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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 50,262 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
ACTEDUPONThu Oct 3, 2019AffectedRicky Cruz
APLUMThu Sep 28, 2006"... and pulled out ___"Richard Chisholm
BELLICOSESat Apr 16, 1994JingoisticRand H. Burns
CALENDARREFORMMon Oct 9, 2017The change from Julian to Gregorian ... or what would be needed to make 20-, 31- and 40-Across possible?Joe Deeney
CALLTHECOPSSun Jul 3, 2005"Get help!"Elizabeth C. Gorski
CANDLEPINWed Nov 22, 2006*Target for some bowlersEdward Alch
CERIASun Jan 2, 2000Glass-polishing powderRich Norris
COMMISSIONFri Jun 23, 2000Some people work on itNoah Dephoure
CORNISHSat Jan 14, 2012From Land's End, e.g.Mark Diehl
CRUSHERFri May 9, 2003Final blowManny Nosowsky
DANCETUNEFri Dec 23, 2022Jig, e.g.Brandon Koppy
EAVESDROPSFri May 4, 2001Is nosyElizabeth C. Gorski
FOLDEROLSWed Dec 11, 2002GimcracksAlan Arbesfeld
GAMESPEOPLEPLAYWed Mar 30, 19941964 Berne best seller (and a hint to seven other answers in this puzzle)Eileen Lexau
GHOSTEMOJIThu Mar 2, 2023Image in some "Happy Halloween!" textsMalaika Handa
GRIPPERSThu Feb 10, 2011Tongs, e.g.Derek Bowman
GRIZZLINGWed Jan 30, 2008Turning grayPeter A. Collins
HADAGOATSat Aug 27, 2005TriedByron Walden
HADAHANDINFri Dec 16, 2016Was involved withMartin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany
HOWARThu May 29, 1997Author Barbara of "Laughing All the Way"Gilbert H. Ludwig
ITSELEMENTARYFri Jun 1, 2012"This doesn't exactly require a Ph.D."Joe Krozel
JAMESWOODSSun Sep 21, 2003"The Light in the Forest" as read by actor ___Randolph Ross
KILLEDITSat Jun 25, 2022SlayedAdam Aaronson
LOOKONESBESTTue Feb 17, 2015Dress to the nines, sayBruce Haight
MILKFARMSat Jul 19, 1997DairyRobert H. Wolfe
MISSONESCUETue May 6, 1997Err on stageBrendan Emmett Quigley
ONEFORMYBABYSun Nov 15, 2009*Tony Parsons novel [1943 song]Elizabeth C. Gorski
OUTOFREACHWed Mar 15, 2023UnobtainableMichael B. Berg
OVENTHERMOMETERFri Dec 12, 2003It may go from 0 to 500Manny Nosowsky
RAISMANTue Mar 15, 2022Gymnast Aly with three Olympic gold medalsMichael Lieberman
READABOOKFri Feb 14, 2014Classic parental advice to bored childrenBruce Haight
RIPOSTSFri Aug 14, 1998Counterstrokes: Var.Shannon Burns
ROUGHLYMon Jun 7, 2010More or lessLynn Lempel
SEEWHATHAPPENSSun Sep 29, 2024Let the situation play outJoe Deeney
SKIPAGRADESat Jun 18, 2011Outclass one's peers?Joon Pahk
SPEECHTOTEXTThu Aug 15, 2024Technology used in writing the starred clues?Damon Gulczynski
STARKNAKEDTue Nov 6, 2018Iron Man without any clothes?Alan Southworth and Yacob Yonas
SURGEONWed Dec 4, 2002Walter Reed, e.g.Richard Hughes
TWOINFri Mar 15, 2013"... ___ the bush"Joe Krozel
YOUTHEREWed Apr 17, 2024"Psst, hey!"Joseph Gangi
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