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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 50,622 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
AFAULTSun Oct 2, 1994To _____ (excessively)Frances Hansen
AVERAGEDSat Jan 6, 2007Found the middle of?Robert H. Wolfe
BAROSTATSat Apr 1, 1995Pressure regulatorFred Piscop
BOARDOFTRUSTEESFri Jan 12, 2001RunnersMark Diehl
BREAKITDOWNMon Jul 22, 2024Explain something in stepsLaura Dershewitz
CASHANDCARRYTue Dec 21, 1999Like some purchasesRichard Hughes
CHIEFJOSEPHWed Mar 29, 2006Nez Percé leaderFrances Hansen (1919-2004)
CHOSESIDESThu Dec 14, 1995Didn't engage in fence sittingMatt Gaffney
DANIELDAEKIMTue Jan 24, 2012He played Jin-Soo Kwon on "Lost"Alex Boisvert
DRAGSONTue Feb 8, 2011Never seems to endRobert W. Harris
ELIMINATINGFri Nov 28, 2003Defeating in a tournamentBrendan Emmett Quigley
ERDASFri Mar 20, 2009"___ Warning" ("Das Rheingold" aria)David Levinson Wilk
FACEBOOKBUTTONSMon Jul 13, 2015What the first words in 17-, 29- and 48-Across areZhouqin Burnikel
FATELVISSat Jun 16, 2018The King, late in his careerSam Trabucco
FEDERERSat Sep 6, 2014Completer of a career Grand Slam in 2009James Mulhern
FIRSTOFALLSat Nov 15, 2025"One ..."Kyle Dolan
FURIKAKESun Nov 14, 2021Japanese condiment sprinkled on riceAimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz
HALFDEADWed Feb 9, 2011How a hangover sufferer might feelVictor Barocas
HAWKONESWARESTue Feb 24, 2009Be a street peddlerStephen Edward Anderson
INHAULWed Jul 21, 2010Rope for pulling a sailOliver Hill
INNEUTRALSun Apr 12, 2009IdlingEric Berlin
INTERNETCONNECTIONSun Sep 26, 2021It lets you see the sitesPriyanka Sethy and Matthew Stock
INTRAFFICSat May 31, 2003Unpleasant place to be tied upMitch Komro
JOHNNYDEPPTue Mar 3, 2015He played one of the lead roles in the film version of 50-/55-AcrossKristian House
KISSABLESun Apr 27, 2025Like a lover's lips, perhapsJacob Reed
LASTMANONEARTHMon Sep 19, 2022*Whom one might not marry no matter what!Leslie Young and Andrea Carla Michaels
LOOKATMENOWSun Sep 21, 2025"I made it big time!"Adrianne Baik
PNCPARKSun Mar 6, 2011Pirates' homeDavid Levinson Wilk
POSTHOCSun Mar 7, 2021After the fact, as a justificationCeleste Watts and Jeff Chen
PROSODICWed Mar 14, 2018Pertaining to the rhythm of speechJeff Chen
RETUSESun Jun 19, 1994Rounded and notched, as a leafNancy Scandrett Ross
RINGALEVIOTue Jul 1, 2014Game similar to hide-and-seekGary Cee
ROWROWROWYOURBOATSun Jan 26, 2003Round opening?Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples
SCLERAESun Dec 16, 2001Eyeball coversFred Piscop
TALKSOVERThu Mar 2, 1995DiscussesRaymond Hamel
TENFOURSSat Nov 16, 2019RogersDaniel Larsen
THANKYOULETTERSMon Sep 12, 2005Niceties following 29-DownsMichael Shteyman
THEBOONDOCKSThu Oct 31, 1996Remote areaL. Sidway
WAITTIMEMon Sep 14, 2020Number of minutes on hold before getting a customer representativeJohn Guzzetta
WHIRLYWed Aug 30, 1995Violent wind carrying snowJohn R. Conrad
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