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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 50,763 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
ATTENTIONSSat Sep 1, 2001Buying candy, sending flowers, caressing, etc.Dana Motley
BIGSHOESTOFILLSun Jul 2, 2023High standards established by a predecessor ... or what you are presented with in this puzzle?Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa
BLEWINSun Dec 5, 1999Showed upJoe DiPietro
CHICXULUBCRATERSat Sep 25, 2021Site of the impact of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years agoAdam Simon Levine
CHINAWAREFri Jun 7, 1996Willow pattern localeM. Jones
CHINESEMUSTARDSun Jul 20, 2008Egg roll topping, perhapsBarry C. Silk
CONCERTDATESSun Apr 19, 2026Listings on a band T-shirtMichael Lieberman
CULTURESHOCKSun Jul 4, 2021Bacteriologist's emotion upon a new discovery?Howard Barkin
DOCTORDOOMSat Jun 22, 2019Archenemy of the Fantastic FourJoe Deeney
DOGGEDITFri Aug 7, 2020Underperformed, colloquiallyTom Pepper
DRAWINONESHORNSSat Jul 15, 1995RetreatRand H. Burns
DROPSETThu May 14, 2009Weight training unitDavid J. Kahn
ECORCHESat Oct 23, 2021Drawing of the body without its skin, from the FrenchSam Ezersky
FOLLICLEFri Feb 28, 2025Hair-raising thing?Michael Lieberman
GRAYLAGSat Feb 2, 2002Wild gooseA. J. Santora
INDEPENDENCEAVEFri Jan 12, 2018D.C. thoroughfare with the Smithsonian's National Air and Space MuseumErik Agard
ITSGOTAGOODBEATWed May 30, 2012With 38- and 59-Across, typical opinion about a record on 40-/14-AcrossDavid J. Kahn
LAZYSLOBFri Jul 30, 2010Epithet for an annoying roommateKevin G. Der
LOWERTHEBARMon Dec 2, 2019Reduce one's standards, as illustrated, respectively, in 3-, 5-, 7-, 40- and 28-DownLynn Lempel
NICOLETWed Jan 12, 2011Lake Michigan explorer Jean ___Jim Hilger
NIGHTCOURTWed Sep 22, 2004Popular 80's-90's TV sitcomDavid J. Kahn
NOODLINGMon Feb 17, 2025Messing around, as with an instrument or ideasKate Hawkins and Erica Hsiung Wojcik
NOTASEASYSun Apr 1, 2018TougherSam Ezersky
OOPSYDAISYWed Apr 7, 2021"Clumsy me!"Adrian Johnson
PANICATTACKTue Mar 12, 2019*Flop sweat producerJules Markey
PENTAGONSSun May 5, 2002Soccer ball sectionsPatrick Berry
READYTOHEARSun Dec 12, 2010Like tuned-in listeners?Karen Young Bonin
REDDIAPERBABIESSat May 16, 2015Children of American CommunistsByron Walden
RINSERSWed Jan 7, 2015Some salon workersGreg Johnson
RUMPENDSat May 16, 1998Cut of beefJim Page
RUPAULSDRAGRACETue Feb 7, 2017Queens' placeFinn Vigeland
SCOUTTROOPFri Oct 19, 2012Boy band?Patrick Berry
SIGHINGSat May 3, 2025Showing exasperation, in a wayMichael Lieberman
STYLEGUIDESFri Feb 19, 2021Some reference works in newsroomsAmanda Rafkin
SWITCHGEARSMon Dec 26, 2022Move onto a new topic of conversation, metaphoricallyKurt Weller
TEENCROWDSat Apr 21, 2007Mall rats, typicallyByron Walden
THECATSMEOWFri Jan 22, 2010Something that's just too coolNatan Last
VANPELTFri Jul 9, 2010"Peanuts" surnamePatrick Berry
WALMARTSSat Aug 20, 2011Supercenters, e.g.Byron Walden
ZELLEMon Nov 21, 2022Alternative to VenmoBrandon Koppy
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