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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 50,684 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
AIRWOMENFri Aug 18, 2017Amelia Earhart and othersBrendan Emmett Quigley
ANDALLSat Nov 18, 2006Ending words of inclusivenessVictor Fleming
BANNEDBOOKSFri Jan 12, 2024Merriam-Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary and "Where's Waldo?," once, surprisinglyHemant Mehta
BASIESFri May 31, 1996Count___Kansas City Seven (old jazz group)J. S. Marrone
BESTINThu Jan 13, 2000Words before "show" or "class"A. J. Santora
CAHNSSun Dec 8, 1996Lyricist Sammy et al.A. J. Santora
CAMPHOROILSat Nov 17, 2007Liniment ingredientBrad Wilber
CARDCATALOGFri May 6, 2016Holder of many titlesJulian Lim
CONTESTANTSat Mar 10, 2001Quizzee, maybeCharles E. Gersch
CUMULATESat Jul 30, 2005Heap upSherry O. Blackard
DEADMAILSun Oct 2, 2016It'll never reach its destinationZhouqin Burnikel
DESTRUCTMon Aug 8, 1994RuinSidney L. Robbins
DOCUSOAPFri Mar 4, 2022Genre for "Jersey Shore" and "The Real World"David Distenfeld
DROVEINSat Feb 16, 2008Caused to be scored, as a runTony Orbach
DRYLANDSat May 15, 2021Terra firmaSam Trabucco
ECKHARTSat Apr 18, 2015Aaron ___, "Thank You for Smoking" starDamon J. Gulczynski
GETALINEONSat Jan 29, 2005Hear something aboutPatrick Berry
INTERNALDRIVEWed Dec 31, 2014*Essential feature of a PCDavid Woolf
IRRIGATEDSun Feb 13, 2022*Watered artificiallyDavid Steinberg
LAMESTREAMThu Apr 14, 2016Like traditional media, to someJason Flinn
LIVEUPWed Sep 26, 2007Meet, as expectations, with "to"Lee Glickstein and Craig Kasper
LOUCHESat Nov 4, 2017DisreputableMichael Shteyman
LOWPROFILEFri Sep 22, 1995Near-anonymityJim Page
MALICIOUSINTENTThu Dec 28, 1995Like mosquitoes at a camp?Cathy Millhauser
MODEOFTRANSPORTATIONSun May 23, 2021Car in {plane, car, train, horse, car, car, train}Jennifer Nebergall
MOSESMALONEThu Apr 20, 1995Religious basketball star?Raymond Hamel
NAUSEEThu Mar 12, 2009Sartre novel, with "La"David Chapus
NOTABIGDEALSun Jul 1, 2018"It's all good"Sam Trabucco
OILSPILLTue Aug 28, 2001Exxon Valdez mishapAlan Arbesfeld
OPERASTARWed May 14, 2008Callas or SillsDoug Peterson
PUSHYOURLUCKTue Aug 11, 2015Ask the boss for more vacation time after getting a raise, perhapsJay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor
ROSEGARDENSWed Dec 29, 2004Places for American BeautiesJay Giess
SELFRESTRAINTSun Feb 22, 2015Control of one's actions [fall in great quantities]Patrick Berry
SHOOKTHERAFTERSSat May 6, 1995ResoundedRandolph Ross
SOMETIMESFri Apr 3, 2015Now and thenPatrick Berry
STANDARDOFPROOFFri Nov 16, 2012Something applied to a suitVictor Fleming
TOXSSun Sep 27, 2009How drunks drinkPatrick Berry
TRUMBOFri May 5, 2017Title role for Bryan Cranston in a 2015 biopicPatrick Berry
VIZIERSSat Aug 10, 1996Former Muslim officialsR. Norris
YEEZUSFri Apr 22, 20222013 #1 album from Kanye WestDaniel Sheremeta
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