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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 50,685 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
ALLDRESSEDUPThu Sep 15, 2005In one's Sunday finestFrank Longo
BIGOOFSun Apr 2, 2023Embarrassing fail, in modern lingoJeremy Newton and Tracy Gray
BLACKLICORICESun Dec 11, 2016Food that was called 53-Across before Twizzlers and the likeTom McCoy
BLONDEBOMBSHELLMon Mar 22, 1999Jean Harlow, e.g.Gregory E. Paul
COLONELSUNFri Oct 7, 1994007 thriller by Robert MarkhamBryant White
COMEDOWNWITHSun Sep 14, 1997ContractFrank Longo
COPPERMINEFri Nov 13, 2009Bingham Canyon operationDana Motley
CURRIESSat Jul 27, 2002Indian restaurant menu subheadingRobert H. Wolfe
DRYSPELLSun Apr 12, 2015DroughtJeff Chen
EXPANDEDROLEMon Mar 21, 2022Greater responsibility, often as part of a promotionJohn Ewbank and Jeff Chen
FACINGADEADLINESun Oct 23, 2016Under the 29-AcrossEllen Leuschner and Jeff Chen
FAKEMEATSFri Apr 9, 2021Impossible Foods productsJamey Smith
FASHIONPLATESTue Aug 25, 1998ClotheshorsesRandy Sowell
FRAGGLESat Aug 4, 2001"___ Rock" (Muppet show)Randolph Ross
GOOGLESEARCHSat Oct 2, 2010Producer of hitsBarry C. Silk
HAIRYCHESTWed Jun 17, 1998Symbol of virilityElizabeth C. Gorski
HERSHELThu Apr 21, 2016___ Greene, character on "The Walking Dead"Alex Bajcz
HOTISSUESWed Mar 27, 2013Stocks in great demandDavid J. Kahn
JAYSONSun Aug 17, 2025Many-time N.B.A. All-Star TatumAmsay Ezersky
JUNOPROBEThu Jun 6, 2019NASA spacecraft orbiting JupiterFred Piscop
KILEYFri Dec 30, 2016Richard who won a Tony for playing Don QuixotePatrick Berry
LANGELLAThu Aug 20, 2009Tony-winning "Frost/Nixon" actorElizabeth C. Gorski
LOTOFThu May 12, 2005Scads, after "a"Manny Nosowsky
MIDNIGHTEXPRESSTue Jun 25, 19961978 movie scripted by Oliver StoneRandall J. Hartman
OFFDUTYCOPSSun Jun 25, 2006Ones with guns put awayJim Page
OLDANTIQUESSun Nov 13, 1994Collectibles?Frank A. Longo
PLAYEDMINDGAMESFri Aug 16, 2024Was psychologically manipulativeKate Hawkins
PULLTHELEVERMon Feb 7, 2005Slots instructionGordon Seaberg
REBURNFri Feb 27, 2009Co-firing technique used to reduce pollution from electrical power plantsJoe DiPietro
ROBTHECRADLEThu Apr 6, 1995Take an overly young brideLois Sidway
SALTSPRAYFri Jun 26, 2015Product that puts waves in the hairErin Rhode
SCUTTLESSat Mar 8, 2008Deep-sixesBrad Wilber
SLASHPINEFri Jul 11, 1997Turpentine sourceBob Klahn
SLATETILESun Oct 20, 2013Expensive patio materialElizabeth C. Gorski
SOCIALCLIMBERFri Dec 25, 2009A-list wannabePaula Gamache
SOFTDRINKSun Dec 26, 2021Pop flyChristina Iverson
TRUSTEXERCISEFri Nov 20, 2020Common activity in couples therapyKameron Austin Collins
UTTERTRIPESat Jun 17, 2006ApplesauceRobert H. Wolfe
WWJDSat Apr 25, 2020Christian bracelet lettersAndrew J. Ries
ZEROFEETSun Aug 17, 2003Low visibility figureElizabeth C. Gorski
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