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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 50,248 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
BAGATELLESun Aug 30, 2015TrifleLee Taylor
BOTTOMOFTHEFIFTHSun Jul 24, 2011Whiskey bottle dregs?Kurt Mueller
COMPTONWed Sep 20, 2006City SE of downtown Los AngelesJoe DiPietro
DANICASun Mar 16, 2025Auto racer ___ PatrickPaul Coulter
DONEDEALSSun Dec 31, 2000Signed contractsElizabeth C. Gorski
DRAWASun Sep 8, 1996___ blankR. H. Wolfe
ELECTIONSEASONThu May 26, 2022And know when to runJonathan M. Kaye
EXHAUSTINGThu Jun 18, 1998Like houseworkAlan Arbesfeld
FUDGEFACTORSun Aug 13, 2000Statistician's margin for errorNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
GROPERSSun Jun 12, 2005Ones proceeding in the dark?Joe Bower
INSECTIVOREFri Apr 28, 2023One eating a lot of wingsMalaika Handa and Erik Agard
KIDSAROUNDSun Sep 13, 2015JoshesJoe DiPietro
LATENIGHTFLIGHTTue Dec 28, 1999Red-eyeRandall J. Hartman
LIONELTRILLINGSun Jul 1, 2012Literary critic who was 65-Across (1905)Dan Schoenholz
MAINACTSun Oct 1, 2023What an opener precedesJeffrey Lease
MIDASTOUCHMon Nov 30, 2015Moneymaking skill ... or, when read as three words, what happens in 17-, 21-, 35-, 45- and 54-AcrossIan Livengood
MINTCOINSETSat Sep 10, 2022Case made for significant change?Kameron Austin Collins
MORALLYSat May 7, 2022By ethical standardsRachel Fabi
MUSHROOMThu Aug 22, 2019Grow quicklyEmily Carroll
MUSKRATSat Jun 10, 1995Louis Armstrong hit "___ Ramble"Daniel R. Stark
NUMBERERFri Apr 30, 1999PaginatorPat M. Hugel
PAINTBYNUMBERFri Oct 18, 2024Digital art?Jesse Cohn
PAPERJAMTue Apr 13, 2021Printing predicamentMichael Lieberman
PARISTROUTFri Aug 6, 2010Pete Dexter novel whose title character is an unrepentant murdererPatrick Berry
PEZIZASat Mar 7, 2015Cup-shaped forest fungusDavid C. Duncan Dekker
PUMPKINEATERThu May 2, 19961964 Anne Bancroft film, with "The"D. J. Kahn
PUPTENTSWed Feb 6, 2002Soldiers pitch themJoe DiPietro
RELOCKSFri Apr 18, 1997Bolts overMartin Ashwood-Smith
SEARAVENFri Apr 13, 2018Spiny fish named after a birdJoe Krozel
SELFRELIANTMon Jan 2, 2012Not needing anyone's helpPaula Gamache
SHARKOILMon May 18, 2020Controversial cosmetics ingredientChristina Iverson
SUPERFREAKSat Nov 9, 20191981 Rick James hit that starts "She's a very kinky girl"Neil Padrick Wilson
SWATTEAMSMon Jul 28, 1997Specialized police unitsPatrick Jordan
SWEETSURRENDERTue Aug 15, 2000John Denver sang it in 1975Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard
THEYSEESat Oct 21, 2000Apt anagram for "the eyes"Bob Klahn
TWITTERRANTSat Oct 28, 2023Certain onslaught on social mediaRyan McCarty
UNCISun Mar 29, 2009Hook-shaped parts of brainsElizabeth C. Gorski
VOTINGSITETue Nov 2, 2004Booth, e.g.Patrick Merrell
WHODIDITSat Jul 10, 2010Detective's questionJoe DiPietro
WINNINGSTREAKSun Feb 28, 2021Victory in the annual nudist club 1K?Brad Wiegmann
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