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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 50,751 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
BOLDFACEDLIETue Jan 7, 2025It's hard to believeDana Edwards
COFFEECAKETue Dec 31, 2024Sweet treat that often has a crumb toppingMichael Lieberman
DAINTIERWed Mar 26, 1997More exquisiteRichard Silvestri
DALTREYSun Aug 2, 2009The Who's lead singerPatrick Berry
DOGSEARSTue Jun 6, 2000Docked animal parts, maybeAlan Arbesfeld
EGGWHITEOMELETSat Jun 14, 2003With 39-Across, dieter's breakfast orderManny Nosowsky
ERICYUANTue Sep 7, 2021Founder of ZoomZhouqin Burnikel
EXTRACURRICULARThu Nov 1, 2012With 47- & 48-Across, like some student activitiesGeorge Barany and Victor Barocas
FILMCARDSWed Dec 1, 1999MicroficheBill Zais and Nancy Salomon
FORMULAICFri Feb 7, 2025Unoriginal, as a plotKelly Morenus
HALYARDSun Jun 10, 2007Flag raiserBob Klahn
JOHNBOYSun Apr 21, 1996"The Waltons" characterM. Gaffney
JORJASun Mar 14, 2010Actress Fox of "CSI"Caleb Madison
KISSINGKINThu Feb 19, 2004Close cousinsAlfio Micci (1918-2004)
KOSOVARThu Nov 11, 2010Dweller in PristinaAndrew Zhou
LAPPEThu Mar 30, 2017Frances Moore ___, author of the best-selling "Diet for a Small Planet"Lewis Rothlein
LIFEISBUTADREAMWed Mar 29, 1995Lyric for an insomniac?Manny Nosowsky
LORIMARSun May 5, 1996Big name in TV productionD. J. Kahn
LOWIQSMon Jun 30, 2008Reasons for special edLynn Lempel
MBEKISun Sep 12, 2010Mandela's presidential successorPaula Gamache
ORANGYFri Oct 13, 1995Like ocherCharles E. Gersch
OUTBUYSat Feb 4, 1995Purchase more thanManny Nosowsky
PAULHARVEYFri May 28, 1999"Good day" wisherJoe DiPietro
PELIASSat Sep 7, 1996King who sent Jason for the Golden FleeceB. White
PETULIAFri Oct 14, 20111968 Julie Christie movie set in San FranciscoCaleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Class
PLAGIARISTFri Sep 8, 2006Copier, of sortsLisa Bunker
REHEELINGSat Nov 22, 2003Cobbler's jobRobert H. Wolfe
SARAHPALINThu Apr 7, 2016Onetime debater with Joe BidenJohn Lieb
SHODDIESTSun Aug 10, 1997Most likely to collapseNancy Nicholson Joline
SOYDOGWed Apr 19, 2023Vegan cookout optionJoe Deeney
STAGEACTThu Sep 28, 2023Talent show performance, sayRicky Cruz
STEPSUPONESGAMETue Oct 25, 2022Improves to meet a challenge ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled lettersAshleigh Silveira and Nick Shephard
TERMINGFri Dec 9, 2016Giving a nameDavid Phillips
THIRDCLASSWed May 2, 2012Low-qualityPaula Gamache
UNDERCOVERFBIAGENTSun Apr 8, 200723-Across or 19-Down?Byron Walden
UNFAIRLYFri Jul 15, 1994One way to get the blameA.J. Santora
WELLDRILLTue Oct 1, 2019Device for tapping groundwaterErik Agard
WOOSNAMWed Jan 25, 2012Ian who won the 1991 MastersGareth Bain
ZOOMEDALONGTue Oct 4, 2022Kept moving quicklyJoe Deeney
ZUMAFri May 17, 2013Jacob ___, South African president beginning in 2009Josh Knapp
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