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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 50,859 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
ACLUBSat May 8, 2004"Not with ___ the heart is broken": Emily DickinsonBob Peoples
AVERSIVESat Jun 26, 1999AntipatheticalJohn Wolting
BAGCHECKTue Dec 16, 2025Last stop before security, oftenJason Reich
COMPOUNDWTue Jan 28, 2020"The wart stops here" sloganeerTrenton Charlson
EASTWARDSFri Sep 20, 2002Like 1990's NATO expansionKevin Hagen
EBERTSSun Jan 24, 2010"Roger ___ Book of Film"David Kwong and Kevan Choset
FACEWASHWed Apr 30, 2025Bottleful that might 6-Down/32-Down?Adam Vincent
FORGINGAHEADSun May 7, 2000Doing counterfeit sculpture?Patrick D. Berry
FREEZEDRIEDWed May 7, 2003Preserved, in a wayAlan Arbesfeld
HEMOGLOBINWed Feb 7, 2024Substance that makes blood redDaniel Mauer
HOMEMADEBREADSat Nov 30, 2024End result of a starterOliver Goodridge and Juan Garavito
INURETOThu Dec 1, 2022Desensitize against through experienceDaniel Mauer
JAMESKIRKTue Jul 21, 2015TV/movie lead character whose middle name is TiberiusDavid Phillips
LIMITEDEDITIONSTue Oct 28, 1997Bibliophile's treasuresBernice Gordon
LOOKINGATSun Jan 30, 2005Eying [white]Derrick Niederman
LOSEONESMARBLESFri Mar 28, 2014Go madDavid J. Kahn
MACERSMon Aug 20, 2001Mugging retaliators, maybeSherry O. Blackard
MISCUTSun Apr 12, 2026Trading card errorLance Enfinger and John Kugelman
MULLAHSThu Jul 30, 2015Muslim V.I.P.sBrendan Emmett Quigley
NEEDLESSTOSAYSun Apr 18, 2021"As you can imagine ..."Johan Vass
NICEGUYSSun Oct 22, 1995Proverbial last-place finishersMatt Gaffney
NOARMSMon Nov 27, 1995Feature of the Venus de MiloGregory E. Paul
ONTHEUPSat Oct 7, 2017Improving, in BritspeakByron Walden
OURMANFLINTSat Sep 11, 20041966 James Bond spoofByron Walden
OUTPLAYSat Jun 20, 2020Word in the "Survivor" mottoStella Zawistowski
PIVOTEDThu Mar 3, 1994SwiveledRichard Silvestri
POWERSUITSSat Nov 28, 2020'80s work wear with shoulder padsNam Jin Yoon
PROCLAIMEDThu Feb 28, 2013Declared publiclyJoe Krozel
RIGHTONRIGHTONSat Feb 18, 2023"Ni-i-ice!"Kameron Austin Collins
SACAGAWEASun Feb 6, 2005$1Joel Kaplow
SLALOMINGSun Jul 10, 2005Zigzag activityCon Pederson
SOUTHERNACCENTSat Dec 11, 2010What a Yankee is unlikely to havePaula Gamache
SUPERBOWLXXXWed Nov 6, 2019Contest in which the Cowboys beat the Steelers 27-17Ross Trudeau
SURVIVORMon Jul 8, 2013Reality show in which contestants get "voted off the island"Randy Sowell
SWORDDANCESun May 10, 2020Scottish tradition before battleAdam Fromm
TORCHERSun Jun 7, 1998ArsonistRandolph Ross
TWINCITYWed Oct 8, 1997St. Paul, for oneGilbert H. Ludwig
UNFIXFri Mar 24, 2000DetachManny Nosowsky
WARCLOUDSun Mar 20, 2011First horse to compete in all three Triple Crown racesBrendan Emmett Quigley
WHILESAWAYSat Jun 22, 2019Passes idlyJoe Deeney
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