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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 50,859 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
ALTUSSun Apr 25, 2010High: Lat.Elizabeth C. Gorski
AMBERALEThu Sep 28, 2017Light brown brewJoe Krozel
ANGESWed Sep 7, 2005French cherubsAndrea C. Michaels
ASAVESun Sep 27, 2015"What ___!" (cry after some spectacular goalie play)Tom McCoy
BAGGAGECAROUSELFri May 22, 2015Where everything has been checkedDavid Woolf
BAWLEDOUTSat May 31, 2008Read the riot actRobert H. Wolfe
BOASTERWed Nov 20, 2002Subject of this puzzleManny Nosowsky
CHANELIMANMon Sep 6, 2021*Runway model famous for her work as a Victoria's Secret AngelJoshua Rosenblatt
COMPANYHALTWed Feb 19, 2014Result of bankruptcy?Michael Dewey
DESIRERSSun May 31, 2009Those with yensKelsey Blakley
FORTLARAMIEMon Aug 29, 2016Historic trading post in 39-AcrossDavid Steinberg
FRANKENFri Dec 12, 2014Politico who wrote "The Truth (With Jokes)"Evan Birnholz
GOBBLERWed Sep 4, 2002Tom turkeyEric Berlin
GYMTEACHERMon Nov 18, 1996Head of P.E. classF. & L. Sabin
HERALDICSun Jul 23, 2000Like some decorationsPatrick Berry
INTERMIAMISat Sep 21, 2024Major League Soccer team with pink home jerseysDavid Karp
KIDISSat Aug 7, 2010"But the ___ not my son" ("Billie Jean" lyric)Joe Krozel
LEFTIEFri Mar 27, 2009Liberal, informallyPaula Gamache
LENGTHYWed Jun 16, 2021ProtractedFinn Vigeland
LETSDROPSun Nov 29, 2015Doesn't pursueAlex Vratsanos
LOVEDARTSun Aug 12, 2018Missile in a mating ritualRoss Trudeau
LYRICPOEMSun Aug 3, 2014Classical work accompanied by a musical instrumentIan Livengood
MAJORGENERALSSat Sep 30, 2006Some brassPatrick Berry
MESSCALLSTue Feb 23, 2010"Come and get it" signals in the ArmyJoanne Sullivan
NERVEENDINGWed Aug 16, 2006It lets you feelKevan Choset
OWASSOSat May 2, 1998Town north of TulsaJeff Herrington
PEPPERMINTPATTYThu Nov 7, 1996Friend of Charlie BrownG. R. Ferguson
PORKYSTue Oct 17, 2017Raunchy 1981 comedy with two sequelsJeff Chen
PRIMARYDEBATESun Jan 26, 2020Running argument?Erik Agard
RAILINGATTue Aug 19, 2025Really giving an earfulEric Rollfing
RAMONSFri Feb 3, 1995Baseball's Martinez et al.Matt Gaffney
SCUTTLESSat Mar 8, 2008Deep-sixesBrad Wilber
SECONDTHEMOTIONMon Oct 16, 1995Support, at a meetingBernice Gordon
SEEKSTOSun Mar 16, 2025Hopes that one mightPaul Coulter
SQUIRRELEDAWAYSun Jan 12, 2020Stashed for later [Blue Hen State]Evan Mahnken and David Steinberg
SUNFISHFri Jan 29, 1999Crappie or bluegillEmily Cox and Henry Rathvon
TABLOIDTVSat Feb 24, 2007Sensational news formatByron Walden
TEENCROWDSat Apr 21, 2007Mall rats, typicallyByron Walden
TERNISun May 27, 2018Italian city where St. Valentine was bornAndrew Chaikin
VAPORWAREWed Dec 13, 2023Tech product that's promised but never deliveredAlex Eaton-Salners
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