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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 50,684 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
ADVENTURERSSun Aug 22, 2021Explorers of the UNTRAVERSEDStephen McCarthy
AIDANDABETThu Mar 31, 2016Double back?Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen
AWAFTWed Nov 8, 1995FloatingGlenn E. Sykes
BXQWed Mar 19, 1997Diagonal chess captureTrip Payne
COROUTINESat Nov 4, 1995Computer program segmentFrank A. Longo
DATAFORMATFri Jun 11, 2021Computer file arrangementMatthew Stock
DIRECTSUNLIGHTTue Oct 27, 2015Vampire's bane #2Kurt Mueller
DRAWINGCARDSun Apr 4, 2010*LureBob Klahn
DROPSDEADFri Dec 19, 2025Suddenly kicks the bucketHemant Mehta
ERGONOMICSFri Aug 16, 2013Means of reducing worker fatigueDana Motley
FALSESTARTSWed Apr 19, 2006Reasons to begin a race over and a hint to 17-, 25-, 39- and 49-AcrossLee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
GUNBOATSat Dec 17, 1994PT 109, e.g.Chuck Deodene
HODAKOTBFri Oct 20, 2017"Today" co-host beginning in 2007Peter Wentz
HUGMETIGHTFri Aug 31, 2007Short, close-fitting jacketPaula Gamache
INATANGLESat Jul 9, 2022SnarledKevin G. Der
INCONSOLABLYWed Oct 19, 2022"What do you mean there are no PlayStations left in stock?" asked Tom ___Ryan Patrick Smith
JEDISTARFIGHTERWed Jun 6, 2012Lucasfilm aircraftGary Cee
JUMPSFROMSun Feb 29, 2004Has ever-changing loyaltiesPatrick Merrell
LABELLESSun Jun 23, 1996Singer Patti et al.F. Hansen
LIMEWEDGEFri Apr 23, 2021Garnish for a Moscow muleRobyn Weintraub
MULCTFri Jun 5, 1998SwindleManny Nosowsky
NOSEAROUNDMon Feb 11, 2008SnoopKen Bessette
PARTYGIRLSMon Jul 8, 2019*Sorority types who go out a lotNed White
PERIWIGSFri Mar 4, 2016Dandy headpiecesEvans Clinchy
PLEISTOCENESat Nov 7, 2015When modern humans developedBarry C. Silk
POPWARNERThu Nov 21, 2024Eponymous youth sports organization, the largest of its kind in the U.S.Katie Hoody
REDLOBSTERFri Aug 20, 1999Popular restaurantManny Nosowsky
RESETBUTTONThu Nov 6, 2003Bowling lane featureJoe DiPietro
RICESEEDSTue Jan 19, 2016They get the paddy startedByron Walden
RINGPOPSMon Jun 18, 2018Candy suckers in the form of jewelryRoss Trudeau
SAWFLYMon Sep 30, 1996Relative of the waspF. Piscop
SCREWBACKSat Jan 26, 2013Kind of earring requiring twistingRaymond C. Young
STEARINSSat Oct 29, 1994Candle-wax compoundsFrank A. Longo
TANKTOPSMon Jul 23, 2007Sleeveless shirtsRandall J. Hartman
TEDYTue Aug 9, 2016Former New England Patriot Bruschi whose name is a bear to pronounce?Andrea Carla Michaels
UNCLETOMSCABINMon Jan 2, 20061852 bookLinda Schechet Tucker
UNUSESun Sep 4, 2016NeglectTom McCoy
VESCOSat Mar 25, 2000Fugitive financier since the early 70'sDavid J. Kahn
WOBEGONSat Oct 28, 2006Lake in Mist County, Minn.David Quarfoot
YOUJESTFri Dec 18, 2009"C'mon, that can't be true!"Brendan Emmett Quigley
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