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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 50,655 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
ARADOSun May 17, 1998Southwest landDavid J. Kahn and Hillary B. Kahn
ARCSECSun Jul 19, 2020Inverse trig functionWyna Liu
BUSHEDSun Jun 16, 2024Tuckered outChandi Deitmer and Wyna Liu
CALIPERSSun Oct 6, 2024Tool with metal jawsJohn Kugelman
CLOSETOHOMESun Jun 5, 2016... "anybody" or "cooking"?Tom McCoy
COLICKYWed May 22, 2019Like some crying babiesAlex Eaton-Salners
COMMERCIALSat Jul 20, 2002Show stopper?Dana Motley
COMMUNISTSTATESun Apr 17, 2016*Laos or VietnamHoward Barkin
COPYREADSun Apr 3, 2011Check, as textOliver Hill and Eliza Bagg
CRABBIERSat Jan 4, 2014Less agreeableKyle Dolan
DISCLAIMERWed Jun 7, 2006"I am not a doctor, but I play one on TV," e.g.Patrick Blindauer
EXTRACHARGETue Mar 23, 2021Unwelcome sight on a bill ... or a clue to 16-, 34- and 41-AcrossDan Schoenholz
GABORSSun Feb 14, 1999Hollywood sistersElizabeth Gorski
GARBAGEMANWed Dec 19, 2018*Bag managerSeth A. Abel
GETSBETTERSat Oct 7, 1995RecuperatesFrank A. Longo
HAARSun Oct 22, 1995Tresses, in DresdenMatt Gaffney
HADKITTENSSat Nov 1, 2003Got really upsetBob Peoples
HALFTWOSun Mar 8, 202630 minutes to 3, in British EnglishKelly Richardson
HEIMLICHThu Jun 17, 2010Eponymous doctor with a maneuverCorey Rubin
HOTHANDSun Jul 5, 2020Sustained period of luck, as with diceLaura Taylor Kinnel
IMAGEMAKERSSun Jul 30, 1995IIIIICharles M. Deber
IMNOTASCIENTISTSat Sep 2, 2023Statement from someone you should probably respond to with skepticismRebecca Goldstein
INTERNETDATINGFri May 25, 2012Modern chemistry experiment?Brendan Emmett Quigley
ITSANHONORFri Jul 19, 2024Acceptance speech clichéJacob McDermott
MATISSESSat Sep 30, 2000Some oilsBrendan Emmett Quigley
MINORPROBLEMWed Jan 8, 2025HiccupLaura Dershewitz
NONEOFYOURBEESWAXThu Dec 14, 2017"Butt out!"Timothy Polin
NOTBYWed May 11, 2005___ a long shotKumar Balani and Lou Sabin
NYAHNYAHFri Jul 30, 2004Kid's tauntManny Nosowsky
PICKEDUPSPEEDSun Feb 3, 2008AcceleratedMatt Ginsberg
PIOUSNESSFri Oct 26, 2012Abbot's attributePeter A. Collins
ROUGHHOUSETue Jan 27, 2026Engage in boisterous activityMiranda Kany and Tracy Bennett
SAVETHEDATECARDSat May 18, 2024A wedding couple might be seen on oneAdrian Johnson
SEEASHOWSun Jan 13, 2008Enjoy the theaterStella Daily and Bruce Venzke
SLOWINGDOWNSun Feb 17, 2008*DeceleratingHenry Hook
SPINSHOTSun Apr 1, 2018Massé, e.g.Sam Ezersky
SPIRITOFSTLOUISThu Oct 31, 2002Smithsonian attractionDave and Diane Epperson
STAVESINSat Sep 6, 1997Causes to collapseRich Norris
THINNESTSun Oct 4, 2020Like 0.5-millimeter lead, among popular mechanical pencil optionsSam Ezersky
TIRETREADSat Mar 19, 2022It gets bald over timeRyan McCarty
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