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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 50,791 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
ACAKEFri Jan 12, 2018Follower of "pat" in Mother GooseErik Agard
ALDERMENMon Aug 14, 2006Municipal lawmakersGene Newman
BGIRLSSun Apr 8, 2007Saloon habitués, slangilyByron Walden
BIOSCANSun Apr 20, 2025Analysis performed with electrodermal stimulationVictor Schmitt and Tracy Bennett
CELTICSEAThu Feb 9, 2012*View from Land's EndKevin G. Der
CLUEINGSun Feb 13, 2022Task for a crossword constructorDavid Steinberg
CRIEDFOULSun Mar 27, 2011Said "No fair!"Kevin G. Der
CROPLANDFri Dec 20, 2013Much of the Plains StatesIan Livengood
CURRENCYHEDGESThu May 30, 1996Wall Street actionN. S. Wizer
DIGITALDETOXSat Mar 9, 2024Stepping away from screensJohn Guzzetta
DROPSLIKEASTONETue Jan 30, 2024Plummets precipitouslyFreddie Cheng
DUDETTEThu Feb 21, 2019Cool woman, jocularlySam Trabucco
ENCELADUSSun Jan 1, 2023Moon of Saturn found to have a potentially habitable oceanAdam Wagner, Michael Lieberman and Rafael Musa
FLENSESSun Nov 14, 1999Strips blubberLloyd E. Pollet
GENERATIONGAPFri Oct 22, 2021What might be found between X and Z?Robyn Weintraub
GERMINATEFri Sep 27, 2013BeginPeter A. Collins
HEADLINERFri Mar 22, 2024Festival closing actMansi Kothari and Erik Agard
HEAVERFri Sep 20, 2013Shot-putter, e.g.Mangesh Ghogre and Doug Peterson
KINKAJOUSat Jul 18, 1998Raccoon relativeRich Norris
KNEWALOTFri Nov 23, 2001Was no dummyByron L. Walden
LEIFERICSSONWed Sep 22, 2010*Turn-of-the-millennium explorerPeter A. Collins
LESMISERABLESThu Nov 21, 20241862: 530,000+ wordsKatie Hoody
MARVELOVERSat May 28, 2022Look at with aweJoseph Greenbaum
MINDFULLYFri Nov 30, 2007With eyes openHenry Hook
MINIBIKESun Sep 2, 2001Small two-wheelerManny Nosowsky
NEWSIERSun Oct 8, 2006More informativeFred Piscop
NICOLETWed Jan 12, 2011Lake Michigan explorer Jean ___Jim Hilger
NOTONEREDCENTTue Mar 18, 2008Nary a pennyDavid Pringle
NUMBERTHESTARSWed Aug 13, 2025Newbery Medal-winning 1989 novel for children by Lois LowryJared Cappel
PRESCRIBEThu Mar 21, 2024Allow to take, perhapsJoe Marquez
PRESIDENTHOOVERWed Aug 28, 2013Man whose 1930 salary was $75,000Erik Agard
PSALMICSat Mar 18, 1995Like David's writingManny Nosowsky
PUERSun Dec 2, 2012Boy: Lat.Steven E. Atwood
REIMBURSEFri Nov 11, 2005IndemnifyEric Berlin
SALIFYFri Mar 18, 1994Add NaCl toMark Diehl
SALIVASSat Dec 25, 1993They run before dinnerRand H. Burns
TELLNOONEFri Jan 14, 2022"This better not get out"Matthew Stock and Sid Sivakumar
THROWTOSun Jul 27, 2014Target, as a football receiverRandolph Ross
ULULATIONSun Feb 8, 2015Wavering wailJeremy Newton
WAITZThu Mar 18, 2010Repeat New York City Marathon winner Grete ___Daniel A. Finan
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