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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 51,151 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
AERIALCOMBATSun Oct 27, 2013What the Red Baron engaged inBrendan Emmett Quigley
ALLAROUNDSun Jan 31, 1999EverywhereManny Nosowsky
ANDABOTTLEOFRUMMon Dec 7, 2009Words after the starting syllables of 17-, 29- and 43-AcrossEd Sessa
ANEROIDSFri Jan 3, 2003Some barometersJim Page
ANTIQUARKSat Oct 5, 2019One of the two components of 5-DownTrenton Charlson
BEFRUITFULANDMULTIPLYSun Dec 14, 1997Job for a mathematician?Nancy Salomon
BREEZINESSSun Dec 8, 2019Carefree qualityEmily Carroll
CAMPAIGNRIVALRYTue Jan 20, 200952-Across had one with John McCainTim Wescott
CANWETALKFri Jun 25, 2021Question that's rarely a sign of good newsScott Earl
CARDIGANSFri Jun 17, 2016Halves of twinsetsZhouqin Burnikel
CHRISTTHEREDEEMERSun Oct 22, 2017Facebook Status: "2016 Summer Olympics and a day trip to one of the new Seven Wonders of the World!"Tracy Gray
COMPAQCENTERThu Jan 12, 2012Old name of the San Jose Sharks' arenaGareth Bain
DECRETALSun Jul 3, 1994Papal letterA.J. Santora
FORTIFIESWed Sep 12, 2007Enriches with vitaminsAlan Arbesfeld
GIVETHEDEVILHISDUESun Oct 12, 2003Be fair to a faultDavid J. Kahn
HEADUSHERFri Sep 15, 1995Theater bigwigMatt Gaffney
HOMEHELPFri Jun 29, 2012Shut-in's caregiver, in BritainPatrick Berry
HUNKYSun Nov 14, 2010Like a Chippendales dancerPatrick Berry
INREGARDTOSun Jul 25, 2010ConcerningAlan Arbesfeld
LCMSSun Mar 23, 1997Math amts.Bryant White
LUNATICSFri Nov 21, 2008BedlamitesPatrick Berry
MILLIWATTSun Apr 22, 2001Tiny power unitPatrick Berry
MYTHROATHURTSSun Oct 19, 2008Cold sufferer's complaintJoe DiPietro
NEWSPRINTWed Oct 17, 2001Forest product, or the result of a second windGreg Staples
NICEGUYSFINISHLASTSun Jan 3, 1999Do unto others as you would have others do unto you, but also...Randolph Ross
PLAYSUPSun Nov 10, 2013HighlightsAlan Olschwang
REDEPLOYFri Nov 4, 2022Send out againJuliet Corless
SHOOEDAWAYSat Oct 1, 2022Waved at, maybeNatan Last
SHORTSTORYSun Mar 19, 2000WATERFALL ___ BOOK CLUBGreg Staples
SIZETWOTue May 24, 2016Petite dress specificationJonathan Gersch
SWEETENUPFri Jul 12, 2019Make nice to in a manipulative wayEvan Kalish
THEFARLEFTSat Aug 16, 2003Radical groupManny Nosowsky
TOTHEDOGSThu Nov 24, 2011DeteriorateSharon Delorme
UPSETALERTSFri Apr 3, 2020Some phone notifications during March MadnessJoe Deeney
URICACIDFri Aug 17, 2007Major component of kidney stonesRoger Barkan
VULGARTERMSun Apr 30, 2000Underthing that's part of a bleeped phrase?Cathy Millhauser
WAKEFORESTMon Feb 7, 2011University in Winston-Salem, N.C.Lynn Lempel
WINTHELOTTERYFri Oct 21, 2022Make dough from scratch?Rafael Musa
WOODSHEDSat Oct 23, 2010Place of discreet punishmentWill Nediger
YODSSun Nov 29, 1998Hebrew lettersMatt Gaffney
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