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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 50,980 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
ANIMALCROSSINGWed Oct 2, 2024Nintendo video game series suggested by every answer running through this one?Luke K. Schreiber
ANIMUSESSat Dec 22, 2007HostilitiesHarvey Estes
BRINEDFri Dec 1, 1995Pickled, in a wayManny Nosowsky
BUNDSFri Apr 26, 1996Political societiesW. Johnson
CAESURAESat Sep 18, 1999Prosodic pausesJoe DiPietro
CESARSThu Oct 5, 1995French OscarsChristopher Page
CHIRASHIFri Dec 10, 2021Japanese dish of raw fish and vegetables over riceJoe DiPietro
CLUBFACESun Nov 26, 2000Part of a driver, e.g.Patrick Berry
CRANEOPERATORWed Jul 24, 2024Professional who might expect to do well with a 35-Across?Shaun Phillips
CRAPOUTSat Mar 16, 2019Lose at a gaming tableAndrew J. Ries
CREOSOTEDSun Jul 10, 2016Treated with a preservative, as telephone polesPatrick Berry
DIAGONALPARKINGWed Apr 21, 2010Easy way of pulling in ... and a hint to the six circled wordsPeter A. Collins
FAITHHILLSun Jan 13, 2019Country singer with the #1 albums "Breathe" and "Cry"Andy Kravis
FOXTVSat Aug 24, 2019"Family Guy" airerSam Ezersky
FREIGHTTRAINSFri Jun 24, 2016They're good for the long haulPatrick Berry
GLADIOLUSSat Oct 13, 2001Sword lilyJim Page
HIGHEREDThu Sep 26, 2013Colleges and universities, informallyTom Pepper and Victor Barocas
HONGKONGSat Feb 5, 1994City at the mouth of the Pearl RiverRand H. Burns
ILLTURNTHISCARAROUNDSun Sep 18, 2022Mechanic's go-to parenting phrase?Katie Hale
INSOLENTLYFri Jun 10, 2022With sauceBlake Slonecker
IWILLNOTSat Nov 2, 2019Emphatic refusalPaolo Pasco and Erik Agard
KEEPSCUTTINGOUTSun Aug 4, 2013The jigsaw ...Steven Ginzburg
KNOWBYNAMEMon Jan 11, 2016Be familiar with without having metHoward Barkin
NBALOGOSat Nov 28, 2015It features the silhouette of hoops legend Jerry WestNed White
ODDMENTSun Jun 26, 2016LeftoverPriscilla Clark and Jeff Chen
OVERSEENSat Jan 17, 2004DirectedPatrick Berry
PAMPASCATSat Nov 25, 2017Striped or spotted animal named for its habitatKevin G. Der
PERSONALHISTORYFri Oct 12, 2012Caseworker's compilationMartin Ashwood-Smith
PLOWINTOSat Oct 5, 2013Hit hard, as in an accidentByron Walden
POCTue Dec 7, 2021African American or Asian American, e.g., for shortMargaret Seikel
PUMPERNICKELSun Feb 3, 2013Alternative to whiteDan Schoenholz
SCHOOLTIESSun Dec 26, 2021Form of nepotism, symbolicallyChristina Iverson
SEDATIVESat May 22, 1999Hospital administrationA. J. Santora
SOCORROThu Jan 9, 2020Texas city on the Mexican borderAlex Eaton-Salners
THEGENERALFri Nov 20, 2020Classic Buster Keaton film set in Civil War timesKameron Austin Collins
THERESAMAYFri Jan 17, 2020Head of the only government in U.K. history to be found in contempt of ParliamentRyan Patrick Smith
UNIMPRESSEDFri Nov 9, 2007Apt to say "So?"Henry Hook
VOLARSun Jan 22, 2012Relating to the palm of the handAdam Fromm
WHOOPINGITUPThu Sep 15, 2005CarousingFrank Longo
WOOLSHOPSun Feb 14, 2010Edinburgh tourist attractionMatt Ginsberg and Pete Muller
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