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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 50,260 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
AFRICANSWALLOWSTue Sep 13, 2005"Monty Python" birdsStella Daily and Bruce Venzke
ANOTHERTIMESat Oct 5, 1996"Later"T. Payne
ANTICOLONIALISTSat Sep 23, 2023Like the writing of Chinua Achebe and Mahatma GandhiRobert Charlton
ASSOILSun Feb 5, 1995Pardon, onceFrank A. Longo
BANKACCOUNTThu Jul 18, 1996Noted Swiss itemW. R. Williams
BILLYGOATSGRUFFMon Aug 20, 2007Grass-eating trioLynn Lempel
CHILOESun Jun 23, 1996Island off the west coast of South AmericaF. Hansen
CONCLUSIVEPROOFTue Jun 4, 2019It settles a caseJake Halperin
EMILYSLISTTue Oct 19, 2021*Prominent left-leaning political action committeeRoss Trudeau
ERGONOMICCHAIRFri Aug 17, 2001Best seat in the house?Elizabeth C. Gorski
EVERCLEARSat Aug 8, 199890's band with the hit "I Will Buy You a New Life"Trip Payne
FARSIGHTEDSun Oct 19, 2003The estate planner was ...Nancy Nicholson Joline
FRONTAXLESSat Sep 15, 2007Steering system componentsBrad Wilber
GOLDENRATIOThu May 5, 2022Numerical constant associated with [the circled letters]Adam Wagner
HAILFROMTue Sep 26, 1995Are residents ofBob Klahn & Raymond Hamel
HAVEONSun May 3, 2009WearCaleb Madison
HAYDNSYMPHONIESWed Jul 19, 1995What this puzzle's numbers refer toNancy S. Ross
HEIMLICHThu Jun 17, 2010Eponymous doctor with a maneuverCorey Rubin
KIDDYWed Feb 9, 2011Kind of pool or rideVictor Barocas
LANDMASSSun Aug 3, 2008Australia, e.g.Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel
LIAISONSSun May 21, 2006TrystsAshish Vengsarkar
LOAMSOILWed Aug 26, 2015Planter's bagfulIan Livengood
LOWCARDSat May 3, 1997Deuce, e.g.Rich Norris
MAKEUPTESTMon Aug 13, 2012What this crossword is, in a way?Gareth Bain
ONEPOTATOTWOPOTATOThu Apr 13, 2017Start of a counting rhymeMichael Shteyman
OPTIWed Mar 29, 2017___-Free (contact lens solution)Jules P. Markey
PARKSODAMSun Oct 16, 2022Actress who played "Jessica" in "Parasite"Paolo Pasco
PATENTEEThu Jun 26, 2025Bell for the telephone, for oneSimeon Seigel
PRYAWAYFri Apr 10, 2020Extricate with leverageByron Walden
RACEWALKSFri Jan 13, 2023Takes steps to compete?Brad Wiegmann
RAPTUROUSFri Jan 26, 1996Carried awayM. Nosowsky
SACKRACESFri Feb 1, 2013They make people jump at picnicsJosh Knapp
SHRUGOFFWed Nov 10, 1999Dismiss disdainfullyJoan Yanofsky
SPANISHTUTORIALThu Sep 10, 2020Exercise before a trip to Latin America, say [Sixth]David J. Kahn
STOPMAKINGSENSEFri Mar 20, 20091984 Talking Heads concert film and hit albumDavid Levinson Wilk
SUGARMOMMAThu Aug 29, 2024Spouse to a trophy husband, perhapsSimeon Seigel
SWASHBUCKLERWed Apr 21, 1999Errol Flynn kind of roleMary E. Brindamour
TRACESTOFri Apr 3, 2020Determines as the sourceJoe Deeney
WITTSFri Jan 10, 2003Olympian Katarina et al.Manny Nosowsky
ZIGZAGSSat Dec 4, 1999Irregular coursesRich Norris
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