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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 50,585 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
ALUMINUMINGOTSun Jan 10, 2021Relatively light foundry productAlex Bajcz
ARANEIDSun Mar 22, 1998Any spiderEmily Cox and Henry Rathvon
BLUECHIPMon May 10, 2010Kind of stockRandy Sowell
BROOKLYNCYCLONEThu Aug 29, 2013Minor-leaguer whose team is named after a Coney Island roller coasterTimothy Polin
CALYPSOMUSICWed Dec 8, 2010Harry Belafonte's specialtyMike Nothnagel
CIVICLEADERSat Dec 18, 2004One for whom a street may be namedDana Motley
CLINSat Aug 5, 1995Health facility: Abbr.Frank A. Longo
CRACKUNDERPRESSUREThu Aug 1, 2013With 22-Across, fail to cope with difficult circumstancesTimothy Polin
CULTURALMORASSESSun Apr 1, 2007Marshes with libraries and opera houses?Paula Gamache
DARKALESun Apr 6, 2025Brown beerKareem Ayas
DENTALSThu Oct 17, 2024Consonants articulated with the tongue against the upper teethAugust Lee-Kovach
DIEISCASTWed Nov 8, 1995Fateful phrase, with "The"Glenn E. Sykes
DIETPILLSFri Mar 31, 2023Products touted in some email scamsRich Norris
EMBOSSESWed Sep 3, 2008Raises, as a surface designDavid J. Kahn
EXCHANGESNUMBERSSun Mar 24, 2024Stock prices?John Kugelman
GETWEIRDFri Jul 31, 2015Turn awkward, as a relationshipJames Mulhern and Ashton Anderson
GOODFOODMon Feb 19, 2001WHAT A GOURMET ENJOYSPeter Gordon
HADONETOOMANYThu Dec 8, 1994OvertippledRandolph Ross
IMCLONEWed Sep 20, 2006Company in the Martha Stewart stock trading scandalJoe DiPietro
ITALIANMEALFri May 21, 2021One might consist of a primo, secondo and digestivoSam Ezersky
LATEBETSSat Dec 26, 2020No-nos at a racetrackJohn Guzzetta
LOCALADThu Oct 6, 2016Small business purchase, perhapsTimothy Polin
MULETRAINSSun Jan 4, 2004Teams in the WestPatrick Merrell
NEITHERONESun Aug 21, 1994Which came first, the chicken or the egg?Ted Fulton
NONRANDOMThu Jul 14, 2022Like the results of loaded diceAlan Arbesfeld
NOTWHILETue Mar 22, 2005With 24-Across, song from 18-AcrossDavid J. Kahn
PENKNIFETue May 9, 2006Quill cutter, oncePatrick Blindauer
PHYSICSLABWed Aug 24, 1994Experimental canine?Robert Herrig
PLETHORASSun Nov 6, 2011Huge amountsElizabeth C. Gorski
RAKEHELLSat Apr 2, 2011LibertineMark Diehl
SANDALTANSSun Nov 26, 2023Reasons to wear socks post-vacationAdam Wagner and Michael Lieberman
SANDSOFTIMESun Apr 3, 2022Metaphor from an hourglassByron Walden
SCANSINSun Apr 6, 2025Uses one's employee badge to enter, sayKareem Ayas
SEASONERSat Mar 31, 2007One who shakes in a kitchen, maybeJohn Duschatko
SNEAKATTACKSun Sep 21, 2025AmbushAdrianne Baik
TAXIMETERSFri Oct 4, 2019They run while you rideMatthew Sewell
TILTEDARCSat Nov 1, 2025Controversial Richard Serra sculpture once seen in N.Y.C.'s Foley SquareMichael Lieberman
TRANSPIRESat Jul 23, 2011Become knownTom Heilman
WELLDAYSSun Mar 16, 1997Feel-good timesDavid J. Kahn
WHATISTHATSun Feb 6, 2022Question of confusion or disgustStephen McCarthy
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