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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 50,595 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
ADVERBIALWed Jul 23, 1997Kind of clauseBrendan Emmett Quigley
ARLONSun Apr 13, 1997Oldest known city in BelgiumCathy Millhauser
ARMURETue Jul 5, 1994Fabric with a raised patternRaymond Hamel
BADLANDMon May 4, 1998South Dakota geographical featureHugh Davis
BELLICOSESat Apr 16, 1994JingoisticRand H. Burns
BERGSONSun Jun 30, 20021927 Literature Nobelist HenriJoe DiPietro
BITTORRENTFri Aug 4, 2023Format for peer-to-peer file sharingBrandon Koppy
BLOATWAREThu Aug 19, 2021Extraneous computer programs that slow down a systemOliver Roeder
BOTHERSOMESat Mar 2, 2002Causing troubleJim Page
COESTue Dec 27, 1994Director Fred et al.Ernie Furtado
COMPACTDISKMon Jun 11, 2001Today's recordGregory E. Paul
CONTRIVEWed Sep 2, 1998Make ingeniouslyRandall J. Hartman
CRYPTICSun May 26, 2019PuzzlingRuth Bloomfield Margolin
DEVEINWed Jun 13, 2018Prepare for eating, as shrimpMichael Hawkins
DIESNONSat May 31, 2008Day when courts are not in sessionRobert H. Wolfe
ECOLOGICALSat Oct 3, 2020GreenBrad Wilber and Doug Peterson
EXHIBITBSat Jun 16, 2007Further evidenceJoe DiPietro
FERRYTERMINALWed Mar 3, 2004End of a lineMark Diehl
FIGEATERSun Nov 4, 2018Shiny beetle disliked by fruit growersPatrick Berry
FISHEDMon Jul 4, 2005Dropped a line in the waterNancy Salomon
FLATCARSThu Nov 28, 2002Vagabonds' transportation, maybePatrick Merrell
GADGETRYSun Sep 29, 2019Fancy gizmosTom McCoy
HANDEDOUTTue May 23, 2000DistributedMonica Krausse
HANGDOGLOOKThu Nov 14, 2002Sad facePaula Gamache
ISLEOFSKYEFri Jul 2, 2021Northernmost land in the Inner HebridesBrooke Husic and Ada Nicolle
ITSSUPERMANThu Sep 12, 2013Remark about the end of 49-AcrossIan Livengood
JAMMIESFri Aug 3, 2007Undercover wear?Charles Barasch
LONGACREWed Jun 1, 2005___ Square (Times Square, once)Nick Grivas
MORNINGFROSTSun Aug 4, 2024"The Road Not Taken" enjoyed over breakfast?Scott Hogan and Katie Hale
MOVESITTue Jun 13, 2023Gets out of the way, sayJuliana Tringali Golden and Wendy L. Brandes
PILEDONSat Aug 10, 1996Committed a football violationR. Norris
PUPTENTSWed Feb 6, 2002Soldiers pitch themJoe DiPietro
RADICALFEMINISTSat Jun 23, 2018Fierce opponent of patriarchyByron Walden
RUSSIANLANGUAGEFri Aug 22, 2008It has 33 lettersKevin G. Der
SACRIFICESun Mar 31, 2019[See note]Andrew J. Ries
SAHUAROSSun Aug 22, 1999Towering desert plants: Var.Raymond Hamel
SLEEPINGINSat Jan 28, 2023Still not up, sayKevin Christian
SUPERHUMANPOWERTue Sep 22, 2020See 17-AcrossJeremy Newton
THEDARKThu Oct 22, 2009See 27-AcrossJoel Fagliano
YOYODIETERSFri Oct 28, 2005Frequent losers and gainersElizabeth C. Gorski
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