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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 50,381 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
ACTIONITEMSSun May 13, 2018Good name for an extreme sports dating site?Neville Fogarty and Erik Agard
BACKEDSat Oct 31, 2020PatronizedStella Zawistowski
BACKSAWSun Jun 2, 2024Cutting tool with a reinforced spineLuke K. Schreiber
BADBLOODWed Feb 17, 2010EnmityElizabeth A. Long
BADTERMSMon Jun 21, 1999No longer speaking, after "on"Gregory E. Paul
BROADSWORDSun Aug 16, 1998Excalibur, e.g.Brendan Emmett Quigley
CASUALTYFri Nov 15, 1996Kind of insuranceR. Norris
CHROMIUMFri Jul 30, 2004Major export of Albania and South AfricaManny Nosowsky
CLOTHDIAPERTue May 31, 2022Alternative to Huggies or LuvsSam Buchbinder and Brad Wilber
DEFANGSFri May 13, 2011Takes the bite out of?Joe Krozel
DEMONSTRATEFri Nov 27, 2009March, sayEd Sessa
DRIFTAPARTSun Aug 2, 2015Lose that loving feelingMatt Ginsberg
DUMBLEDORESat Aug 23, 2008Headmaster of literatureNatan Last
EQUALPAYFri Nov 12, 2021Focus of the 2009 Lilly Ledbetter actPatrick John Duggan
GENDERSTUDIESSat Jul 28, 2018Modern college majorNatan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
GENERALCOUNSELSun Mar 14, 2004Military adviser's other job?Craig Kasper
HIGHSPIRITSThu Aug 4, 2022GaietyElla Dershowitz
HITBACKFri Mar 1, 2019RetaliateZhouqin Burnikel
HOMERINGSun May 16, 2004Making a big hitPatrick Berry
IDIDWHATFri Sep 3, 2010Question the morning afterJohn Farmer
JANVANEYCKTue Aug 20, 200215th-century Flemish painterBob Peoples
JONGGSat Jul 17, 2010End of a tile game's nameMark Diehl
MAJOREDINMon Oct 29, 2007Studied primarily, at collegeFred Piscop
MATCHALATTEFri Feb 24, 2023Green cappuccino alternativeMargaret Seikel and Sophia Maymudes
NONPUBLICSat Apr 22, 2023PrivateByron Walden
OCCULTISMSat Jan 21, 2012KabbalahMartin Ashwood-Smith
ODIOUSLYSat Oct 20, 2007In a despicable wayPatrick Berry
PANTSROLESun Dec 18, 2022Term for a male opera character played by a womanRyan McCarty
PUBLSun Sep 2, 2001Not pvt.Manny Nosowsky
RIGVEDASat Jan 30, 2016Ancient collection of Sanskrit hymnsSamuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber
RIORDANSat Feb 4, 1995Mayor Richard of Los AngelesManny Nosowsky
SMELTERYMon Sep 12, 1994Place of refinementSidney L. Robbins
STATEFARMSFri Mar 9, 2007Communist collectivesRandolph Ross
STEVEKERRWed Aug 11, 2021N.B.A. great with five championship rings as a player and three as a head coachJoe DiPietro
TABLESCRAPFri Oct 26, 2018It might go to the dogsEvan Kalish
TOWNCLERKSSat Jul 30, 2011Officials who may issue licensesPatrick Berry
TURNTWOMon May 11, 2020Complete a double play, in baseball slangRoss Trudeau
UNITARIANCHURCHSun May 31, 2009*Religious affiliation of John Adams and William Howard TaftKelsey Blakley
VOLTAGESSat Jan 24, 2009Appliance numbersMark Diehl
WAGEGAPSFri May 2, 2025Concerns of the Paycheck Fairness ActRobyn Weintraub
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