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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 50,484 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
ALCOHOLBANSat Jun 30, 2007It can keep ballfields dryByron Walden
ANTNESTSThu Sep 23, 2021Colonies construct themSimeon Seigel
ATHERMICSun Aug 31, 1997HeatlessDavid J. Kahn
BALDASACOOTWed May 28, 2014Like a chrome-domeTim Croce
BARNYARDANIMALSSat Dec 2, 2017Classic See 'N Say toy figuresMark Diehl
BLEWOVERSun Jan 10, 2010Passed without effectMel Rosen
BUENOSDIASSun Oct 6, 2002Alternative to "Saludo"Myles Callum
CALKEDSun Feb 27, 1994Filled in holesBette Sue Cohen
CAPITALUSat Apr 27, 2013Character in "Unforgiven"Chris A. McGlothlin
CHEAPSIDEFri Sep 30, 1994London districtMatt Gaffney
CHEWERSSat May 20, 1995Some bubble makersManny Nosowsky
CONGESTIONThu Feb 28, 2013TrafficJoe Krozel
CUBANCIGARSMon Jan 11, 2021Souvenirs from HavanaMartha Kimes
GILDINGSun Dec 16, 2007EmbellishmentDavid J. Kahn and Steve Kahn
HONORINGSat Jul 15, 2000Eulogist's activityDavid J. Kahn
IMPOSSIBLEFri Aug 9, 2024Out of the questionHemant Mehta
ITSADONEDEALSat Sep 14, 2024"No backing out now"Christina Iverson
MANHANDLEThu Jun 23, 2005Treat roughlyCourtenay Crocker III
MARVELOVERSat May 28, 2022Look at with aweJoseph Greenbaum
MASSENETWed Feb 16, 2005"Le Cid" composerRichard Silvestri
MIDFIELDSTRIPESFri Jun 28, 1996Football linesD. J. Kahn
MINORPROBLEMWed Jan 8, 2025HiccupLaura Dershewitz
MOURNINGSun Oct 11, 2009Sad timeRandolph Ross
NATURERESERVESWed Dec 10, 2025Protected lands for plants and animalsKareem Ayas
NOSKINOFFMYBACKTue Mar 6, 2012"So what?!"Wesley Johnson
OUTSCORESFri Sep 29, 2023Does a better job than at making pointsMalaika Handa
PINYONWed Dec 30, 2020Southwestern evergreenKate Hawkins
PUNKERSSun Oct 25, 2009Some Warped Tour attendeesBrendan Emmett Quigley
RAPTUREDTue Mar 6, 2001EcstaticEd Early
RATSTAILThu Feb 3, 20111980s hairstyle with a long strand in the backMatt Ginsberg
SHORTRANGEFri Jan 18, 2002For the near futureManny Nosowsky
SNEAKPEEKSFri Aug 30, 2019PreviewsTrent H. Evans
STATUTORYSat Jan 21, 2006Legally punishableBrendan Emmett Quigley
TAUGHTTOTHETESTMon Feb 24, 2025Prepared students specifically for material on standardized examsRena Cohen
TRIGGERFINGERFri Jun 11, 199931-Across activatorJim Page
TRINITADEIMONTIWed Sep 18, 2024House of worship at the top of 67-AcrossCasey Callaghan and Will Nediger
VATECHSat Oct 24, 2020The Hokies of the A.C.C., for shortByron Walden
WAYWARDWed Jun 14, 2000DisobedientNancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard
WHATSGOINGONTue Jul 30, 2013Casual greeting ... and #4 on the listPeter A. Collins
WILDSWINETue Dec 7, 1999BoarNorman S. Wizer
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