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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
AMANUENSESFri Dec 26, 1997SecretariesBob Sefick
AVERSELYThu Oct 17, 2002With reluctanceTodd McClary
BIPLANESFri Apr 7, 2006Old fliersAdam Cohen
BOBKERREYSat Feb 7, 2015Former senator and presidential candidate who once dated Debra WingerByron Walden
BOUNCEBACKThu Sep 3, 2020Recover ... or what 17-, 25-, 38- and 51-Across do?Sid Sivakumar
BOYZMon Sep 15, 2014___ II Men (R&B group)Andrea Carla Michaels
CAMPIESTSat Jan 21, 1995Most amusingly exaggeratedCharles E. Gersch
CHEWINGONSat Feb 21, 2009Pondering, informallyMike Nothnagel and Byron Walden
CHOMSKYWed Dec 4, 2002Linguist NoamRichard Hughes
CONFABSMon Apr 4, 2011Chatty discussionsLynn Lempel
DOBEESun Mar 18, 2007Old "Romper Room" character with bouncing antennaeCraig Kasper
EIGHTEENSSun Aug 17, 2003Women's dress sizesElizabeth C. Gorski
ELIZABETHARDENFri Mar 16, 2007Producer of many fragrancesEric Berlin
EPPINGThu Sep 6, 2001___ Forest (park near London)Frank Longo
FYODORThu Nov 5, 1998Author DostoyevskyNancy Salomon
HEADHUNTSSun Nov 7, 1999Recruits, in a wayBrendan Emmett Quigley
HOTORCOLDMon Jun 16, 1997Sandwich choiceGene Newman
IMBOREDSat Jul 28, 2001[Yawn]Rich Norris
JANSPORTSat Apr 5, 2025World's largest maker of backpacksRafael Musa
LATEINSun Jul 10, 1994_____ the day (near evening)Alvin Chase
LIBERALDEMOCRATFri Sep 21, 2007Left-of-center party memberPaula Gamache
LOWRATESFri Aug 4, 2006One-star hotel attractionManny Nosowsky
METEOROLOGISTTue Apr 12, 2022Temp job?Dan Schoenholz
NAMETAGSSun Jun 18, 2023They hold people's handlesJoe DiPietro
OKWISEGUYSat Apr 5, 2025"Hey, dude, enough with the jokes"Rafael Musa
OLDWELSHFri Feb 14, 2020Successor language to Common BrittonicDaniel Larsen
PREMIUMQUALITYThu Oct 1, 1998High-gradeManny Nosowsky
RAISEDTHEBARThu May 21, 2015Elevated expectations ... or what this puzzle's maker did to five answers in this puzzle?Peter A. Collins
REASKFri Feb 16, 2007Send another invitationCharles Barasch
RELINEDThu Oct 25, 2001Like some old coatsJohn Scott Marrone
RICHTERSCALESat Jan 17, 2015Provider of shock value?Josh Knapp
SKITTLESTue Mar 11, 2025"Taste the rainbow" candyJared Cappel
SOSOREVIEWSWed Oct 10, 2018They might have 2 1/2 or 3 starsAlex Eaton-Salners
TAILLESSFri Aug 1, 2003EcaudateManny Nosowsky
TALEOFSun May 22, 1994_____ woeRandolph Ross
THATSWHATSUPSat Mar 12, 2016"Hell, yeah!"Josh Knapp
THERANGESun Jul 7, 2019"Home" in a classic songJack Reuter
VASINVIOLAWed Feb 21, 1996Abecedary phraseF. & L. Sabin
WILDROSESThu Mar 17, 2022*TrickDaniel Bodily and Jeff Chen
ZIGGYSTARDUSTSat Dec 31, 2022David Bowie persona in 1970s glam rockBilly Bratton
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