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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 51,027 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
AYPAPIThu Jan 8, 2026Spanish exclamation akin to "Oh, baby!"Mallory Montgomery and Zhou Zhang
BIRMINGHAMBLITZWed Dec 9, 2015Luftwaffe attack on the British Midlands, 1940-43Jacob Stulberg
BODEWELLFri May 1, 2020Show promiseTrenton Charlson
BULLETHOLETue Mar 4, 2003Bit of forensic evidenceAlan Arbesfeld
CADESun Apr 19, 1998Suffix with motorRich Norris
CARPAYMENTSat May 21, 2022Rolls dough, perhaps?Ryan McCarty and Yacob Yonas
CHANTEUSESun Jun 23, 2002Singer in a boƮteEric Berlin
CLARIFIEDBUTTERWed Feb 2, 2005What the lexicographer/dairy expert did?Richard Leva and Nancy Salomon
DOLLARDAYSun Jun 26, 1994Merchandising eventNancy Nicholson Joline
DOROTHYLAMOURTue Jun 23, 2015The film's co-starJules P. Markey
DUCKINTOMon May 30, 2005Enter quicklyLynn Lempel
EDGARDEGASFri Jul 19, 2002"Women Ironing" artistElizabeth C. Gorski
EINSTEINIANThu May 11, 2023Like some concepts in theoretical physicsSheldon Polonsky
FRAMEWORKSat May 2, 2026Supporting structureHannah Slovut-Einertson
FRUSTRATEDNOENDMon Jan 6, 1997DisorientedS. L. Robbins
GOANDSEEWed Feb 26, 2020"Check it out ... I'll wait here"Francis Heaney
GOOGLYFri Aug 24, 2018___ eyesRoland Huget
HALVEDSun May 2, 1999Like grapefruit for breakfastJim Page
HORRORMOVIESat Mar 25, 2017"Frankenstein," e.g.Sam Ezersky and David Steinberg
HORSESMOUTHTue Nov 12, 2024From which to hear the real story, as suggested by the starts of 20-, 26- and 51-AcrossAvery Gee Katz and Aaron Gee
JUNKMENFri Feb 11, 2000Sanford and sonElizabeth C. Gorski
LEFTKEYSun Dec 24, 2017It moves a cursor backMary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
LIGHTVERSEWed May 14, 2025Playful poetryRebecca Goldstein and Adam Wagner
MISSJAPANSun Nov 3, 2013Tokyo beauty, maybeAndy Kravis and Victor Barocas
NEEDISAYMORESat Apr 6, 2024"Heard enough?"Byron Walden
OPERAHATSSat Oct 27, 2012Some magicians' gearJoon Pahk
ORTHODOXYFri Jun 16, 2006What most people believeAlan Olschwang
PRETERITSSat Feb 11, 1995Past tensesRandolph Ross
SALVERSSun Oct 8, 1995TraysNancy Nicholson Joline
SIXSHOOTERSSat May 28, 2022Staples of old westernsJoseph Greenbaum
SMOKINGSat Aug 11, 2012Really hotJosh Knapp
SMUGGLINGMon Nov 3, 1997Customs officer's concernStephanie Spadaccini
STEADMANSun May 13, 2007British composer RobertJim Page
STRAWBERRYWed Mar 11, 2015Kool-Aid flavorDavid Steinberg
STRIKESUPATUNEWed Nov 15, 2006Begins to playDavid Benkof
TAILCOATEDSat Mar 6, 1999In formal wearFred Piscop
TEARSOPENTue Oct 28, 2008Unwraps in a hurryAllan E. Parrish
TRACKDOWNSat Sep 21, 2019Obtain with difficultyJoon Pahk and Erik Agard
WAREHOUSEOUTLETMon Sep 27, 1999Shoppers' mecca #2Ed Early
WEREHOMEMon Jul 4, 2022Comment while pulling into the drivewayBruce Haight
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