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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 50,256 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
ALLIWANTTODOFri Mar 13, 20152008 crossover hit for the country duo SugarlandVictor Fleming
APOLOGTue Dec 27, 1994Moral fable: Var.Ernie Furtado
BLACKICEThu May 4, 2017Winter driving hazard ... or a literal hint to four squares in this puzzleLoren Muse Smith and Tracy Gray
BLOCKLETTERSTue Jan 18, 2000Features of many signsNancy Salomon
BOXOFFICEHITWed Sep 12, 2007SmashAlan Arbesfeld
BPICTURESFri Oct 30, 2015Minor additions to the bill?Patrick Berry
CAMPOUTSFri Sep 18, 2020In-tents experiences?Anne and Daniel Larsen
CATBIRDSEATSun Apr 25, 2004Favorable positionElizabeth C. Gorski
CLOCKTOWERSWed Aug 14, 2019Structures in some old town squaresDavid J. Kahn
CROWSFEETMon Oct 9, 1995WrinklesGregory E. Paul
CURTAINTIMESat Sep 10, 2022When one might start to make a sceneKameron Austin Collins
DEPOSERSSun Dec 6, 1998TestifiersMarjorie Richter
DOUAYFri May 2, 1997Catholic Bible versionMatthew L. Jones
EKINGOUTSat Jul 3, 2010Struggling to getJoe Krozel
FEELSOSat Jan 10, 1998Elvis's "I ___ Bad"Mark Diehl
FOLIEADEUXSat Aug 17, 2019Shared delusion, from the FrenchMichael Hawkins
GETPASTThu Jul 24, 2014Overlook, as someone's flawsDavid Phillips
HARDANDFASTTue Sep 29, 2009*Inviolable, as rulesPaula Gamache
HOWHIGHTHEMOONSun Apr 23, 2017Signature tune of 68-/70-AcrossOlivia Mitra Framke
INTHEOFFINGTue Sep 29, 2009*Likely to happenPaula Gamache
MILLINERSun Dec 24, 2017HatmakerMary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
NOTINTUNEFri May 9, 1997DiscordantRichard Hughes
OUSELSWed Mar 12, 2003Diving birds: Var.Myles Callum
PANCAKEDAYSat Mar 8, 2008Mardi Gras, in the U.K.Brad Wilber
PUTUPJOBSTue Jul 5, 2022Well-orchestrated rusesMalgorzata Nowakowska and Eileen Williams
REJOICERMon Mar 18, 2002CelebrantJohn Greenman
ROUGHRIDERSMon May 15, 2000Theodore Roosevelt's groupGregory E. Paul
SADDLESORESun Aug 18, 2013Real pain in the butt?Elizabeth C. Gorski
SECCOSThu Jul 13, 1995Some muralsA.J. Santora
SLIPCOVEREDThu Mar 31, 2011Saved, as a seat?Jeremy Horwitz and Tyler Hinman
SPACEMARKThu May 29, 2014#3Anna Shechtman
SPIRACLESun Feb 3, 2013Insect's opening for airDan Schoenholz
SUNSCREENSSat Dec 28, 1996Lifeguards wear themN. Joline
TAINASun Sep 23, 20122001-02 Nickelodeon sitcomMatt Ginsberg
TROMPESSun Dec 29, 1996Blast furnace apparatusesB. White
TURNKEYThu Dec 11, 2008Fully equipped and ready to goJim Hilger
VINYASASun Sep 8, 2024Flowing movement between yoga posesMeghan Morris
VIRTUESIGNALINGSat Sep 14, 2019Sharing of a moral viewpoint to gain social approvalPeter A. Collins
WHIMWHAMFri Mar 23, 2007GimcrackManny Nosowsky
WORKINGCOUPLESSun Sep 23, 2001Terkel/Updike book about two-income families?Randolph Ross
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