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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 50,609 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
ABELLFORADANOSun Jun 23, 1996Best seller of 1944F. Hansen
ALLTAPPEDOUTWed May 24, 2017Exhausted, as a plumber?Michael Hawkins
APPEASERMon Nov 12, 2007One who's making niceHarvey Estes
ATLOOSENDSSun Jan 14, 1996In the rear of some johns?C. Millhauser
BUTSERIOUSLYWed Jan 26, 2011"All kidding aside ..."David Murchie
CATSANDDOGSFri Feb 2, 2007See 25-DownDavid J. Kahn
ELECTRICALFAULTThu May 18, 2023Scientific definition, for shortKiran Pandey
HEADCANONSun Mar 24, 2024Personal theory that isn't in the source materialJohn Kugelman
INTHEFIRSTPLACESun Mar 29, 1998To begin withRobert H. Wolfe
KAZAKHSat Jan 17, 2015Like one side of the Aral SeaJosh Knapp
KIARIOSat Feb 3, 2024Korean model hitting the scene in 1999Carolyn Davies Lynch and Jeff Chen
LIVEDATESWed Jun 21, 2023*Tab found on many musicians' websitesJimmy Peniston
MARKETRATESat Feb 24, 2024Price to pay, sayRebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa
MEATHOOKFri Jan 16, 2004Butcher's hangerManny Nosowsky
MODERNEThu Aug 28, 2014Depression Era architectural movementNed White
NANNYGOATSTue Aug 18, 1998Female buttersNancy Salomon
NANUNANUFri Jun 30, 2017Classic sitcom sign-offDamon Gulczynski
NAOSSun Dec 19, 1993Ancient templeJohn M. Samson
NOTSOLUCKYMon Aug 6, 2018Less fortunateAndrea Carla Michaels and Mark Diehl
NUMBERSIXFri Nov 12, 1999Bill Russell's was retiredJoe DiPietro
PERTAINFri Dec 12, 2003RelateManny Nosowsky
POSTDATINGSun Dec 3, 2006Social activity on a military base?Patrick Merrell
RACECARDSat Apr 26, 2014Controversial thing to playEvan Birnholz
RESETBUTTONThu Nov 6, 2003Bowling lane featureJoe DiPietro
ROSEOFSHARONSun Dec 3, 2000Shrub with showy blossomsElizabeth C. Gorski
RUCKSACKSMon Apr 13, 2009Packs for bikers and hikersNatan Last
SEEKINGThu Sep 7, 2017Word in many a personal adAlex Eaton-Salners
SHOEBLACKThu Sep 8, 2016Person whose work shinesJoanne Sullivan
SNOOKERTABLESun Feb 13, 2011Where an Englishman might get a break?Ian Livengood
SPLITTHEBILLWed Apr 12, 2017Go Dutch ... or a hint to 20-, 28-, 37- and 44-AcrossEmily Carroll
SPOONSOUTTue Sep 23, 2025*Serves, as soup or ice creamJacob Stulberg
SUBTLETIESMon Mar 14, 2016Easy-to-overlook detailsLynn Lempel
TAILLIGHTTue Mar 14, 1995Firefly component?Bob Klahn
TRACEDTOSat Mar 20, 2010Had a prior link withJoe Krozel
TRANSITIVEVERBSFri Dec 13, 2002English class topicBob Peoples
TROLLOPSun Apr 12, 1998SlatternRandolph Ross
TWOMINUTEWARNINGSun Feb 1, 2009*Caution when boiling a 60-Down?Victor Fleming and Matt Ginsberg
VIRGINIASLIMSMon Dec 3, 2012Cigarette associated with women's tennisAndrea Carla Michaels
WINONARYDERTue Oct 23, 2018Co-star of "Stranger Things"Kathy Wienberg
WINTERGREENGUMSun Jun 19, 2016Trident piece?David Woolf
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