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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 50,361 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
ASHREWSun Apr 10, 1994"Every man... can tame ____ but he that hath her": BurtonTrip Payne
ASPIREDTOSun Aug 6, 2017Ambitiously soughtPatrick Berry
ATOUCHOFTHEPOETTue Oct 10, 2000Play starring 62-Across, 1958Frances Hansen
CABSTANDSMon Nov 14, 2005Where to get taxisMarjorie Berg
COLLARDGREENSTue Jun 23, 1998Leafy dishRich Norris
CREDITCRUNCHMon May 18, 2009Lending crisisBillie Truitt
CYLINDERTue Jan 21, 2025Piece of blackboard chalk, geometricallyDan Caprera
DANGEROUSCURVESFri Jan 13, 2012What twisty arrows warn drivers ofTodd Gross and Doug Peterson
DELOREANWed Feb 22, 2012"Back to the Future" transportKaren Young Bonin
DOGTREATSSun May 22, 2022Rewards for staying, maybeDavid and Karen and Paul Steinberg
EXCAVATIONSITESTue Jun 6, 2006Things with 73-AcrossBarry C. Silk
FEVERISHSat Sep 21, 2013SuperexcitedTim Croce
FRENCHHORNWed Jun 21, 2006Mellow brassBarry C. Silk
GOBYSEASat Dec 31, 2005SailRobert H. Wolfe
HAZARDPAYWed Mar 31, 2004Bomb squad's compensation, sayRandy Sowell
HOTNUMBERThu Jan 1, 2004Sexy personRichard Silvestri
ILLUSORYFri Nov 18, 2005Not for realManny Nosowsky
IMRISun Jan 16, 1994Son of Bani, in the BibleErnst Theimer
IWONTASKFri Aug 12, 2022"Clearly, you'd like me to leave that topic alone"Trent H. Evans
JACKRABBITSTARTThu Jul 11, 1996Sudden accelerationDavid J. Kahn
JEBSTUARTThu Sep 30, 1999Battle of Bull Run generalMatt Gaffney
MANDOLINSFri Dec 14, 2001Some trattoria musicBrendan Emmett Quigley
MERCENARYSun May 17, 2009Perfect job for Warren?Oliver Hill
MICHELEBACHMANNFri Aug 30, 2013First female candidate to win the Ames Straw PollDavid Steinberg
MIDDLENAMETue Oct 18, 2016What 50-Across is ... or a clue to 17-, 29-, 35- and 45-AcrossMary Lou Guizzo
MTSNOWSat Jun 11, 2011Vt. ski resortGary Cee
OBSCENELYSat Feb 8, 2020To an excessive degreeHemant Mehta
PEEPINGThu Dec 4, 1997Taking a glimpseEileen Lexau
PIDDLETue Jul 6, 1999Fritter (away)Arthur P. Stoliar
QUIDDESat Jun 14, 19971927 Peace Nobelist LudwigA. J. Santora
RELEASEWAIVERSat Jan 20, 2018Paper signed before filming beginsAlex Vratsanos
SCISSORSKICKMon Dec 19, 2022Part of a swimmer's sidestrokeJennifer Nutt
SHRINKINGVIOLETTue Sep 11, 2018Shy sortTimothy Polin
THEHUMANTORNADOSun Apr 16, 20171976 blaxploitation film that was a sequel to "Dolemite"Timothy Polin
THEWARONDRUGSSat Aug 21, 2021Program that a 2011 global commission officially declared a failure, 40 years after its launchJoseph Greenbaum
TIMETOGETUPThu Aug 3, 2006Reveille message or a possible title for this puzzleNancy Salomon
TIPPLESSun Oct 8, 2006Has a fewFred Piscop
TRUSTYSIDEKICKSun Dec 2, 2007Reliable Suzuki?Seth A. Abel
UNMANAGEDFri Oct 6, 1995Laissez-faireRich Norris
WHITEGLOVESSun Dec 14, 2014Some queenly attireJim Peredo
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