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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 50,548 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
ABOUTTURNSSat Oct 4, 2014180sJulian Lim
ADCOUNCILSat Jun 1, 2019Group working on P.S.A. campaignsAri Richter
AMANDACROSSSat Aug 28, 1999"The Puzzled Heart" mystery novelistFrank Longo
ANTIPERSPIRANTSun Jan 15, 2012You probably raise your arm for thisFinn Vigeland
AUDIOJACKSun Apr 13, 2025One end of a headphone cableJohn Kugelman
BACKWARDMESSAGEFri Nov 30, 2012"Turn me on, dead man," supposedly, in the Beatles' "Revolution 9"Gary Cee
BERYLINESun May 23, 1999Greenish blueHarvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
CHEWTHESCENERYMon Aug 9, 2010Ham it upDavid Poole
DOUBLEENTENTEMon Oct 17, 1994AmbiguityJonathan Schmatzbach
DURIANThu May 4, 2006Malodorous Malaysian fruitRob Richardson
FRISETTESun Nov 28, 1993Fringe of curlsJoanne W. Edwards
HOTTIMESFri Aug 15, 2003BlastsJim Page
MAKESLOVEFri May 26, 2023Pursues a passion?Hemant Mehta
MEOWERSSun May 22, 2016Vocal catsVictor Barocas and Andy Kravis
NATTERONFri Oct 24, 2025Ramble awayKelvin Zhou
NOWWHEREWASISun Sep 2, 2018Words after an interruptionTom McCoy
ONTHEREBOUNDFri Apr 9, 2021Newly single and ready to mingleJamey Smith
PENANDPAPERSun Dec 27, 2020Writing partnersDaniel Grinberg
PNEUMATICDRILLSThu Feb 5, 2004Road repair toolsAlan Arbesfeld
PRESIDENTHOOVERWed Aug 28, 2013Man whose 1930 salary was $75,000Erik Agard
ROOFGARDENSTue Jul 16, 2019Adjuncts to some penthousesRoss Trudeau
SCHOLARLYREVIEWThu Jul 21, 2022Commentary on a scientific articleAnne Marie Crinnion and Eric Bornstein
SCHOOLROOMThu Aug 7, 1997Test siteMark Diehl
SENATEAIDETue Nov 25, 2003See 41-AcrossAllan E. Parrish
SENTIMENTALVALUEThu Aug 20, 2020*An old wedding dress might have thisGrant Thackray
SISEPUEDEFri Jun 27, 2025Motto of the United Farm Workers of AmericaCarolyn Davies Lynch
SLANTSUPSat Dec 22, 2001Has a certain biasTrip Payne
SOLONGATTHEFAIRWed Oct 1, 19971950 Jean Simmons filmElizabeth C. Gorski
SOROSISSat Jul 9, 1994Women's societyGerald R. Ferguson
SPOONFEEDThu Oct 8, 2015Longest common word in the English language ... that has its letters in reverse alphabetical orderStu Ockman
SURFACETENSIONSun Jul 17, 2022What can keep a bubble from burstingGreg Slovacek
THATISTOSAYFri Oct 12, 2018"In other words ..."Erik Agard and Bruce Haight
THEACADEMYSat Jun 12, 2010Much-thanked groupJoe DiPietro
THEBUGSun Sep 24, 2000It may be caught in winterRandolph Ross
THEPROOFSat Nov 19, 2005Pudding content?Byron Walden
TIMESPICAYUNEThu Jul 15, 2021Southern newspaper that William Faulkner once contributed to, with "The"Max Carpenter
TOLDNOWed Oct 5, 2022RefusedJason Reich
TREBLINGSun May 25, 2003Getting bigger quicklyDavid J. Kahn
TWEEDLESSat May 14, 2016Lures with musicJeff Chen
WEDELSThu Feb 20, 1997Skis with high-speed turnsD. J. Kahn
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