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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 50,758 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
BADBADLEROYBROWNSun Mar 26, 20171973 #1 hit for Jim CroceTracy Gray and Jeff Chen
BALDPATEFri Sep 7, 2018Chrome dome, so to speakJosh Knapp
BELLYFATSun Nov 26, 2023GutAdam Wagner and Michael Lieberman
BISTATESat Aug 18, 2001Like some port authoritiesRich Norris
BROKENFIELDSun Mar 10, 1996SA LL YF. & L. Sabin
BRUSHASIDEFri Mar 14, 2025Coolly disregardBrandon Koppy
BUYOFFWed Jan 6, 2010BribeJulian Lim
COSLEEPERSat Sep 27, 2025Alternative to a cribAdrian Johnson and Christina Iverson
DAISun Jul 4, 2010Bao ___ (former Vietnamese emperor)Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach
DORATISun Sep 6, 1998Conductor Antal ___Rich Norris
DROPSETThu May 14, 2009Weight training unitDavid J. Kahn
EMBAYFri Jun 1, 2012Enclose in a recessJoe Krozel
EXPIREDSun Jul 23, 2006No longer goodFred Piscop
FLAREGUNSMon Sep 5, 2016Distress signal producersTracy Gray
GOINCIRCLESSun Jun 10, 2012*Be repetitive ... or what parts of the answers to the starred clues do?Xan Vongsathorn
GRADEONEWed Jul 30, 2014Elementary startJean O'Conor
GUTFLORATue Aug 27, 2024Micro-organisms in the digestive tractJulia Hoepner
HELPOUTThu Aug 6, 2015Pitch inGary Cee
INTAKEVALVESat Apr 16, 2016Car engine componentAndrew Zhou
INTERCHANGEABLEThu Mar 28, 2024Like the parts of this puzzle's toy, as depicted throughout the gridDominic Grillo
JENNERTue Jul 19, 2011Bruce who won the 1976 Olympic decathlonMark Feldman
JOSIPFri May 21, 2010Marshal Tito's first namePatrick Berry
LEADIERThu Aug 4, 1994More sluggishJim Page
LIVABLESun Dec 15, 2002Decent, as accommodationsRIchard Hughes
MARYAMThu Jan 18, 1996Actress d'AboC. Deodene
MARYHADALITTLELAMBSun Dec 15, 2024Classic nursery rhymeDavid Kwong
MEATTORNADOTue Dec 3, 2024Fictional burrito on "Parks and Recreation" that "literally killed a guy last year"Henry Lin-David
ONTHEPODIUMMon Apr 9, 2001Champion's placeMel and Peggy Rosen
PAINTERSTue Jul 31, 2018Professionals who put on coats for workDavid Woolf
PAWNPROMOTIONSat Aug 22, 2020What it takes to become a queen?Trenton Charlson
PLOWMENSun Jan 29, 2006Farm workersRich Norris
PULLEDOUTThu Feb 1, 1996WithdrawnL. Sidway
QUEERINGSun Oct 15, 2000Ruining, as a dealPatrick Berry
SALESQUOTATIONSun May 2, 2010"$100 per dozen plus shipping," e.g.?Kelsey Blakley
SHOEADDICTSSat Jun 25, 2016Ones with wedge issues?Kameron Austin Collins
SPAYINGSun Apr 7, 2002Vet's jobNancy Salomon
STAYSOFFSun Dec 25, 2005Doesn't touch againNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
THEABSURDSat Apr 21, 2007See 29-AcrossByron Walden
UNDEVIATINGFri Aug 22, 2025SteadfastGia Bosko
WHOLERESTSat Apr 11, 2020Rectangle on a staffErik Agard and Wyna Liu
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