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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 50,469 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
AIRLESSSun May 10, 1998CloseRich Silvestri
APOCKETFri Oct 24, 1997It's full of rye, in rhymeFrank Longo
ARIANESSat Nov 3, 2001Some satellite launchersRobert H. Wolfe
BEDRIDDENWed Aug 20, 2003Laid upMel Taub
BLOWMEDOWNThu Apr 30, 1998Comment from Popeye, appropriatelyKelly Clark
CLIPPINGSSat Dec 24, 2005Scrapbook fodderByron Walden
COMEDIENNESFri Apr 16, 2010Women who may make people break up?Eric Berlin
DOTHEDISHESSun Jul 12, 2020Chore for a satellite TV technician?Samuel A. Donaldson
DUPERSSat Jul 11, 1998Con artistsFran and Lou Sabin
HASABLASTSun Jan 28, 2024Really enjoys oneselfNathan Hasegawa
HEARTELLOFSun May 22, 2016Find out aboutVictor Barocas and Andy Kravis
IHAVEARIGHTTOKNOWSun Apr 3, 2016Indignant reply when someone withholds informationNatan Last
INBUNCHESMon Feb 17, 2003GroupedAlan Arbesfeld
LOUISCINQThu Oct 3, 1996The king has drowned, in 33-Across?J. R. Leeds
MEASURETWICECUTONCESun Oct 12, 2025Carpenter's adage illustrated four times in this puzzleMichael Schlossberg
MODEOFTRANSPORTATIONSun May 23, 2021Car in {plane, car, train, horse, car, car, train}Jennifer Nebergall
MUTTANDJEFFMon Apr 17, 2000Classic comic strip by Bud FisherGreg Staples
NAMEBRANDSat Dec 23, 2006Like fashionable apparelMyles Callum
NIUEWed Feb 7, 1996Savage Island, nowFrank A. Longo
PEACHEMOJISat Sep 21, 2024Butt text?David Karp
PETITSFOURSThu Jun 1, 2023Small, fancy confectionsDavid and Karen and Paul Steinberg
PLUMTOMATOTue Jul 4, 2017Common ingredient in pasta sauceMangesh Ghogre and Brendan Emmett Quigley
RAINBOWROOMFri Jan 25, 2013Former New York City attraction with a revolving dance floorJoe DiPietro
REINSPECTSThu Jul 19, 2012SPECTRESAlan Arbesfeld
ROCKTHEVOTESat Jul 27, 2013Election-related nonprofit since 1990John Lieb and David Quarfoot
ROGERMOORESun May 25, 2008*1973-85Elizabeth C. Gorski
SAMEOLDSAMEOLDMon Aug 5, 2002Routine that's hard to tell apart from past routinesManny Nosowsky
SCALENOTEThu Jan 16, 1997TiW. R. Williams
SEAGATEWed Jul 31, 2013Channel to the oceanH. David Goering
SENSIBLYSat Feb 14, 1998Without flapdoodleMark Diehl
STRAWBERRYWed Mar 11, 2015Kool-Aid flavorDavid Steinberg
SURFINSun Jun 24, 2018"___ U.S.A." (1963 hit)Timothy Polin
THECOMETSThu Jan 19, 2017Bill Haley's backup bandJacob Stulberg
THEMOLDAUSat Nov 10, 2018Smetana composition inspired by a riverWill Nediger
TROUBADOURSThu Jul 11, 2024Musicians of the Middle AgesMat Shelden
UDOSFri Jul 30, 2010Japanese salad plantsKevin G. Der
VINERYSun Dec 22, 2002Where grapes are grownFrances Hansen
WAITREALLYFri Nov 8, 2024"Hold up, what?!"Evans Clinchy
WONTHEWARSun Jun 11, 2023Ultimately emerged victoriousSam Ezersky
WRITEBACKFri Aug 8, 2025Follow to the letter?Rafael Musa and Matthew Stock
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