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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 50,547 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
ALDERMENMon Aug 14, 2006Municipal lawmakersGene Newman
BEDDINGSat Dec 10, 2011Straw in a stableCorey Rubin
BIGDAYWed Jul 10, 2019One's marriage or graduationDavid J. Kahn
BRERBEARThu Oct 30, 2003Uncle Remus characterPatrick Berry
BYRESun Oct 6, 1996Yorkshire cow shedR. Max Hopkins
CALLEDOUTATFIRSTSun Jul 24, 2011Yelled initially?Kurt Mueller
CEORLSSat Sep 27, 1997Anglo-Saxon freemenMatt Gaffney
CLOSEONFri Aug 5, 2011Seal, as a dealBarry Silk
COMPUWAREFri Jul 24, 2015Big name in the mainframe businessPatrick Berry
DANGLESWed Apr 13, 1994Hangs like an earringJim Page
DARKSECRETFri May 9, 2008Potential reputation ruinerJim Page
DESTROYSThu Aug 7, 2003TotalsPatrick Berry
DISPENSARYWed Nov 10, 2021Pharmacist's workplace in a hospitalMax Chen Lauring and Benjamin Chen Lauring
DRYSENSEOFHUMORSun Feb 4, 2018A person skilled at deadpan has oneDavid Levinson Wilk
DUCKFOOTEDWed Jul 22, 1998Like Chaplin's walkMark Elliot Skolsky
DYANCANNONThu Mar 29, 2007Walter Matthau's love interest in "Out to Sea"David J. Kahn
FIRESUPONFri Dec 30, 2011Shoots atMike Nothnagel
FUNKRAPSat Feb 29, 2020Bass-heavy hybrid music genreAndrew J. Ries
GOTWORSEThu Dec 8, 2011Went downhillDaniel A. Finan
GRAINSSun Feb 11, 2024Food pyramid groupPeter Koetters
HOPESFORWed Sep 29, 1999WishesPatrick D. Berry
ILLTURNTHISCARAROUNDSun Sep 18, 2022Mechanic's go-to parenting phrase?Katie Hale
KENDISat Oct 21, 2023Ibram X. ___, author of "How to Be an Antiracist"Kelly Morenus
LEXEMESSun Mar 29, 2020Units in linguisticsRicky Cruz
MACLAINESun Mar 8, 2020Best Actress Oscar winner between Streep and FieldLaura Taylor Kinnel
METLIFESTADIUMSun Oct 22, 2017Facebook Status: "Nosebleed seats - but home-field advantage! GO GIANTS!!!"Tracy Gray
NOHTHEATERSat Jan 10, 2026Art form featuring performers in kishin (demon) and okina (old man) masksKameron Austin Collins
PLAYPHONETAGFri Jul 21, 2023Exchange rings?Robyn Weintraub
POOLERSFri Oct 16, 1998Joint-stock company ownersMartin Ashwood-Smith
ROADERSat Apr 20, 2019Middle-of-the- ___Kevin Adamick
SAVABLESun Feb 27, 2000Like sinners, to preachersHarvey Estes
SAWERWed Aug 14, 1996WoodcutterG. E. Sykes
SEVERELYFri May 6, 2011HardNatan Last
SOLARPOWERFri Jul 5, 2024Green juice?Trent H. Evans
SOUTANESun Feb 18, 1996Close-fitting clerical garmentNorma Steinberg
SUPERFOODSTue Mar 7, 2023Avocados, eggs and berries, in adspeakEnrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock
TAXHAVENSFri May 22, 2020Island shelters?Hal Moore
TWINSONSFri Aug 26, 2011Romulus and Remus, to Rhea SilviaBrendan Emmett Quigley
UNGRATEFULSun Jun 20, 2004ThanklessManny Nosowsky
WOREDOWNFri Feb 18, 2022Nagged and nagged and naggedAimee Lucido
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