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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 50,899 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
ADEEMThu Oct 24, 1996Take away, at lawM. S. Maurer
ALIMENTARYCANALSat Dec 25, 1993Food processor?Rand H. Burns
ALLALONGSat May 18, 2019The whole timeAndy Kravis and Erik Agard
APLITEFri May 12, 1995Fine-grained graniteRich Norris
BEDSLATWed Mar 19, 2025What might keep you up at night?Evan Park and Jeffrey Martinovic
BILGESSun Jul 8, 2007Seepage collectorsElayne Cantor and Nancy Salomon
BLUEHAWAIIThu Apr 22, 19991961 Elvis filmDavid J. Kahn
BYEFELICIAMon Jun 30, 2025"I'm done with you"Dena R. Verkuil and Andrea Carla Michaels
CAPLETSSun Jan 27, 2019They go down easilyRandolph Ross
CARRYTHATWEIGHTSun May 9, 2021What Mom is obligated to do as her due date approaches? [The Beatles, 1969]Brad Wiegmann
CHANCESITSun Nov 15, 2020Goes out on a limbCaitlin Reid
COURTCASEWed May 17, 2017... seconds to clear / Successful detective's ...Paul Hunsberger
FIRESOFFFri Apr 10, 2020Sends in a huffByron Walden
FLIGHTLESSBIRDSThu Sep 17, 2009MoasArthur Schulman
GARBAGEMANWed Dec 19, 2018*Bag managerSeth A. Abel
GORMANTue Aug 1, 1995First Miss America Margaret ____Jonathan Schmatzbach
INSENSATESat Nov 9, 1996NumbF. Longo
ITSOUTTAHERETue Oct 13, 1998Call after a hit by 17-AcrossNancy Salomon
MAILSLOTWed Mar 1, 2023Letter openingAaron M. Rosenberg
MALTESESMon Oct 10, 2022White dogs, or bluish-gray catsByron Walden
MANUALRECOUNTSun Feb 9, 2025Instructions for slaying Dracula?Rich Katz and Jeff Chen
MUSKOXWed Oct 17, 2007Animal with a shaggy coatPaula Gamache
PECTORALSSun Mar 16, 2008They're developed by a musclemanElizabeth C. Gorski
PUBLSun Sep 2, 2001Not pvt.Manny Nosowsky
RATCHETSSun Apr 18, 2004Increases, with "up"Richard Chisholm
RAWRECRUITSun Feb 12, 2017Greenhorn on the forceLynn Lempel
RECOVEREDSat Jan 26, 2008Well againKaren M. Tracey
RECUSun Oct 6, 2002Obtained: Fr.Myles Callum
RERENTSThu Jul 28, 1994SubletsBryant White
RUBBEDITINFri Sep 14, 2001Said "nyah, nyah, nyah"Mark Diehl
SNEETCHESThu Apr 19, 2018Seuss's star-bellied creaturesTodd Gross
SPRINGILYWed Jan 31, 1996With elasticityM. Gaffney
STARTSOVERFri Jan 8, 2016Goes from the topPeter A. Collins
STJOSEPHSThu May 2, 1996Philadelphia universityD. J. Kahn
THEAMERICANCENTURYSun Apr 20, 20081941 Henry Luce article that coined a name for an eraJohn Farmer
THEREGOESMYBABYMon Oct 7, 20131959 hit by the DriftersAmy Johnson
TILLWEMEETAGAINMon Oct 7, 1996"Au revoir"S. Spadaccini
TINSOLDIERSSun Nov 2, 2025Typically red-coated toy figurinesRafael Musa
TWODOLLARBILLSSun Jun 2, 2024RU$$ELL and BLA$$?Luke K. Schreiber
UNVESTEDSat Mar 19, 2016Not yet available, as a stockByron Walden
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