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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 50,390 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
BACKTOBACKGAMESWed Oct 23, 2013Doubleheader ... or what 17-, 29- and 48-Across are?Robyn Weintraub
BEARFRUITMon Jan 4, 2010Be productive ... or what the answers at 17-, 25-, 53- and 63-Across do?Paula Gamache
BEHINDTIMESun Jun 21, 1998Running lateJim Page
CARBONATIONMon Oct 29, 2007Pasta-and-potato-loving country?Fred Piscop
CAWKSun Jun 18, 1995Opaque bariteRich Norris
CENTRFri Aug 22, 2008Middle: PrefixKevin G. Der
CEQUIFri Oct 4, 1996Which: Fr.M. Ashwood-Smith
CHEAPWINEMon Oct 10, 2022Cabernet or merlot sold in a box, sayByron Walden
CLUNYSun Jan 22, 1995Bobbin laceFrances Hansen
COEXISTSFri Dec 22, 2006Doesn't let differences cause conflictMike Nothnagel
CRUSHESFri Oct 17, 2025Handles beautifully, in slangKaren Steinberg
DOBEDOBEDOWed Feb 5, 2020Nonsense line sung by Frank Sinatra in "Strangers in the Night"Ross Trudeau
EXROYALSun Dec 16, 2012Fergie, for oneMatt Ginsberg
FETCHESSat Mar 25, 2017GetsSam Ezersky and David Steinberg
FINGEREDMon Sep 19, 2005ID'dTimothy Powell
FORMFOLLOWINGFUNCTIONSun Sep 13, 2015GO FIGUREJoe DiPietro
FULCRASun Dec 24, 2006PivotsBrendan Emmett Quigley
HELLSANGELTue Sep 30, 1997Member of a notorious biker gangNancy Schuster
LIBATIONSSat Feb 10, 2018Celebratory roundFinn Vigeland
LICENSEFEESSun May 1, 2016Revenue source for Fish and Wildlife departmentsJoel Fagliano and Byron Walden
LICKEDSun Mar 8, 2015TrouncedTom McCoy
OBEISANCESSun Aug 2, 2015Acts of deferenceMatt Ginsberg
PEKINGMANThu Jan 29, 2015Archaeological discovery of the 1920s whose fossils have been missing since 1941John Farmer
PHOTONSSun May 18, 2014Light quantaJoe DiPietro
SCARPSMon Jun 16, 1997Lines of cliffsGene Newman
SEADROMEMon Jun 19, 1995Floating airportGregory E. Paul
SHUTYOURPIEHOLEFri Oct 15, 2021"Put a sock in it!"Ashton Anderson
SPACETOURISTSSat Apr 15, 2017Ones counting down to vacation time?Peter Wentz
STICKTOITIVENESSSun Feb 1, 1998"...on the subject of ___"Merl Reagle
SURROUNDMon Aug 29, 2005EnvelopSarah Keller
TAKESTHETOPSPOTSun Apr 12, 2015WinsJeff Chen
TOBEGINWITHThu Jul 16, 1998End of the queryKelly Clark
TOWINGWINCHTue Oct 13, 2020Device for pulling a vehicleAmanda Rafkin
TRIPINSURANCESat Sep 19, 2009Fall guy's protection when travelingMel Taub
TWINKILLINGSun Dec 15, 2019Baseball double play, in slang ... or a hint to understanding the 12 Across answers that have circlesChristina Iverson and Jeff Chen
UNDERMINEDThu Nov 5, 1998Sabotaged, in a wayNancy Salomon
WINEMAKERFri Mar 16, 2018Port authority?Robyn Weintraub
WITHHOLDSun Mar 10, 2013Refuse to hand overFinn Vigeland
YOUIDIOTSun Feb 5, 2017"Don't be so dumb!"Sam Trabucco
YUGOSLAVFri May 10, 1996Nationality beginning 1929M. Gaffney
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