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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 50,990 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
ACTOFLYINGSun May 11, 1997PrevaricationNancy Nicholson Joline
AONEANDATWOWed May 7, 2014Lawrence Welk intro wordsKurt Mueller
APOTHECARYSSHOPThu Oct 22, 2015Place for pre-20th century medicinesTracy Gray
CANONRYSat May 2, 2009Church officePeter A. Collins
CARBOLOADSun Jul 1, 2018What many runners do before a marathonSam Trabucco
CARNIVALThu Dec 4, 2014Place with ridesKacey Walker and David Quarfoot
CARSONDALYSun May 12, 2024Original host of MTV's "Total Request Live"Avery Gee Katz
CHINESECHECKERTue Apr 18, 1995Canton cab?Christopher Page
CLEARPRIORITYWed Apr 27, 2011Task that stands high on one's listWilliam I. Johnston
COLONNAWed Aug 13, 2003Jerry ___, mustachioed comedian with 8-AcrossCharles E. Gersch
CROSSWALKThu Nov 11, 200422-Across sightMichael Shteyman
DOUBLEYELLOWLINESun Aug 10, 2025... something long and painted on a highwayAdam Wagner and Chandi Deitmer
ENTRANCEMUSICSun Oct 13, 2019Bars that people walk into?Erik Agard
FIRSTUPTue Jan 31, 2023"Leading us off ..."Erik Agard
FISTICSat Apr 19, 2008Boxing-relatedBob Klahn
GDSEARLESun Mar 18, 2012Pharmaceutical company that developed Metamucil and DramamineMike Nothnagel and Byron Walden
GOODCHARLOTTEFri Apr 5, 2013Pop punk band with the 2002 triple-platinum album "The Young and the Hopeless"Peter Wentz
HACKERSSun Feb 19, 2017WikiLeaks associatesBruce Haight
LIMPYTue May 24, 1994With uneven gaitArthur S. Ash
LIONELSFri Apr 10, 2009Toy trainsManny Nosowsky
LIQUEURThu Oct 1, 1998CordialManny Nosowsky
MILLERTIMEWed Feb 9, 2022Beer o'clock, in commercialsGrant Thackray
MORTONSALTWed Apr 20, 2005Publisher Zuckerman's book about weapons negotiations?Joe DiPietro
NINJAWARRIORThu Aug 27, 2020Obstacle-based competition show, informallyNancy Stark and Will Nediger
NONROMANMon Apr 1, 2013Like the Cyrillic and Hebrew alphabetsGary J. Whitehead
OCEANBREEZEWed Sep 10, 2014Beachgoer's cooler-offerJim Peredo
OOPSIEDAISYSat Dec 24, 2011Cry over spilled milk?Ned White
PRESERVEDSat Jan 31, 1998KeptRich Norris
PROLONGEDThu Apr 29, 2021Extended the duration ofAdam Wagner
REARLOTSat Jan 29, 2022Parking around backAndrew Ries and Caitlin Reid
REEMERGEDSat Apr 9, 1994Came up againRandolph Ross
SNAKEHANDLERSSun Jul 16, 2023Collectors of moccasins?Michael Schlossberg
STACKUPFri Nov 15, 1996CompareR. Norris
THEBRONTESTue Oct 19, 2021Literary trio found in the answers to this puzzle's starred cluesRoss Trudeau
THEMORSECODEWed Mar 22, 1995Telegraph language, formallyDavid J. Kahn
TVREPORTERSat Apr 9, 2022One with news to share, oftenSam Buchbinder
WAKANDANTue Apr 13, 2021Like most characters in "Black Panther"Michael Lieberman
WESTEGGSat Jul 3, 1999"The Great Gatsby" localeDavid J. Kahn
WINGEDITThu Dec 31, 2020Went forward without a planDavid J. Kahn
WORLEYSat Jul 9, 1994Jo Anne of "Laugh-in"Gerald R. Ferguson
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