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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 50,259 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
ACCRUERThu Mar 15, 2007AccumulatorMichael Shteyman
ADORINGLYSat Jul 17, 1999One way to gazeRand H. Burns
ALIWONGThu Jul 3, 2025"Baby Cobra" comedianAdam Wagner
ARLBERGTue Sep 29, 1998Austrian Alpine passThomas W. Schier
BREAKINGASWEATSun Dec 2, 2018Per spirePaul Coulter
BRIDGETTue Dec 10, 2002One of the FondasJohn Underwood
CACAONIBSSat Feb 8, 2025Crunchy, chocolaty smoothie add-insAlina Abidi
CRAPGAMESTue Sep 8, 2015Casino activities with diceJacob Stulberg
CUCHIFRITOSat Feb 16, 2008Small, deep-fried pork cubeTony Orbach
DARTMOUTHFANSTue Mar 17, 1998Ivy League rooters in greenNancy Salomon and Bob Klahn
DOCTOROFLETTERSThu Jun 5, 1997Graduation day awardDavid J. Kahn
DUETIMEThu May 11, 1995Eventually, with "in"Wayne Robert Williams
EDSHEERANFri Aug 3, 2018Singer whose "Thinking Out Loud" won the 2015 Grammy for Song of the YearDavid Steinberg
ESTIMABLEThu Mar 10, 2005Worthy of respectEd Early
FORWHOMTHEBELLTOLLSSun Jan 15, 2023Tale about soldiers and treachery in southern Europe [1940, 1603]Michael Schlossberg
GLTSun Mar 27, 1994Gold in color: Abbr.Jeanette K. Brill
GOTFREESat Mar 1, 2008Broke outBrendan Emmett Quigley
GREEDOSun Jul 28, 2019Bounty hunter shot by Han Solo in "Star Wars: A New Hope"Christopher Adams
GROUSESSun Mar 5, 1995ComplainsA.J. Santora
GROWLERSun Aug 25, 1996CurR. Silvestri
HEREGOESNOTHINGThu Jan 21, 2010Daring person's cryElizabeth C. Gorski
ICEBEARSSat Sep 12, 2015Knoxville hockey squadDamon Gulczynski
IDOWHATICANSat Nov 9, 2024Modest reply to a complimentChandi Deitmer and Hoang-Kim Vu
KOOLAIDDRINKERSSat Oct 8, 2011Unquestioning adherentsTim Croce
MERIMEESat Nov 22, 2008Writer whose novella "Carmen" is the basis of Bizet's operaFrank Longo
MRRIPLEYTue Oct 30, 2018"Talented" title character portrayed by Matt DamonJules Markey
NOBACKSIESSat Aug 17, 2024"A deal's a deal!"Brandon Koppy
ONETHOUSANDADFri May 28, 1999MJoe DiPietro
OPENNOTETESTSTue Nov 22, 2022*Exams that value analysis and understanding more than rote memorizationWendy L. Brandes
PILSENERSTue Dec 14, 1993Bohemian beersJoel Davajan
POORSPORTFri Apr 3, 2015Person who just can't lose?Patrick Berry
QUICKIEFri Oct 26, 2012Rush jobPeter A. Collins
RETIREMENTAGESun Jun 21, 1998+ 43Jim Page
SCHAAPSat Mar 5, 2005"Steinbrenner!" author DickBob Peoples
SKIDROWSSun Aug 2, 2015Lush locales?Matt Ginsberg
SLEPTAROUNDSat May 16, 2015Bed-hoppedByron Walden
SOLARARRAYSat Oct 26, 2013Collection of green panelsBarry C. Silk
STEEPSLOPEMon Sep 21, 2015What a nearly vertical hill hasBruce Haight
THESHELLSEEKERSFri Feb 28, 1997Rosamunde Pilcher novel made into a TV movieBob Klahn
WELLDONEOLDCHAPMon Dec 20, 1999Compliment from a BritNancy Salomon
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