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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 50,385 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
AIRMAILSMon Dec 27, 1993Sends quicklyJoel Davajan
ALGERIANSun Aug 28, 2005Zouave, by birthNancy Nicholson Joline
AULDLANGSYNESun Dec 30, 2001Celebratory airElizabeth C. Gorski
BABYSPICESat Jun 16, 2012Youngest member of a 1990s girl groupBarry C. Silk
BANNERDAYSMon Nov 26, 2018Times when everything goes perfectlyEvan Kalish
BONDGIRLWed Jul 13, 2011Maud Adams, twiceJoon Pahk
CATCHOFFBALANCEWed Nov 22, 2023Stagger with unexpected news, maybeWill Pfadenhauer
CHATLINESat Aug 6, 2022Many a 900 numberByron Walden
CHIRPERSun Feb 6, 2005Cricket, at timesJoel Kaplow
CONSERVEFUELSun Jun 24, 2012Environmentalist's catchphraseElizabeth C. Gorski
DECKLESat Jul 4, 2020Bookmaking frame that produces paper with rough edgesPeter Wentz
DLCSat Nov 18, 2023Gamer's post-purchase add-ons, for shortHoang-Kim Vu
EIGHTHOURDAYWed Feb 6, 2002Common shiftJoe DiPietro
FALLINGDOWNMon Oct 3, 2016Like the contents of this puzzle's circled squares, in a nursery rhymeJacob Stulberg
GNAWINGATSun Dec 23, 2012Really buggingJoe DiPietro
GOLDFIELDTue May 1, 2007Place to pick up valuable nuggetsCourtenay Crocker and Nancy Salomon
GOYOUROWNWAYMon Jun 14, 2021Breakup song by Fleetwood MacAndrea Carla Michaels and Doug Peterson
GRAZERSMon Apr 15, 2013Sheep, at pastureGayle Dean
HASTENERSun Mar 7, 1999One in a rushRandolph Ross
HOOTENANNIESThu Oct 31, 2019Rural shindigsEzra Brauner and Jeff Chen
HUFFINESSSun Jun 24, 2018Peevish qualityTimothy Polin
INNUMERATEFri May 20, 2022Unable to perform operationsHal Moore
LANDFALLWed Jan 16, 2002Crow's-nest sightingLinda Bushman
LONGPAUSEFri May 27, 2022It may be taken for dramatic effectDavid Distenfeld
MAKEAFISTThu Aug 21, 2014Prepare to give blood, perhapsJules P. Markey
MALTWHISKEYSun Jun 30, 2013Dewar's productAlex Vratsanos and Jeff Chen
MICHAELMASDAISYWed Jan 23, 2008AsterHenry Hook
MXCSat May 21, 2011Late 11th-century yearBarry C. Silk
NOTEBOOKThu Mar 20, 2003Memoranda keeperManny Nosowsky
OLDSHOESat Mar 11, 2000Something comfortableRandolph Ross
OMIOSun Jan 11, 2009"___ babbino caro" (Puccini aria)David J. Kahn
POSTRACIALFri Jun 22, 2018Like a society in which people are said to be colorblindAndrew Kingsley
RALLYINGCRYThu Nov 29, 2018*"Vive la France!" or "Free Tibet!"Herre Schouwerwou
RALPHWALDOEMERSONSun Jun 8, 2003Poet born in 1803Elizabeth C. Gorski
RATCHWed Apr 11, 2007Toothed barBruce Adams
ROCKYVISun Apr 18, 20101986 parody of a Sylvester Stallone film seriesRandolph Ross
SUNFLOWERSThu May 5, 2022Classic van Gogh subjectAdam Wagner
TULIPTREESun Sep 27, 2009Yellow poplarPatrick Berry
UNSUNKSat Mar 7, 1998Victorious at sea?Rich Norris
WIFIHOTSPOTSThu Oct 20, 2005Places to get online without plugging inManny Nosowsky
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