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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 50,381 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
ABSOLUTISMFri Aug 19, 2011Moral theory that doesn't allow for shades of grayPatrick Berry
ALABAMABORDERTue Aug 4, 2009The Chattahoochee River forms part of itAlan Arbesfeld
ALDRINSSat Jan 20, 1996InsecticidesF. Longo
AWAKENINGFri Feb 9, 2007RealizationEric Berlin
BEEKEEPERSTue May 17, 2022Hive mindersRichard D. Allen
BEERGROWLERTue Apr 20, 2021Brewery jugAdam Wagner
BRUTALITIESFri Jan 3, 2020Savage actsWill Treece
BUBBLERSat Nov 17, 2007Drinking fountainBrad Wilber
CASHESSat Aug 3, 2002Takes one's profits, with "in"Patrick Berry
CATLIKEREFLEXESSat Jan 21, 2017They result in very fast response timesJames Mulhern
COCOONEDFri Jul 22, 2005Wrapped tightlyElizabeth C. Gorski
COOSBAYFri Aug 12, 2005Harbor town in OregonManny Nosowsky
COYPUSun Feb 22, 1998South American rodentFred Piscop
DESPICABLEMESun Oct 14, 20122010 movie with a plot to steal the moonTodd Gross
ESARSun Jul 28, 1996Comic dictionary compiler EvanN. S. Wizer
GARBAGEPAILKIDSWed Apr 22, 1998Line of collectible 1980's cardsBrendan Emmett Quigley
GODBEThu Aug 14, 2008"___ with you" (parting words)Damon J. Gulczynski
GRINNINGFri May 2, 2014Looking sheepish, sayBrendan Emmett Quigley
GUERILLAWARFAREMon Aug 1, 2022Tactic employed by the VietcongGarrett Chalfin
HITPIECESSat Feb 1, 2025Attacks in the pressKate Chin Park and Rafael Musa
HULLABALLOOSat Apr 15, 2006StinkBob Peoples
INVETERATEThu Jul 14, 1994Dyed-in-the-woolDaniel R. Stark
JAWASThu Aug 27, 2020Scavengers on Luke Skywalker's home planetNancy Stark and Will Nediger
JUMPERSThu Jul 25, 2019Some basketball shots ... and the theme of this puzzleErik Agard and Andy Kravis
MARKANTONYTue Oct 17, 2017Cleopatra's loverJeff Chen
MEANTTHEWORLDTOTue Jul 25, 2017Was loved byAlex Vratsanos
PASTMASTERSFri Oct 17, 2008People of much experiencePatrick Berry
PEACETOWERFri Apr 26, 2019Ottawa landmark completed just after W.W. IKyle Dolan
PELVICMon Nov 14, 2011Relating to the lower part of the upper bodyMark Feldman
PIQUETTue Apr 27, 2004Card game for twoJanet R. Bender
POCKETPASSERSun Dec 29, 2013Well-protected, nonrunning quarterbackJoel Fagliano
POROSITIESFri Mar 11, 1994Hollowness ratiosA.J. Santora
QUIETCARTue Jul 4, 2023"Library-like" section of an Amtrak trainBarbara Lin
RIGOROUSFri May 28, 2004DisciplinedManny Nosowsky
SIZESEVENSun Dec 31, 2000It's smallish, dresswiseElizabeth C. Gorski
TAPDANCESSat Dec 8, 2018Really clicks with a partner, say?Trenton Charlson and David Steinberg
THEMEANINGOFLIFETue May 14, 2019What the computer Deep Thought was programmed to figure out in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"Damon Gulczynski
WEAKLINKSThu Nov 10, 2011Vulnerable partsTim Croce
WINNERSFri Oct 13, 2000People in circles?Joe DiPietro
YOULOSTMEMon Dec 29, 2014*"Wait, wait ... go back"Peter A. Collins
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