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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 50,871 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
ARTMODELLSun Jul 28, 2013N.F.L. owner who moved the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore in 1996Andrew Reynolds
CAMERALENSTue Jun 4, 2024*Equipment for zoomingDaniel Bodily
CARFERRYSat Jan 26, 2002Bridge competitorMark Diehl
CHARIERSun Feb 20, 2000More circumspectTrip Payne
CLAUDETTEThu May 5, 2022___ Colvin, civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus nine months before Rosa ParksAdam Wagner
CONTACTPOISONSSun Sep 22, 2013DDT and othersMike Selinker
COUNTNOSESMon Feb 10, 2020Add up the number of people presentBruce Haight
DIDNTSLEEPAWINKFri Nov 5, 2004Tossed all nightManny Nosowsky
DOORJAMBSat Jul 4, 2020Part of a framePeter Wentz
EPICUREANSTue Jun 19, 2007Devotees of fine diningJohn Underwood
EXFEDSun Mar 16, 2014Retired govt. agentJeremy Newton
FOXINSOCKSFri May 23, 2003Dr. Seuss titleDave Tuller
GOODESThu Jun 16, 1994Former Philly mayor Wilson et al.Jim Page
GRAVEYARDSHIFTTue Oct 30, 2018Late night for a working stiff ... or a hint to the shaded squaresJules Markey
HEALTHYASAHORSEWed Dec 14, 1994Really fitWayne Robert Williams
IBADANSun Aug 7, 2022Nigerian city of 3.5+ millionTina Labadie
JETLAGGEDFri Aug 21, 2020Suffering from desynchronosisAlex Eaton-Salners
LIMBOEDSun Sep 2, 2018Bent over backward, in a wayTom McCoy
MICROHMThu Jun 3, 2010Tiny electrical measureElizabeth C. Gorski
MIDDLEMANAGEMENTSun Aug 27, 2023Embosses?Rich Katz
MIRERSun Jul 5, 19981993 A.F.C. Rookie of the Year RickJoe DiPietro
MISSOUTMon Nov 7, 2016Lose an opportunityBruce Haight
NOMANSWed Apr 29, 2009Kind of landBarry C. Silk
OPENBORDERSFri Jan 27, 2017Feature of the European UnionJohn Guzzetta
PERCENTAGEERRORSat May 18, 2013Indicator of how accurate a numerical guess isMartin Ashwood-Smith
PERSONALFINANCETue Nov 23, 2021Sort of investment suggested by the ends of 3-, 11- and 29-DownEric Bornstein
PETCLINICSun Dec 31, 2000Animal house?Elizabeth C. Gorski
RATTLEDFri Sep 4, 2015All shook upDavid C. Duncan Dekker
REDEMPTIONSun Sep 22, 2024See 3-DownJeremy Newton and Tracy Gray
RIVALRYSat Nov 30, 1996Yankees vs. Red Sox, e.g.R. Norris
SERENDIPITYWed Mar 11, 2026Happy chance, as illustrated by the four invention stories at 17-, 24-, 36- and 44-AcrossJohn Guzzetta
SOPHISTRYSat Jan 1, 2000ChoplogicRich Norris
SPICIESTSat Sep 23, 2017Most tear-inducing, sayRobyn Weintraub
STARSANDBARSMon Apr 5, 2010Confederate flagNancy Salomon
SUBPRIMEFri Apr 29, 2011Kind of mortgageDavid Quarfoot
THEREARSun Jan 5, 2014What you can bring up, in a phraseAlan DerKazarian
THEREMINSFri Apr 29, 2022Eerie-sounding instruments that are played without physical contactErica Hsiung Wojcik
TICTACTOEBOARDThu May 29, 2014#1Anna Shechtman
TIMELIESTFri Mar 1, 2002Most opportuneManny Nosowsky
VIRTUOUSFri Nov 3, 2006ChasteManny Nosowsky
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