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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 51,179 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
AFTERREBATEMon Jun 7, 1999Come-on to those who are patientRobert O. Dillman
ALTERNATEREALITYWed Jul 1, 2026Theoretical timeline where things play out a little differently ... as featured in this puzzleJeffrey Martinovic
BOOKIISun Oct 19, 2025Second volumeDaniel Grinberg
CAUGHTAFEWWINKSSat Aug 10, 2013Grabbed some sack timeChris A. McGlothlin
CENTERLANEFri Jul 27, 2012What's between fast and slow?Joe Krozel
CMLVSun Apr 13, 2008Mid 10th-century yearCathy Millhauser
CONRADSThu May 26, 1994Aiken and HiltonCathy Millhauser
CONTROLGROUPSWed Jan 20, 2010Parts of double-blind trialsTrip Payne
CREATEHAVOCThu Dec 12, 2002Come in like a whirlwindMichael Shteyman
DIDGERIDOOSFri Jun 25, 2010Native Australian windsRobin Schulman and Byron Walden
EMBEZZLEWed Jul 24, 2002MisappropriateEric Berlin
EMILYSLISTTue Oct 19, 2021*Prominent left-leaning political action committeeRoss Trudeau
EXHORTINGTue Dec 5, 1995Giving a rah-rah talkRobert Katz
FIDELISWed May 22, 2019"Semper ___" (Marine Corps motto)Alex Eaton-Salners
FUCHSIASWed Oct 3, 2018Purplish-red flowersJennifer Nutt
GOFORADIPFri Sep 14, 2007What you might do at the beachJohn Farmer
GOLDENHOURSat Feb 24, 2024Period before sunset with ideal lighting for photographyRebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa
GONEAHEADFri Nov 5, 2004Out to scoutManny Nosowsky
GREATBAMBINOThu Jun 6, 1996Legendary Yankee nickname, with "the"A. J. Santora
HARVESTHOMESun Aug 12, 2007Traditional English festivalCathy Millhauser
ICKFACTORSThu Apr 27, 2023Traits that trigger repulsionMichael Schlossberg
ICYSEASun Jun 17, 2012Arctic waters, on historical mapsKyle T. Dolan
INLANDSSat Sep 10, 1994Nonborder regionsRand H. Burns
JULIUSIISat May 14, 2005Papal patron of Michelangelo and RaphaelBob Peoples
LOSINGTHEPLOTSat Mar 19, 2016Getting totally confused, idiomaticallyByron Walden
MUDGUARDWed Mar 12, 2008Curved motorcycle partLarry Shearer
NOTHOTSun May 1, 2005No longer inJoe DiPietro
NOTTOMENTIONSun Aug 21, 2011AlsoAlan Arbesfeld
PANKYTue Jan 27, 1998Hanky-___Manny Nosowsky
PAULAZAHNMon Oct 25, 2021Former CNN anchor with a true-crime series on the Investigation Discovery channelDamon Gulczynski
PUZZLESSat Aug 8, 2009StumpsKaren M. Tracey
RUNAWAYJURYMon Oct 21, 2013John Cusack thriller based on a Grisham novelGary Cee
SAROSSat Feb 11, 1995Aegean gulfRandolph Ross
TARDILYSun Aug 20, 2006At a slow paceRichard Silvestri
TENDERHEARTEDLYSat Feb 11, 2012With loveJoe Krozel
THECOLTSSat Mar 6, 2021A.F.C. South squadSid Sivakumar
THELAUGHFACTORYSun Feb 4, 2018Stand-up chain started in Los AngelesDavid Levinson Wilk
UFOSIGHTINGMon Jul 14, 2014Eerie encounter ... or a hint to 23-, 31- and 39-AcrossMaryEllen Uthlaut
VAIRWed Dec 4, 1996Heraldic furM. E. Skolsky
WROTEOFFSun May 10, 2020Dismissed out of handAdam Fromm
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