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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 50,279 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
AUTONYMTue Mar 16, 2021Name of self-identification, as "Deutsche" for "Germans"Lindsey Hobbs
BEFUDDLESSun Sep 7, 2014DiscombobulatesTracy Gray and Jeff Chen
BRUSHEDUPFri Sep 1, 2000ReviewedJoe DiPietro
CANTSAYFri Jul 6, 2012"Your guess is as good as mine"Peter Wentz
CHEESEHEADSun Apr 4, 2010*Green Bay Packers fanBob Klahn
CORRIDORSSun Jan 21, 2024PassagesJohn Westwig
DALECARNEGIEThu Oct 22, 2015"How to Win Friends and Influence People" writerTracy Gray
ENDNOWSat Aug 25, 2018Program-closing command on a PCSam Ezersky
ETYPESMon Jun 29, 2009Classic JaguarsPaula Gamache
EXPANSIONSLOTSun Oct 28, 2001S L O TMichael Ashley
FINEBEMADFri Sep 5, 2025"OK, don't accept my apology then!"Bryan Cheong
GROUPINGSWed Oct 17, 2012Collections of like objectsPeter Koetters
HELENKELLERFri Dec 21, 2018Person depicted on the Alabama state quarterPeter A. Collins
HOLLIESSun Dec 21, 2014Some Christmas decorationsJoel Fagliano
HULLEDSun Sep 22, 2013Like much processed wheatMike Selinker
ISCREWEDUPSat Sep 14, 2013"My bad"Jeff Chen
ITSALLPOLITICSThu Feb 9, 200660-Across, at the officeEthan Cooper
LUNTSSun Feb 14, 2010Lynn Fontanne and her husbandMatt Ginsberg and Pete Muller
MAYIBEOFHELPThu Jan 1, 1998Clothing salesman's greetingJim Page
NATTYICESat Aug 17, 2024Low-cost lager from Anheuser-Busch, familiarlyBrandon Koppy
NEEDLETRADESat Oct 13, 2001Tailor's businessJim Page
OCEANOGRAPHERSun Feb 18, 2001UNDERLINEDavid J. Kahn
OHGIRLThu Aug 4, 1994#1 hit for the Chi-Lites, 1972Jim Page
ORIENTEERSat Jul 8, 2017Competitor with a map and compassDavid Steinberg
OUTLIVESSun Dec 13, 2009Is around longer thanMike Shenk
PILOUSSat Jan 10, 1998Thick with hairMark Diehl
PROPANESFri Oct 10, 1997Industrial fuelsShannon Burns
RAVINGSSun Dec 2, 2012Lunatics' outburstsSteven E. Atwood
RINSEDOUTFri Dec 19, 2014No longer sudsy, sayBrad Wilber and Doug Peterson
SARTORIALTue Jun 28, 2022Tailoring-relatedScott Graham
SOUNDOFFWed Jul 11, 2018Express one's opinion in no uncertain termsMichael Hawkins
SPHERULETue Jul 1, 1997Small ballFred Piscop
SQUELCHThu Dec 4, 2008SilenceBarry C. Silk
SQUIRELYSat Jul 8, 2006Noble and chivalrousBarry C. Silk
STENTONSat Jan 6, 2007Sir Frank ___, historian of Anglo-Saxon EnglandRobert H. Wolfe
TAKEOUTOFCONTEXTSun Aug 30, 2009-IRC-MS-ANCESAshish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan
TIPSILYSun May 19, 2002DrunkenlyCathy Millhauser
TRINALFri Jan 21, 1994ThreefoldA.J. Santora
TURNTOGOLDSun Apr 9, 2017Work out spectacularlyByron Walden
YOICKSMon Nov 3, 2014Bygone cry of high spiritsJanet R. Bender
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