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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 50,557 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
APARTMENTSSun Oct 22, 2006Homes, for someHarvey Estes
APPROPRIATEFri Jul 21, 1995Take, or authorize to giveMatt Gaffney
AUGUSTAMAINETue Apr 20, 2010Easternmost U.S. capitalPaula Gamache
BARBARYWed May 6, 1998North African regionRichard Hughes
BIGLOSERFri Aug 24, 2018ZeroRoland Huget
CABLEBOXESThu Apr 12, 2018TV adjuncts ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzleJules Markey
COHERENCESun Dec 5, 1999Babbler's lackJoe DiPietro
COPPERPLATETue Jun 16, 2009*Engraver's surfacePaula Gamache
ERRATAPAGESat Jan 27, 2018Extra leaf in some booksMark Diehl
FATWALLETSat May 24, 2008It's stuffed with doughCharles Barasch
GENOVESETue Jan 4, 1994Columbus, by birthDavid A. Rosen
GERMANCHOCOLATESun Nov 6, 2011SchokoladeElizabeth C. Gorski
GREENAROUNDTHEGILLSSun May 3, 1998PeakedBrendan Emmett Quigley
GYMCLASSESFri Jan 17, 2014They often precede showersKevin G. Der
IDONTDRIVEThu Aug 20, 2009Excuse given for asking for a rideElizabeth C. Gorski
JULIETTEBINOCHEFri Nov 6, 2009"The English Patient" Oscar winnerDoug Peterson
MEALYMOUTHEDMon Jun 20, 2011Inclined to mince wordsLynn Lempel
OPPONENTSSun Jun 25, 2017Bush and Gore, in 2000Jacob Stulberg
OXFORDUNIVERSITYSun Nov 3, 2013Where Margaret Thatcher studied chemistry, after 108-Across?Andy Kravis and Victor Barocas
PALEOLITHICDIETSat Mar 28, 2020Vegetables, fruits, nuts, roots and meat, classicallyErik Agard
PEGLEGGEDTue Mar 8, 1994Like Captain AhabHarvey Estes
PLOWINTOSat Oct 5, 2013Hit hard, as in an accidentByron Walden
POLISHZLOTYMon Oct 25, 2021Warsaw currencyDamon Gulczynski
POUTIERSun Sep 3, 2006Sulking moreLee Glickstein and Ben Tausig
PUTTOAVOTEThu Mar 23, 2017Settle by calling the questionSandy Ganzell
RAISINYSun Dec 17, 2006Like babaJoe DiPietro
RETROCHICSat Jan 14, 2017Back inAndrew Kingsley
RIDINSat Apr 11, 20202006 #1 Chamillionaire hit that begins "They see me rollin'"Erik Agard and Wyna Liu
SAVEAFTERREBATEWed Jan 5, 2005Ad come-on #1Michael Shteyman
SCHNOZZLESat Aug 2, 2008BeakKaren M. Tracey
SECONDCHANCESun Dec 18, 2022Opportunity to make things rightRyan McCarty
SEENINTOSun May 26, 2024InvestigatedJohn Kugelman
SOLARIZESun Dec 30, 2007Shed some light on?Elizabeth C. Gorski
STATEOFTHEUNIONFri Nov 8, 1996Noted Washington addressM. Gaffney
STUDENTLOANSSat Dec 13, 2025Some of them may be forgivenGene Louise De Vera
SUPPERCLUBMon Mar 28, 2005Site for eating and entertainmentElizabeth Babikan
TALKSBIGSat Feb 19, 2005BlustersBrad Wilber
TAUTOUSun Dec 24, 2017Actress Audrey of "Amélie"Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
THRUSTSSun Sep 7, 2025Pushes with forceDerrick Niederman
TOPHITSat Nov 21, 2020Finale of a radio countdownSam Ezersky
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