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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 51,133 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
ACEDEUCEFri Nov 15, 2013Good hand holding in Omaha Hi-LoDavid Woolf
BEAVERHATSun Apr 11, 2021Frontiersman's headgearDick Shlakman and Will Nediger
BITONALSun Dec 10, 1995Using two musical keysJim Page
BUTTESSun Jul 8, 2001Isolated localesMichael S. Maurer
CANTWINFri Jun 14, 2019"It's no use"Caitlin Reid
CERTITUDESun Oct 25, 2015You can't predict the weather with thisBill Zais
CHAINEMAILFri Feb 17, 2017Certain Internet hoaxDavid Steinberg
CHOCOLATECHIPTue Jul 11, 2006Treat variety #3Karen M. Tracey
CLASSIFIEDADSWed Feb 2, 2005What the paranoid C.I.A. publicist did?Richard Leva and Nancy Salomon
COMMONAREASat Mar 1, 2025Lobby, e.g.Ryan Judge
CREMATESSat Mar 20, 2010Burns upJoe Krozel
DIMINUTIVESun Aug 12, 2018TinyRoss Trudeau
FEELSILLSat Nov 16, 2024Goes green, maybePeter Gordon
FLYNTSun Dec 8, 2024Larry ___, founder of Hustler magazineJohn Kugelman
GLTSun Mar 27, 1994Gold in color: Abbr.Jeanette K. Brill
GRIZZLEDVETERANWed Jul 21, 2021Old proAlex Vratsanos
GROWINGUPFri Oct 15, 2021"Losing some illusions ... perhaps to acquire others," per Virginia WoolfAshton Anderson
HAMMIESTSun Dec 31, 2006Most broad?Elizabeth C. Gorski
IRISHSTEWMon Nov 1, 2021Traditional St. Patrick's Day dishFiona Taylor
LOWBALLSSat Mar 9, 2019Deliberately underestimatesSam Trabucco
LUMPINTHETHROATTue Jan 5, 1999Liability for 34-Across?Lyell Rodieck
MARIECLAIRESun Sep 1, 2024Magazine with "Maison" and "Enfants" spinoffsChandi Deitmer and Matthew Stock
MENDICANTSun Mar 28, 2010BeggarEd Sessa
ONTHERECORDMon Jun 19, 1995OfficialGregory E. Paul
PREDIALSun Aug 1, 2021Relating to land, old-styleMatthew Stock
PRETTILYSun Mar 30, 1997With graceElizabeth C. Gorski
PROGNOSTICATIONTue Nov 5, 1996ForecastJeremiah Farrell
PRYERMon Mar 29, 1999SnoopBill Ballard
REARERSFri Nov 11, 2011Parents, e.g.Alex Vratsanos
REISFri Jul 22, 1994Old Portuguese coinsRaymond Hamel
SEVENCENTFri Jul 11, 2014Like a 1938 Andrew Jackson stampSam Ezersky and Victor Fleming
SPOKESMANSat Dec 22, 2001Employee needed by a bicycle manufacturer?Trip Payne
STANDDOWNTue Jan 2, 2024Cease fighting [Opposite of 61-Across?]Jeffrey Martinovic
SYMBIOTICTue Sep 5, 2023Mutually beneficial ... or a hint to three pairs of crossing answers in this puzzleAlan Siegel
TACKSUPSat Oct 31, 1998Puts on the boardJoe DiPietro
THEGIVINGTREESun Sep 15, 2024Logbook?Aimee Lucido
THISISJEOPARDYSun Jun 9, 2024Classic game show introZachary Schiff
TNIAFri Nov 7, 2025"The Fall of the House of Usher" actress ___ MillerKelly Morenus
TONGUELASHTue May 23, 2017Dress downZhouqin Burnikel
TRIUMVIRSat Jun 17, 2000Ancient magistrateRich Norris
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