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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 50,247 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
ABCDAYTIMEHOSTSMon Dec 25, 2006Regis Philbin and othersAdam G. Perl
ALLERGIESThu Apr 24, 2003Scratch tests test for themPaula Gamache
ANYIDEASat Oct 22, 2022"What do you think?"Brooke Husic and Yacob Yonas
ARTHURCONANWed Mar 13, 1996First two of a mystery writerW. R. Williams
BUMPEDTue Jul 6, 2021Knocked off the scheduleKatie Hale
BYTHEBOOKThu Nov 24, 2011Not vary from proper procedureSharon Delorme
CABLESITCOMSSun Jan 15, 2012Shows that can be racier than their network counterpartsFinn Vigeland
CARDIGANSWEATERFri Dec 13, 2002Cozy winter wearBob Peoples
CASINOWORKERSun Jun 27, 2010IdealMichael J. Doran
COLORMANTue Mar 14, 1995Play-by-play announcer's partnerBob Klahn
DAYTIMERSun Apr 16, 2000Big name in personal plannersElizabeth C. Gorski
EARWARMERSat Dec 16, 2023Winter accessoryGarrett Chalfin
ELFHATSSat Jan 25, 2025Felt in the Christmas spirit?Michael Lieberman
FINESAREDOUBLEDTue Mar 27, 2007Final sign of a highway headacheLucy Gardner Anderson
FIREAXESFri Sep 8, 2017Tools for escaping the heat?Sam Trabucco
FIREWEEDFri Sep 7, 2001Growth in a recently burned clearingManny Nosowsky
HENNYYOUNGMANMon Apr 21, 2003"Take my wife ... please!" comedianRandall J. Hartman
JOCKEYBOXSat Sep 25, 1999Truck's glove compartmentDavid J. Kahn
JUSTDEALWITHITTue Sep 22, 2009"Tough!"Gail Grabowski
KREMLININCSat Jun 25, 2016Detractors' epithet for the Putin regimeKameron Austin Collins
LAMBSTEAKSat Jan 4, 2025Alternative to a chop or shankSam Ezersky
MIXINGWed May 12, 1999Table-hopping, e.g.Nancy Salomon
NOIINSISTFri Nov 22, 2024"Really, allow me!"Sarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa
PERTPLUSMon Jan 26, 2015Shampoo in a green bottleIan Livengood
RAILCARSThu May 18, 1995Locomotive's loadChuck Deodene
REPOLLSat Sep 28, 2019Get a second opinion fromAlex Eaton-Salners
RIGGEDUPSat May 7, 2011Threw togetherTim Croce
SCOTTJOPLINThu Mar 14, 2002He was in the rag tradeAlan Arbesfeld
SEALINGWAXSun Dec 27, 1998Gum predecessorRich Norris
SECEDERSat Dec 25, 1993Virginia in 1861Rand H. Burns
SHIMMYUPSun Mar 18, 2012Climb, as a ropeMike Nothnagel and Byron Walden
SILENTDISCOFri Apr 5, 2024Dance party where participants wear wireless headphonesRebecca Goldstein
SUGARMAPLESun Nov 12, 2006In a ___, there's plenty of sweet ___ to be harvestedPatrick Berry
THENAMEOFTHEROSEMon Nov 12, 2007"Floral" film of 1986 based on an Umberto Eco novelHarvey Estes
TOOHOTTOHANDLESat Jan 28, 19951960 Jayne Mansfield movieRandolph Ross
TURNABOUTISFAIRPLAYSun Apr 5, 2020Just saying?Jim Peredo
UNDERARRESTSat Jan 21, 2012Oppressed by the heat?Martin Ashwood-Smith
UNREQUITEDFri Sep 17, 2010Like some loveJonah Kagan, Brown University '13
UNSOILEDWed Jun 17, 1998PristineElizabeth C. Gorski
VEALERSun Dec 16, 2018Calf raised for its meatSam Ezersky
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