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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 50,957 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
ADVTMon Jul 11, 1994Paid promotion: Abbr.Sidney L. Robbins
ALEFSWed Mar 20, 1996Hebrew A'sG. Newman
AMERRYSun Aug 20, 2000"...___ old soul"Charles M. Deber
AMSTERDAMAVENUEFri Mar 24, 2023Manhattan thoroughfare named for New York's Dutch rootsBlake Slonecker
APOCALYPSENOWWed Dec 8, 20101979 film with Capt. Willard and Col. KurtzMike Nothnagel
ARGENTINEANSat Aug 4, 2001Sabatini or VilasRandolph Ross
BARONMUNCHAUSENFri Jun 27, 2014Storied storytellerPeter A. Collins
BRILLIGThu Apr 8, 2010*4:00 in the afternoonMatt Ginsberg
BUNKERSFri Jan 29, 1999Tiger traps?Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
CANTFAILSat Apr 8, 2017Guaranteed-to-flyJeff Chen
CARJACKERSat Feb 7, 1998Motorist's menaceFrank Longo
CROSSOVERARTISTFri Mar 24, 2023Pop star with country roots, sayBlake Slonecker
DOANSat May 8, 2004Druggist for whom some commercial pills are namedBob Peoples
EASTGERMANYFri Aug 24, 2007Country that won the most medals at the 1980 Winter OlympicsPatrick Berry
EDUCATEDGUESSESWed Dec 3, 1997SuppositionsElizabeth C. Gorski
ESTIMABLYThu Dec 7, 2000So as to deserve admirationHenry Hook
EXSQUEEZEMEFri Oct 15, 2021Cutesy "I beg your pardon?"Ashton Anderson
GRAFFThu Apr 24, 2003"Mr. Belvedere" co-starPaula Gamache
GUERREROThu Sep 15, 2016Taste of MexicoIan Livengood
HANGINGONSat Jan 28, 2017Not dead yetDamon Gulczynski
HELLOSTRANGERMon Oct 30, 2006Comment upon bumping into an old friend, #1Nancy Salomon
HOTANDHEAVYSun Nov 27, 2011Full of strong feelingsJeff Chen
HUMIDITYThu Jun 12, 2014What a hygrometer measuresMark Feldman
JAMIROQUAISat Apr 10, 2010Acid jazz band with the 1996 hit "Virtual Insanity"Kevin G. Der
JOCKEYBOXSat Sep 25, 1999Truck's glove compartmentDavid J. Kahn
KIDSISTERSFri Apr 19, 2013Alex P. Keaton and Marcia Brady each had twoNed White
MUCKYWed Jun 21, 2017Covered with sludgeBruce Haight
NINEINCHNAILSMon Jun 24, 2002Rock band with the platinum album "The Downward Spiral"Trip Payne
OPENRANGEThu Aug 25, 2016Area to roamAndrew Zhou
OUTBUYSat Feb 4, 1995Purchase more thanManny Nosowsky
PAHLAVISun Mar 31, 1996Iranian royal nameJ. Savage
PALMISTRYSun Aug 6, 1995Handyman's work?Manny Nosowsky
SALEMORTue Oct 24, 2023State capital north of Sacramento, CADaniel Grinberg
SECRETPACTSat Dec 14, 2024Under-the-table allianceOwen Bergstein
TEACHEREDITIONSTue Jan 5, 2010*Textbooks for instructorsC. W. Stewart
THESCOTTISHPLAYSun Feb 2, 2014Superstitious thespian's name for a work of Shakespeare ... from which 21-, 23-, 37-, 58- and 60-Down all comeDick Shlakman and Jeff Chen
TOAHALTSun Oct 23, 2011How some cars screechJoe DiPietro
VEGETABLETALLOWThu Dec 14, 2000Soapmaking substancePeter Gordon
VEGETATIVEFri May 12, 1995Kind of stateRich Norris
WENTFIFTYFIFTYSun Oct 12, 2025Split something equally [24 in.]Michael Schlossberg
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