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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 51,157 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
APPOSINGWed Jun 21, 1995Next-doorDorothea E. Shipp
BIRDDOGSSun Jan 23, 2011PointersChris A. McGlothlin
BRIEFESTSat Oct 5, 1996Most epigrammaticT. Payne
CANONICSat Apr 2, 1994Authorized, in a wayManny Nosowsky
CAPSCREWTue Jan 6, 1998Machine part fastenerEd Early
CRETACEOUSThu May 5, 2016Period when dinosaurs became extinctDavid Poole
CUTOFFTEEThu May 21, 2026Golfer's suppor-Zhou Zhang and Mallory Montgomery
DARKGLASSESFri Sep 23, 2005Spy wearLevi Denham
DRAINTILEThu Feb 15, 2001Item used in basement waterproofingDavid Ainslie Macleod
EMMYAWARDSThu Aug 22, 2024MEDALSBrad Wiegmann
FLAMBEEDSun Dec 10, 2000How peaches may be servedRich Norris
FLASHSALEMon Jan 29, 2024*Short-lived store eventGarrett Chalfin and Andrew Kingsley
FUELTANKSSun Sep 23, 2018Hoses connect to themAndrew Zhou
GLITTERBOMBTue Feb 11, 2020Comeuppance for a package thiefNeil Padrick Wilson and Jeff Chen
GRAYHAIRSSun Aug 29, 2010Supposed results of stressDerek Bowman
GREYAREAFri Jun 29, 2001It's open to interpretationHolden Baker
KARLOFFThu May 2, 2019Co-star of 28-AcrossJulie Bérubé
KICKOFFWed Sep 23, 2015Exile from?Michael S. Maurer
LAUDATORYSun Mar 30, 2014Like an odePeter A. Collins
MARMEEMARCHWed Mar 25, 2020Laura Dern, in "Little Women"Laura Taylor Kinnel
MIGNONETTESAUCEFri Jul 2, 2010Accompaniment for oystersPaula Gamache
MOBILIZEWed Jul 25, 2007Put into actionEd Early
MURDERHORNETSat Dec 5, 2020Informal name for Vespa mandariniaBrendan Emmett Quigley
NBAGAMESSat Feb 17, 2018Widely followed court battlesPeter Wentz
POWERBALLADSSun Dec 31, 2023After midnight: Journey's "Open Arms" and Guns N' Roses' "November Rain," e.g.Matt Linzer and Rafael Musa
PRECEDINGMESSAGESun Feb 4, 2001MESSFrank A. Longo
PRINCEHARRYFri Jul 16, 2004Noted 2003 Eton graduateCraig Kasper
PUTABIDONFri Apr 18, 2008Tried to buyJoe DiPietro
QUAKINGASPENSSun Jun 8, 2008They tremble in the slightest breezeWill Nediger
RAGDOLLSSun Oct 6, 2019Ann and Andy, notablyHoward Barkin and Victor Barocas
REVERSESPLITWed Feb 18, 2009Corporate action that increases the par value of its stockSusan Gelfand
SANFERNANDOMon Jun 9, 1997Los Angeles suburbThomas W. Schier
SEACHANGESat Jul 18, 2020Complete shiftJohn Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins
SPOTCHECKSat Jan 16, 1999Auditing techniqueRich Norris
TETRAHEDRONTue Oct 27, 2009Solid with four triangular facesChuck Deodene
THECATSKILLSWed Aug 14, 2019Upstate New York area where 63-Across was heldDavid J. Kahn
TMZLIVESat Feb 23, 2019Web and TV broadcast about celebritiesSam Ezersky
TRANQUILITYSun Jul 21, 2019Name of a sea first visited in 1969Jason Mueller and Jeff Chen
UNDETERMINEDTue Mar 17, 2015Up in the airDavid Phillips
YOUARENOTALONETue Jul 4, 2017"I'm here, too"Mangesh Ghogre and Brendan Emmett Quigley
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