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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 50,822 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
AHERDSun Aug 14, 1994Like _____ of buffaloDeborah Kathryn Trombley
ALLINALATHERMon Dec 23, 2002Worked upLisa Bunker
ATARIGAMESun May 11, 2025Cartridge from the 1980sBrendan Emmett Quigley
BACKFORMORESat Mar 27, 2021Unable to stay away, sayMichael Hawkins
BALLTHEJACKFri Jun 7, 2013Go for brokeEd Sessa
BARBARAJORDANFri Oct 6, 2017Congresswoman who delivered the opening statement at Nixon's impeachment hearingsPatrick Berry
BLACKFORESTHAMSun Mar 12, 2023German deli meat / DiscussionDavid Tuffs
BUCKSThu Feb 9, 2023Does notAlex Rosen
BURIERFri Mar 24, 2006Dog with a bone, maybeManny Nosowsky
DEFILADESun Apr 14, 2002Fortified position offering protection from enemy fireDavid J. Kahn
DENARYThu Aug 17, 1995TenfoldRand H. Burns
DICKCAVETTTue Aug 2, 2011Performer with a self-titled PBS series from 1977 to 1982Albert R. Picallo
DISPOSESSat May 13, 2006InclinesBrendan Emmett Quigley
DONTIKNOWYOUWed Jul 31, 1996Pickup lineJ. Schmalzbach
FISHMARKETSun Aug 9, 2020Where to get a mullet trimmedRuth Bloomfield Margolin
FLATFISHSat Dec 15, 2001Sole, e.g.Frank A. Longo
GENTLEMANFARMERFri Jul 2, 2010One with a growing hobbyPaula Gamache
KICKEDINFri May 19, 2017Started to workMatthew Sewell
LAUDATORYSun Mar 30, 2014Like an odePeter A. Collins
LITURGYSun Jun 12, 2011Service arrangementC. W. Stewart
LOCKSINWed Jun 20, 2007Commits to, as an interest rateBonnie L. Gentry and Victor Fleming
LOKThu Dec 12, 1996___ Sabha (Indian legislature)J. R. Conrad
NINETEENTHAMENDMENTSun Aug 20, 1995Measure marking its 75th anniversary on 8/26/95Cathy Millhauser
OFFOFTue Oct 15, 2024No longer taking, as a medicationLindsay Rosenblum
OURMANFLINTSat Sep 11, 20041966 James Bond spoofByron Walden
PLOWINTOSat Oct 5, 2013Hit hard, as in an accidentByron Walden
PONYKEGSSun Nov 2, 2025Quarter-barrel containers of beerRafael Musa
PROACTIVESat Feb 11, 1995On the offensiveRandolph Ross
PUSHUPSun Jan 23, 2011Exercise one is prone to doChris A. McGlothlin
QUIDNUNCSFri Feb 16, 1996BusybodiesM. Nosowsky
RIGHTASRAINWed Nov 11, 2015Perfectly fit and wellDavid Steinberg
ROCKNROLLMon Oct 20, 2025Music genre that Joan Jett "loves"Adam Aaronson
ROCKTHECRADLEMon Jun 23, 2014MTV competitive reality show featuring children of pop starsBrendan Emmett Quigley
SHEPHERDSPIESun Nov 19, 2023Steers the dessert cart?Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi
SLURPEESFri Jun 29, 20187-Eleven treatsDavid Steinberg
SOFTBALLTue Jun 24, 1997Sandlot sportStephanie Spadaccini
SUSHIPIZZASat Feb 17, 2024Japanese/Italian fusion dishSpencer Leach and Jem Burch
THERETHERENOWMon Jan 1, 2024Soothing wordsHarry Zheng
VCSSun Nov 26, 2017Major investors in start-up cos.Jeff Chen
WENTASIDEFri Feb 27, 2009Withdrew quietlyJoe DiPietro
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