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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 50,246 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
ACTSASIFMon Aug 24, 1998PretendsAlan Jay Weiss
AHWAZMon May 2, 1994Oil city of IranJames L. Beatty
ARRIVERSun Jan 27, 2008One pulling inMike Nothnagel
BANQUESun Oct 9, 1994Where to get French bread?Bryant White
BEARFURSun Jun 29, 2014Material in the hats of Buckingham Palace guardsByron Walden
BIOGRAPHERSun Feb 18, 2001LIFELINEDavid J. Kahn
CATALINAISLANDSat Dec 25, 2010Santa ___Stanley Newman
CATCHWORDFri Jan 24, 1997"Cowabunga!" or "23 skiddoo"D. J. Kahn
DOYOUWANTTOBUILDASNOWMANSun Jan 4, 2015Title song question in Disney's "Frozen"Finn Vigeland
EIGHTEENTHSat Dec 29, 2007Grant's position in presidential historyBob Klahn
FORTLARAMIEMon Aug 29, 2016Historic trading post in 39-AcrossDavid Steinberg
FROMLATue Nov 24, 1998See 33-AcrossJeremy Thomas Paine
GETASHOCKSat Aug 15, 2020Receive surprising newsJoe DiPietro
HOULIHANFri May 5, 2017Surname of TV's "Hot Lips"Patrick Berry
LUFFSSun Jan 9, 1994Sails close to the windMel Rosen
MONTAIGNESat Jan 21, 2006Essayist whose motto was "Que sais-je?"Brendan Emmett Quigley
MOSHESTue Sep 11, 2018Dances violentlyTimothy Polin
PASCALSTRIANGLESat Jan 8, 2022Number pattern named after a 17th-century French mathematicianFreddie Cheng
PETTISat Feb 12, 2005___ di pollo (chicken breasts)Joe DiPietro
PORKADOBOSun Dec 10, 2017Traditional Filipino dish marinated in vinegar and soy sauceErik Agard and Laura Braunstein
REPASTEFri Sep 28, 2001Stick overPeter Gordon
ROCKTHEVOTESat Jul 27, 2013Election-related nonprofit since 1990John Lieb and David Quarfoot
SCAPEDSun Dec 31, 2000Flew the coop, old-styleElizabeth C. Gorski
SICKNESSWed May 21, 2025Something feigned by Ferris Bueller to get out of schoolIlana Levene and Scott Hogan
SIZELIMITATIONSMon Dec 16, 2002Carry-on bags have themJim Hyres
SMEARIERSat Oct 14, 2000More prone to runningRich Norris
SOFARASIKNOWSat Feb 19, 1994"To the best of my information ..."Charles E. Gersch
STOPORILLSHOOTTue Oct 1, 1996What the photographer-turned-policeman saidR. J. Hartman
SWEAROUTThu Mar 21, 1996Initiate, as a warrantH. Estes
SWEEPSECONDHANDSat Jun 2, 2001It's in the same position every minuteJim Page
THELASTMETROSat Apr 25, 20091980 Truffaut film that won 10 César awardsBrad Wilber
THEMENUMon Dec 9, 20242022 dark comedy that satirized haute cuisineElliot Caroll
TIGHTENEDSun Dec 30, 2007Wound (up)Elizabeth C. Gorski
TOMBOSLEYMon Mar 8, 2004Co-star of 36-DownAllan E. Parrish
TRANSITIONSMon Sep 12, 2022"So, anyway, ..." and "On that note ...," e.g.Michael Lieberman
TRUSTIERMon Dec 15, 2003More reliableSarah Keller
URALRIVERFri Mar 12, 2010Course in Russian geography?Tim Croce
WEIGHTHEEVIDENCEThu May 9, 2024Do a judge's job, in old Rome?Joe DiPietro
WRITTENTESTThu Oct 12, 2006Part of a driver's license procedureDave Tuller
WRYHUMORThu Oct 10, 2024Trademark of deadpan stand-upsGrant Boroughs
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