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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 50,700 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
AGINCOURTFri Jan 8, 2016"Henry V" battle settingPeter A. Collins
AMERICANBISONTue Jan 13, 2015Largest wild animal in the United StatesMichael Blake
APOCALYPSENOWWed Dec 8, 20101979 film with Capt. Willard and Col. KurtzMike Nothnagel
ARISKSat Feb 11, 2023See 6-DownSam Ezersky
CARRYNATIONMon Aug 19, 2002Noted anti-alcohol crusaderLynn Lempel
CLEEKSSat Aug 12, 2000Narrow-faced ironsRich Norris
CLOSELOOKTue Mar 17, 2015InspectionDavid Phillips
COMBINEDINCOMEMon Jul 26, 1999Family financial figureM. Francis Vuolo
CUDDLESTue Jun 16, 2009NestlesPaula Gamache
DEFERRERSun Jan 7, 1996ProcrastinatorEric Albert
DEVILFISHMon Oct 10, 2016Undersea animal with a monstrous namePatrick Merrell
DIVIDEDHIGHWAYSTue Feb 2, 2010Interstates ... or 60-Down and 65-AcrossAlex Fay
DUCKINTOMon May 30, 2005Enter quicklyLynn Lempel
DUPLEXESSun Feb 22, 2015Divided housesPatrick Berry
EMBRITTLEFri Nov 9, 2007Weaken, in a wayHenry Hook
EUCHRINGSat Nov 6, 1999HoodwinkingJoan Bayer Williamson
FENLANDSun Jan 11, 2015Marshy regionPeter A. Collins
GAMEAPPMon Jul 19, 2021Words With Friends, for oneStephanie Lesser
GAVEADAMNSat Jun 27, 2020CaredRyan Mccarty
HISTOWed Mar 17, 2010Tissue: PrefixPatrick Merrell
LATEFEESSun Apr 15, 2012Slowpokes' finesKevin G. Der
LEVELEDOUTSat Aug 9, 2008StabilizedMark Diehl
LISTLESSFEELINGWed Jun 25, 2014Result of Santa misplacing his papers?Patrick Merrell
LYCRASTue Jan 30, 2018Stretchy materialsEmily Carroll
ONBACKWARDSSun Feb 22, 2004How does "no" describe some baseball caps?Nancy Nicholson Joline
PIANOREHEARSALWed Jul 25, 2018Grand preparations?Emily Carroll
RESOILSat Mar 16, 2002Add dirt toVerna Suit
SIMMEREDWed Jan 31, 2018Kept on the down-low?Josh Radnor and Jeff Chen
SPHEREDSat Jun 22, 1996Made roundB. White
STANDSINTHEWAYSun Apr 23, 2023"I can't get past this witness box!"Katie Hale and Scott Hogan
STRAPPEDFORTIMETue Jul 11, 2023"Got any news magazines?" "Sorry, we're ..."Aaron M. Rosenberg
SWOBWed Sep 29, 1999Mop: Var.Patrick D. Berry
TALKERSSun Apr 24, 2016Chatty Cathy typesKathy Wienberg
TEAPARTIESMon Jun 27, 2011Groups battling big governmentJoseph Samulak
TEUTONICThu Feb 13, 1997GermanF. Longo
TIMESUCKSTue Nov 4, 2014Critic's negative review of a newsmagazine?Joel Fagliano
VELARSThu Feb 24, 2022Both consonants in "geek," phoneticallyJake Halperin
WASNOGOThu Jun 12, 1997Didn't function properlyGilbert H. Ludwig
WENTBADTue Feb 24, 2004SpoiledAlan Arbesfeld
XACTOKNIFESun Nov 25, 2012More precise alternative to scissorsJeff Chen
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