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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 50,012 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
ADCOUNCILSat Jun 1, 2019Group working on P.S.A. campaignsAri Richter
BIGFOOTSThu Dec 17, 1998Yeti-like creaturesDavid J. Kahn
BLUEHOLESSun Feb 16, 2025Deep, dark ocean cavernsJohn Kugelman
BRONZEMEDALLISTSat Jul 22, 2006Brit who gets an award for showing?Robert H. Wolfe
BUNGHOLESThu Oct 27, 1994Cask openingsFred Piscop
CALIFORNIASUITEWed Aug 8, 2001Neil Simon four-skit comedy ... or an apt title for this puzzleSam Bellotto Jr.
COIFFURESun Mar 19, 2006DoMichael Shteyman
CRIBBAGEMARKERThu Sep 24, 2020Pea, e.g.Trenton Charlson
DEVILFISHMon Oct 10, 2016Undersea animal with a monstrous namePatrick Merrell
DIRECTLINKSat Jan 8, 2005Nonstop connectionDavid Levinson Wilk
DIRTBIKESTue Jul 22, 2014Off-road two-wheelersJoel Fagliano
FILMIERSat Aug 22, 1998More delicateDavid J. Kahn
FRUITLESSWed Jan 30, 2019Unproductive ... or, literally, a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred cluesEmily Carroll
GANGSTERRAPWed Dec 6, 2006Hip-hop subgenreLevi Denham
GSTARSun Apr 24, 2011Our sun's typeCaleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
HOWCANIRESISTFri May 2, 2025"Is that an amazing offer or what?"Robyn Weintraub
JUMPUPANDDOWNThu Jul 29, 2004"Simon says pretend you're on a trampoline"Patrick Merrell
LABOURCANDIDATEMon Sep 4, 1995British runnerRichard Thomas
LARGEPIZZAMon May 31, 2021Circular food item that may come in a 16" square boxMichael Lieberman
LASTMONTHSun Sep 11, 2022A few weeks ago, probablyDerrick Niederman
MAYFIRSTSun Dec 8, 2002Noted parade dayPeter Gordon
NATKINGCOLEMon Dec 5, 2011"Ramblin' Rose" singer, 1962Kenneth J. Berniker
NEWDEALERSun May 2, 2021Supporter of Roosevelt's agendaDan Schoenholz
NORTHSOUTHSun Jun 3, 2001How some interstates runBob Peoples and Nancy Salomon
OMIGODThu Aug 22, 2019Often-abbreviated outburstEmily Carroll
ONESKIThu Feb 16, 2023A daredevil may hit the slopes with itKevin Patterson
OPENSWIDESat Apr 7, 2018Prepares for a drill?Mark Diehl
PEONESSun Jul 25, 1999Bullfight attendantsCharles M. Deber
PICTUREGALLERYSun May 8, 2005Hanging site [Buick]Jim Page
PIGMENTThu Jan 12, 2023Something cephalopods control for camouflageGrant Thackray
PINELLASSun May 13, 2001___ Park, Fla.Nancy Nicholson Joline
ROOTLESSMon Sep 4, 2023Forever wanderingTom Pepper and Zhouqin Burnikel
SIDETRACKSFri Jan 24, 2020DivertsScott Earl
SPANDRELSSat Jun 20, 2015Architectural features above archesKyle T. Dolan
STEEPSIDEDFri Oct 16, 1998Like cliffsMartin Ashwood-Smith
SYRETTESFri Mar 3, 1995Medicine injectorsChuck Deodene
TRELLISESThu Aug 13, 1998Lattices around an island?A. J. Santora
VCMONEYSat Aug 31, 2024Some start-up funding, in briefSam Ezersky
WHATSOPERADOCThu Apr 25, 2013Classic cartoon in which "Kill da wabbit" is sung to a Wagner tuneJeffrey Wechsler
YEAHDUDESat Nov 18, 2017"Sure thing, bro!"Sam Trabucco
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