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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 50,901 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
ANTIQUARKSat Oct 5, 2019One of the two components of 5-DownTrenton Charlson
BBQJOINTFri Oct 19, 2018Place to get ribs or pulled porkTrenton Charlson
BINGEREADSun Oct 29, 2023Stay up all night finishing a book, maybe (GABARDINE)Alina Abidi
BRRRRSun Jun 4, 1995"I'm c-c-c-cold!"Bryant White
BUCKFORAPROMOTIONSun Feb 17, 2002Bargain ad rate?Joe DiPietro
CASHEWNUTSFri May 27, 2005Thai cuisine stapleManny Nosowsky
CHEESEBOXFri Mar 8, 2002Fitting container for this puzzle?David J. Kahn
CHERRYWOODMon Aug 5, 2024Expensive cabinet materialAndy Walker
DARKSTARSSat Apr 12, 2014Relatives of black holesMel Rosen
DECEPTICONFri Dec 7, 2018"Transformers" antagonistSam Trabucco
DIRTYDOGThu Nov 14, 2002ScoundrelPaula Gamache
DONTYOUSEEFri May 9, 2025"Must I spell it out further?"Willa Angel Chen Miller and Erik Agard
ELUTEDThu Apr 22, 1999Removed chemicallyDavid J. Kahn
ETCHEDINSat Nov 21, 2015Forever a part ofNatan Last
EXPOSTFACTOTue Jul 5, 2016Retroactively, at lawJules Markey
FORTYYARDDASHTue Feb 12, 2013Test at a football tryoutDan Schoenholz
FOURCYLINDERSMon Sep 29, 1997Components of some auto enginesRandy Sowell
GAVEITANOTHERGOSat May 21, 2016Got back on the horseJason Flinn
INDWELLSSun Jan 26, 1997Exists as an activating forceS. Elliott
JAZZORCHESTRASSat Nov 16, 2024Big bandsPeter Gordon
KELLSSat Jan 17, 2015Book of ___Josh Knapp
KNOWSHOWThu Aug 29, 2002Has the skillWilliam Schaub
LAUGHINGOUTLOUDMon Aug 17, 2015Bit of textspeak, unshortened ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 27- and 49-AcrossAndrea Carla Michaels
MARLBOROSSun Apr 30, 2000They were once promoted with the slogan "Ivory tips protect your lips"Cathy Millhauser
NARWALWed Feb 21, 1996Arctic whale: Var.F. & L. Sabin
NORBITThu Feb 14, 20082007 Eddie Murphy comedyDavid J. Kahn
PESSSat Apr 13, 1996Church hassock, in EnglandG. R. Ferguson
POBOXNOSun Dec 7, 2014Middle line of many an address: Abbr.Jeff Chen
PRESBYTERTue Nov 21, 1995Church elderThomas W. Schier
RATSOUTSun Jun 16, 2013BetraysMel Rosen
RELOCATEDFri Jan 12, 2018Made a moveErik Agard
ROADBEDSSat Apr 20, 1996Unpaved surfacesR. Norris
ROSETOPAZThu Oct 8, 2015Pink gemStu Ockman
SEABOATFri Feb 13, 1998CraftJim Page
SEPARABLESat Jul 11, 2009Not too tight?Karen M. Tracey
SPELLBINDMon Apr 30, 2007Entrance, as through oratoryAllan E. Parrish
TENORITESun Nov 28, 1993Copper mineralJoanne W. Edwards
THEISSSun Oct 1, 1995TV actress BrookeFrank A. Longo
THONGSONGSat Mar 12, 20222000 Sisqó hit with a rhyming titleNatan Last
YOYOSTRINGSat Jan 10, 2026Something pulled while walking the dogKameron Austin Collins
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