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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 50,244 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
ANADEARMASTue Dec 6, 2022Portrayer of the nurse Marta Cabrera in "Knives Out"Ross Trudeau and Wyna Liu
ANKLEDEEPSat Jul 16, 2011Like the water in inflatable kiddie pools, typicallyPatrick Berry
CAMPHOROILSat Nov 17, 2007Liniment ingredientBrad Wilber
CAPTIVEAUDIENCEFri Aug 20, 2004They have to listenHarvey Estes
CARRYABIGSTICKThu Apr 17, 1997Show authority, in a sayingSusan Smith
CREDITCRUNCHMon May 18, 2009Lending crisisBillie Truitt
CSCALESat Feb 9, 2019Beginner's piano exerciseRyan McCarty
DENSITYThu Jul 14, 2011Mass divided by volumeBrendan Emmett Quigley and Ian Livengood
DUSTYSPRINGFIELDFri Jul 27, 2007Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee known as the White Lady of SoulJohn R. Conrad
EDWINALDRINJRWed Jul 20, 2005He was secondRoy Leban
ENDSONASOURNOTESat Mar 7, 2009Doesn't get wrapped up well?Joe Krozel
FALLAWed May 1, 1996Spanish composer Manuel de___F. Piscop
FIBEROPTICSFri Jul 10, 2015Laparoscopy technologyBarry C. Silk
FIVECARDDRAWMon Nov 2, 2020One version of pokerLuke Vaughn
FLAGELLATEFri May 28, 1999WhipJoe DiPietro
GELINSOLESSat Jun 16, 2018Comfy shoe featuresSam Trabucco
GHOSTFACEKILLAHMon May 7, 2012Rapper who came to prominence as a member of the Wu-Tang ClanGuy Tabachnick
GLADTODOITSat Mar 16, 2024"My pleasure"Carly Schuna
GLARESATThu Dec 21, 2023Gives an angry lookDavid Steinberg
LANDFORMSTue Feb 23, 2010Geographical features ... or what the shaded squares in this puzzle representJoanne Sullivan
LATEGAMEFri Oct 7, 2022Second half of a doubleheaderMary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
LEFTTURNLANESat Jan 3, 2004Rights shouldn't be taken from itJames M. and James C. Jenista
LIMBOBARTue Jun 4, 2024*Challenge for an under-achiever?Daniel Bodily
MAINPARTWed Oct 29, 2008Lead roleSteven L. Zisser
MAPLETREESun Jan 25, 2015"Whirlybird" sourceAlan Arbesfeld
MRATINGSat Jan 5, 2019Classification for violent video gamesAndrew Zhou
NOTWITHITFri Sep 10, 2004DiscombobulatedBrendan Emmett Quigley
OPENEDANACCOUNTFri Sep 18, 1998Started to save, maybeFrank Longo
OSMUNDSun Aug 16, 1998Royal fernBrendan Emmett Quigley
PARAGRAPHSMon Mar 15, 2010Two charts?Fred Piscop
PASTHISTORYTue Jul 9, 2019Experience, redundantlyBruce Haight
PECKSATSat Mar 9, 2019Eats like a birdSam Trabucco
PERMANENTMAGNETFri Sep 24, 2004Attractive barPatrick Berry
QUICKREADSun Aug 29, 2010Harlequin romance, e.g.Derek Bowman
SALLOWSFri Jun 2, 1995Turns yellowFrank A. Longo
SHAMMARRIAGESFri Jun 14, 2019Actors' unions?Caitlin Reid
STANDCLEAROFTHEDOORSSun Sep 26, 2004Critic's pan of a Jim Morrison rock concert?Joe DiPietro
TAKELUNCHMon Jul 11, 2016Have a midday mealFreddie Cheng
TRIPLEMILESMon Jul 12, 2010Special offer at an airline Web siteFreddie Cheng
USEOTHERDOORTue Apr 17, 2012[See note]Milo Beckman
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