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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 50,931 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
AFINEMESSSun Jul 2, 19951986 Blake Edwards film spoofAlex K. Justin
BIFLAGSun Feb 4, 2024Pink, purple and blue Pride display, familiarlyDaniel Grinberg
BOASTERWed Nov 20, 2002Subject of this puzzleManny Nosowsky
BULKIESTSun Jan 22, 2012Hardest to ship, sayAdam Fromm
CARDINDEXSat Mar 4, 2006Dated databaseBob Peoples
CHEWINGONSat Feb 21, 2009Pondering, informallyMike Nothnagel and Byron Walden
CLEAROFFTue Jul 12, 2011Remove snow from, e.g., as a carBill Thompson
CRENNASThu May 15, 1997"Rambo" actor Richard and kinMark Elliot Skolsky
CROPDUSTERMon Mar 23, 1998Rural flierRandall J. Hartman
CURRENCYHEDGESThu May 30, 1996Wall Street actionN. S. Wizer
CUTBAITFri May 19, 1995Alternative to 31 AcrossMichael S. Maurer
DANGEROUSWed Jul 1, 20091991 hit album by 10-/25-DownDavid J. Kahn
ECHOBOOMERSFri Oct 12, 2018Millennials, in relation to their parentsErik Agard and Bruce Haight
FEVEREDSat Aug 19, 2000Intensely excitedCharles E. Gersch
FILIPINOSThu Sep 25, 2014New Americans of 1898Alex Vratsanos
FOODSTANDSun Dec 18, 2022One might offer concessionsRyan McCarty
GOLDTIPSun Jan 2, 2005Fancy pen decorationPatrick Merrell
HAROLDANDKUMARWed Feb 1, 2017Friends who go to White Castle in a 2004 filmMatthew Sewell and Jeff Chen
HELOVESMENOTSat May 11, 2019Unlucky phrase to end onRobyn Weintraub
ILLTRADEYOUFri Oct 3, 2014Exchange wordsTracy Bennett
KEPTHOUSEThu Jun 30, 2005Cooked, cleaned, etc.Joe DiPietro
LULULEMONMon Apr 17, 2017Big name in athletic wearPeter Gordon
MIDDLEGROUNDSun Sep 12, 2010Neutral spacePaula Gamache
MONACOMONACOSun May 8, 2022Grand Prix cityMatthew Stock and Chandi Deitmer
MRAMERICASat Jun 18, 2016Strong competition?Todd Gross
OMITTINGFri Nov 1, 1996MinusM. Rosen
PENMANSHIPTue Nov 21, 2006What doctors aren't known forStella Daily and Bruce Venzke
POSTDATINGSun Dec 3, 2006Social activity on a military base?Patrick Merrell
REAVESSat Aug 17, 2002Splits, old-styleFrank Longo
RESLATEDMon Jun 15, 1998Put back on the agendaNancy Salomon
SIXTEENCANDLESMon Sep 19, 20161984 Molly Ringwald coming-of-age comedyZhouqin Burnikel
SOUPDUJOURFri Apr 3, 2009Restaurant specialJohn Farmer
STUNTFLIERFri Dec 1, 2023High roller?Jem Burch
TAXASSETSun Aug 10, 2025Basis for a write-off, perhapsAdam Wagner and Chandi Deitmer
THINASARAILThu Jun 19, 2014SuperskinnyTimothy Polin
TIGERBEATMon Jun 8, 2020Teen magazine founded in 1965Kyle Dolan
TOSTONESMon Oct 30, 2023Crispy plantain chipsKenneth Cortes
TRADETALKSSat Dec 15, 2018Attempts to remove some barriersErik Agard
TRAVELCHANNELFri Mar 18, 2016"Hotel Impossible" airerMichael Wiesenberg
WELDINGMon Jul 15, 2002Using a blowtorchJohn Leavy
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