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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 50,732 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
BASICFUNDAMENTALSSun Nov 13, 1994A B C's?Frank A. Longo
BEERFESTSSun Jul 12, 2009Events that are barrels of fun?Alan Arbesfeld
BIOTECHSat May 4, 2024Life-changing work?Jacob McDermott
BOGGLESSun Mar 7, 1999MystifiesRandolph Ross
CAIRDTue Jun 28, 1994Antarctica's _____ CoastJonathan Schmatzbach
CARTRIDGECLIPSTue Nov 1, 2005Film segments shot at an arsenal?Sarah Keller
DOUGHFACESTue Apr 13, 1999Pro-slavery Northerners, before the Civil WarFred Piscop
DOWERSSat Nov 13, 2010Widows' allowancesMark Diehl
EQUITYMon Jun 4, 2001FairnessPatrick Jordan
ILLEGALUSEOFTHEHANDSSun Oct 24, 2004Guy gets grabby on first date; ref penalizes him for ...Patrick Berry
INTHEAREAMon Feb 25, 2013Close byAngela Olson Halsted
IWILLSOThu Dec 12, 2019Insistent comebackAlex Eaton-Salners
JETPROPULSIONSun Apr 27, 1997Force behind a magazine?Matt Gaffney
JUMBOSWed Nov 10, 2010747 and Airbus A380, as jets goSamuel A. Donaldson
MARKIESat Feb 9, 2013Rap's Biz ___Peter Wentz
MARRIEDUPSun Oct 1, 2023Practiced hypergamyJeffrey Lease
MYThu Jan 15, 2004"Gosh!"Patrick Merrell
MYSINSun Feb 12, 2012Classic fragrance sold in France as Mon PéchéKurt Mueller
OPERASTARSThu Jun 28, 2018Met peopleJeff Chen
OREOTHINSFri Nov 2, 2018Spinoff Nabisco cookiesDavid Steinberg
PERRINEFri Jan 1, 2010Valerie of "The Electric Horseman"Brad Wilber
POLICEHORSEThu Jun 25, 2020Mountie's rideAmanda Chung and Karl Ni
PROFILEPICTUREWed Mar 22, 2023"Malcolm X" or "Milk"?Madeline Kaplan
ROADTESTEDFri Mar 27, 2020Like cars at Consumer ReportsKyle Dolan
ROBERTFROSTPOEMTue Feb 24, 1998What 17- and 39-Across isBill Ballard
RUNTYFri Mar 28, 2003Pint-sizedCathy Millhauser
SECONDSTORYSun Dec 25, 2022"Back to Treasure Island," e.g.?John Martz
SHEETGLASSFri Mar 27, 2020What a pane!Kyle Dolan
SPOILSPORTSMon Oct 24, 2016KilljoysJohn Guzzetta
SPONGEDOWNSun Apr 2, 2023Wipe clean, as a carJeremy Newton and Tracy Gray
STAININGSun Nov 9, 1997Adding some color toRich Norris
STRANGERTHINGSSat Nov 13, 2021Netflix series that caused a 2017 surge in Eggo salesAdam Aaronson
SUEFORDAMAGESMon Nov 17, 2008Demand legal restitution after injuryPaula Gamache
SUNFISHFri Jan 29, 1999Crappie or bluegillEmily Cox and Henry Rathvon
THIRTYONEFri Mar 1, 1996Card game also called schnautzCharles E. Gersch
THRUSTSSun Sep 7, 2025Pushes with forceDerrick Niederman
TIMELORDSSun Jul 15, 2018Beings on TV's "Doctor Who"Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden
TUZIGOOTSat Jul 31, 2010National monument near FlagstaffBarry C. Silk
URSOSat Apr 26, 1997Violinist Camilla ___Frank Longo
WRITTENTESTThu Oct 12, 2006Part of a driver's license procedureDave Tuller
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