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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 51,029 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
ALFREDNOBELSun Aug 19, 2001"He was my prize student"David J. Kahn
AWAKERFri Mar 26, 2010Reveille, e.g.Henry Hook
BABYTEETHFri Nov 25, 2005Kids always lose themJoe DiPietro
BACKPAINWed Apr 29, 2015LumbagoDaniel Landman
BARELEGGEDFri May 23, 2003Wearing shorts, sayDave Tuller
BLONDERSat Mar 20, 2004One way to leave a hair salonByron Walden
CENSUREDThu Sep 14, 2017CondemnedJohn Guzzetta
COIFFURESSun Apr 10, 1994Hairdressers' creationsTrip Payne
DIESELFUELSun Jan 15, 2017Truck driver?Joel Fagliano
DORMITORYSun Apr 7, 2013College student's placeMatt Ginsberg
FLICKERThu Oct 28, 2021Black-and-white movie effectAlan Massengill
FLOODWATERSat Feb 10, 1996Corps of Engineers concernJohn R. Conrad
GANGSTERRAPWed Dec 6, 2006Hip-hop subgenreLevi Denham
GIVEITAGOMon May 18, 2026Attempt somethingRena Cohen
GLIASun May 10, 2015Cells that protect neuronsJacob Stulberg
GREATMENSat Sep 25, 2004HeroesByron Walden
HAZARDINGFri Jul 22, 2011GamblingTodd McClary
JOHNMADDENMon Jul 15, 2002Leader of football's 31-DownJohn Leavy
LIVESOFEASEMon Jun 27, 2016Carefree existences ... or, punnily, what 17-, 27- and 45-Across haveKevan Choset
LOWERHOUSESat Aug 16, 2025Mexico's Chamber of Deputies or France's National Assembly, for exampleByron Walden
LXVIWed Apr 21, 2010M years before the Battle of HastingsPeter A. Collins
MACANDCHEESEWed Sep 7, 2016[Boil contents for 8-10 minutes; drain; add butter; stir in bright orange powder]Kary Haddad
MADEACAMEOThu Sep 29, 2022Appeared brieflyJeremy Newton
MCHUGHFri Nov 7, 1997"On the Sunny Side of the Street" songwriterBrendan Emmett Quigley
NAVIGABLEFri Sep 11, 1998Like major channelsHarvey Estes
NICOLAIFri Jan 3, 2014Gedda or Ghiaurov of opera fameBarry C. Silk and Brad Wilber
NOTWITHSTANDINGFri Sep 29, 1995AnywayManny Nosowsky
OISERIVERSat Aug 19, 2017Waterway that lent its name to two French departmentsMark Diehl
PEARLERSun Oct 4, 2009Oyster bed diverTodd McClary
PENTODESun Mar 22, 2020Vacuum tube with five active componentsBrendan Emmett Quigley
PEOPLEWATCHTue Aug 14, 2018Wrist accessory for a celebrity magazine editor?Andy Kravis and Erik Agard
PRIMARIESFri Jun 13, 2008Election year eventsPatrick Berry
REHEATINGTue Nov 10, 2015Preparing, as leftoversWill Treece
RELAXINThu Sep 30, 2021Pregnancy hormoneRich Proulx
ROGUISHLYSun Sep 3, 2017In a mischievous mannerAndrew Zhou
SITZKRIEGSat Jul 14, 2012War with little or no active warfareBrad Wilber and Doug Peterson
SLIPKNOTSSat Jul 27, 2002Scouts' creationsRobert H. Wolfe
SONSINLAWSun Dec 3, 2000They've joined the familyElizabeth C. Gorski
THEBOARDWALKTue Jun 14, 2005After 29-Down, a Drifters hitSarah Keller
TOUGHITOUTThu Aug 12, 1999Bravely endureRobert H. Wolfe
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