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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 50,639 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
ACCESSEDSat Jul 5, 1997Got toRich Norris
BEERSNOBTue Oct 24, 2023One whose taste buds may not crave BudsDaniel Grinberg
BERUSun Nov 20, 2011Aunt ___ ("Star Wars" character)Trip Payne
BETZWed Jul 20, 20051946 Wimbledon champion PaulineRoy Leban
BRANCHOFFSun May 10, 2015DivergeJacob Stulberg
COMMERCEMon Jan 16, 1995Cabinet departmentWalter Covell
DONTTASEMEBROFri Sep 25, 2009Memorable catchphrase of 2007Robert A. Doll
FERTILIZESat May 25, 2002Render productiveFrank Longo
GAMBLINGCASINOSTue Jun 6, 2006Things with 73-AcrossBarry C. Silk
HASASHORTFUSEMon Jan 30, 1995Is easily riledErnie Furtado
HELLAGOODSun Dec 17, 20232002 hit song for No DoubtJeremy Newton
HYDROGENSun Feb 12, 1995#1 on a tableAlex & Victoria Black
IHEARYOUKNOCKINGFri Jun 10, 2016Classic R&B hit about a returning loverDavid Steinberg
IMPACTORSSun Dec 17, 2006Crater creators, e.g.Joe DiPietro
IMWITHSTUPIDTue Apr 17, 2012[See note]Milo Beckman
JURYOFONESPEERSThu Sep 13, 2007Equals at a trialJoe Krozel & Victor Fleming
KINGCREOLEMon Mar 24, 2008Last movie 39-Across made before his Army stintDavid J. Kahn
LARRYFORTENSKYTue Oct 8, 1996Eighth in a Taylor seriesE. C. Gorski
LIMNOLOGYFri Jan 19, 2001Study of lakes and pondsJoe DiPietro
LONGTONSWed Feb 17, 20102,240-pound unitsElizabeth A. Long
MALDEThu Nov 1, 2007___ merLarry Shearer
MANUALTREADMILLThu Apr 24, 1997Workout machineDavid J. Kahn
MATUTINALSun Feb 11, 2007Of the morningMark Feldman
MEDFLYSun Apr 6, 2003Citrus-damaging insectJoe DiPietro
MORITATFri Dec 10, 2010Alternative title of "Mack the Knife"Elizabeth C. Gorski
NAKEDSUNSun May 11, 20251957 Isaac Asimov novel, with "The"Brendan Emmett Quigley
NOSEAROUNDMon Feb 11, 2008SnoopKen Bessette
OPENORDERSat Jul 10, 2004It remains effective until filled or canceledBob Peoples
PRETTYINPINKSun Feb 17, 2019Answer to 66-Across [Entertainment]David Kwong
SASHAYINGSun Apr 18, 2021Walking with flairJohan Vass
SPICATEThu Aug 1, 2002Like ears of grainWilliam I. Johnston
SPIREMESSun Jul 10, 1994Thin tangles of cell chromatinAlvin Chase
STOPPEDTue Mar 6, 2018Clogged (up)Bruce Greig
SURGEONGENERALSFri Nov 11, 2011Medical bigwigsAlex Vratsanos
THECOMMUNISTMANIFESTOSun Sep 24, 2000Redbook (1848)Randolph Ross
THESPIANSSun Jun 19, 2022Stage set?Jeremy Newton
TORTURERWed Apr 18, 2001Spanish inquisitor, e.g.A. J. Santora
TOWNANDCOUNTRYTue Jul 25, 2023Two things associated with the Vatican?Gary Larson and Doug Peterson
TRAPDOORSPIDERSSun May 29, 2011Burrowing arthropodsJeremy Newton and Tony Orbach
USETHETELEPHONEFri Feb 27, 2009Make a callJoe DiPietro
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