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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 50,246 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
AFONDTue Jan 9, 2001"I bid you ___ farewell"Nick Grivas
ASICESat Aug 16, 1997"Cold ___" (Foreigner hit)Matt Gaffney
ATTACHEDTOThu Mar 2, 2017Really quite taken withPeter Gordon
BADHABITThu Feb 2, 2006Snuff, for someByron Walden
BARTERERSThu Nov 4, 2004Trade association?Elizabeth C. Gorski
BIGGERTHOMASSun Sep 29, 2002Native SonRandolph Ross
BREAKSOUTSat Mar 27, 2021Soars to successMichael Hawkins
CDVISun Jun 6, 2010Year Attila the Hun was bornDaniel A. Finan
CREDITWORTHYThu Jun 1, 2023Reliable, to a lenderDavid and Karen and Paul Steinberg
DELIVERYSERVICEMon Oct 4, 2021FedEx or DHLChristina Iverson and Andrea Carla Michaels
EUPHRATESTue Nov 10, 2015River to the TigrisWill Treece
FIREHOSESFri Jul 18, 2014Things that wind up on trucksIan Livengood
FOLLOWYOURBLISSMon Nov 25, 2024*Advice to someone seeking happinessDena R. Witkes
ICECOLDBEERHEREFri Sep 15, 2023Draft announcement?David A. Rubin and Lee Demertzis
INAPENFri Jun 19, 2015CorralledMartin Ashwood-Smith
INDUEDFri Apr 26, 1996Provided: Var.W. Johnson
INEEDALIFTFri Nov 29, 2019"My car's out of commission"Sam Buchbinder
INTERNALDRIVEWed Dec 31, 2014*Essential feature of a PCDavid Woolf
JAMBOREESat Mar 19, 1994BashManny Nosowsky
JUNTOThu Apr 11, 1996CabalR. Hamel
KEVINCOSTNERTue Dec 31, 200235-Across in 1994Gene Newman
KIDDYWed Feb 9, 2011Kind of pool or rideVictor Barocas
KNOWTHEDRILLSun Feb 25, 2024I visited a dentist and now I …Scott Hogan and Katie Hale
MANUTESun Apr 25, 1999Basketball's ___ BolJoe DiPietro
MTMCKINLEYThu Aug 6, 1998It was first climbed in 1913Fran and Lou Sabin
NOMATCHSat Sep 16, 2006Hardly a worthy competitorMichael Shteyman
OILRIGGERThu Mar 27, 2003Nicholson role in "Five Easy Pieces"David J. Kahn
ONESTEPATATIMEFri Sep 23, 2022Not in bounds?Erik Agard
PAYASYOUGOSat Oct 8, 2016Type of mobile phone planJulian Lim
PAYROLLSSun Jun 21, 2009Employers must meet themMatt Ginsberg and Pete Muller
REMASTERSWed Apr 3, 2019Enhances, as an original recordingRoss Trudeau
RETRADESat Apr 19, 2003Not keep in the bargainManny Nosowsky
SHORTRIBSat May 18, 2019Often-braised cut of beefAndy Kravis and Erik Agard
SLEEPINGINSat Jan 28, 2023Still not up, sayKevin Christian
SWORDHILTWed Apr 2, 2014Weapon part that's out of this world?David Levinson Wilk
TABLATURESFri Jul 1, 2011Sheet music notationsChris A. McGlothlin
TICKLETHEIVORIESSun Jul 5, 2020Play piano, informallyLaura Taylor Kinnel
TOWHEEZESun Aug 21, 1994Allergy victim's fateTed Fulton
TREELOTWed Oct 8, 2025Place to buy a fir at ChristmasDaniel Trujillo Diaz
TRUKThu Jan 26, 2012W.W. II Pacific battle siteAlan Arbesfeld
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