2006Jet pump for fluid withdrawalDana Motley
ELSAMAXWELLTue Jun 29, 1999Old-time journalist-socialiteArthur S. Verdesca
EOLIANHARPSat Sep 1, 2007Music maker "played" by the windKaren M. Tracey
FRANCISCOFRANCOTue Mar 10, 2020Dictator following the Spanish Civil WarDavid J. Kahn
GODISSun Mar 7, 1999"As ___ my witness"Randolph Ross
GREATGATSBYTue Apr 10, 2007Excellent novel title character!Kevan Choset
HASITINFORSat Jan 21, 2006Plans to get back atBrendan Emmett Quigley
HINGISSun Oct 30, 20111997 winner of Wimbledon and the U.S. OpenAndrea Carla Michaels & Patrick Blindauer
HOROLSun Oct 30, 2005Watchmaker's sci.Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr.
HOTTOPICSFri Aug 20, 2021Everyone's talking about themRandolph Ross
LARYNXESSun Mar 9, 2014Talking points?Brendan Emmett Quigley
LEETREVINOMon Jul 25, 1994Two-time U.S. Open golf championAlbert J. Klaus
LIEUNDEROATHSun Oct 19, 2008Perjure oneself ... or what can be found six times in this puzzleJoe DiPietro
MAKESACHARGESun Jun 7, 2015"But wait! Amex Card ___!"Samuel A. Donaldson
MGMSTUDIOSSat May 11, 2002Group under the sign of LeoMark Diehl
MINIFIGMon Aug 11, 2025Lego piece in the shape of a person or animalRebecca Goldstein
PEDAGOGSun Aug 3, 2008Teacher: Var.Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel
PERSONALLOANMon Jul 13, 2009Money borrowed from a friend, e.g.C. W. Stewart
REAIREDThu Aug 13, 2020Ran againJon Olsen
RECENTLYSun Jun 26, 1994Of lateNancy Nicholson Joline
ROBERTPENNWARRENSun Nov 6, 1994First U.S. poet laureateA.J. Santora
ROSINEDFri Apr 5, 1996Like a pitcher's bagJ. Page
SCREWPINEThu Jan 4, 1996Twisty-leafed treeF. & L. Sabin
SUCHTHATMon May 14, 2012SoJohn Dunn
SWEEPERSSat Apr 30, 2016They clean up wellMark Diehl
SWEETENUPFri Jul 12, 2019Make nice to in a manipulative wayEvan Kalish
TAPESTRIESSun Mar 3, 2002The Met's "Hunt of the Unicorn" and othersElizabeth C. Gorski
TASTINGSun Aug 4, 2013With 37-Down, restaurant offering with many small dishesSteven Ginzburg
UNBOLTSSun May 30, 1999ReleasesCathy Millhauser
WIDOWEDTue Oct 22, 1996Bereaved, in a wayE. Quigley
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