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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 50,677 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
APRILTHESESFri Sep 3, 2021Collection of 10 directives written by Vladimir LeninBrendan Emmett Quigley and Paolo Pasco
BEASTIEBOYSWed May 31, 2023Rap group with the classic 1986 album "Licensed to Ill" ... or a description of 17-, 24-, 48- and 57-Across?Brandon Koppy
BUDDYUPTOThu Apr 6, 1995Ingratiate oneself withLois Sidway
CHARCOALSun Aug 9, 2009Backyard briquettesPatrick Blindauer & Andrea Carla Michaels
COMEBEFORESat Mar 23, 2019Be more important thanDavid Steinberg
CONTROLGROUPMon Feb 18, 2013Set of people receiving a placebo, perhaps ... or what the ends of 20-, 28- and 41-Across belong to?Jeffrey Harris
DATABUSSun Nov 26, 2000Digital information carrierPatrick Berry
DIMAGESun Jul 18, 2004Minolta digital cameraSeth A. Abel
DOWSSun Nov 30, 1997Gives, old-styleCharles Deber
EIGHTHOURDAYWed Feb 6, 2002Common shiftJoe DiPietro
ETONCAPFri Nov 3, 2017English headwear with a short visorKameron Austin Collins and Brendan Emmett Quigley
EXERTIONWed Sep 3, 1997SweatHugh Davis
FARFROMSun Apr 1, 2018HardlySam Ezersky
FIRSTMATEThu Sep 12, 2024Foremost?Parker Higgins
FOOTPADSat Feb 17, 2007Step on itRobert H. Wolfe
FOURQUARTERTIMEWed Apr 12, 2006Marches may be written in itElizabeth C. Gorski
GIVERSSat Jul 1, 1995AngelsEileen Lexau
GOAGAINSTTYPEThu Jun 13, 2002Cast Stallone as a doctor, say (-)David J. Kahn
IONIZEDFri Aug 28, 1998Charged, in a wayMartin Ashwood-Smith
ITSAYESFROMMESat Feb 20, 2021"You have my vote!"Ali Gascoigne
LAUDESSun May 9, 2004Summa cum ___ (top grads)Charles M. Deber
LESSTALKMOREROCKSun Sep 28, 2014Common slogan for a music radio stationTodd Gross
MACDOWELLSun Dec 25, 2011Actress AndieElizabeth C. Gorski
MCXCSun Jul 4, 2010Year that Emperor Frederick I diedPatrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach
NETTINGWed May 7, 2003Bug protectionAlan Arbesfeld
NOGALESFri May 23, 2014Arizona city across the border from a city of Sonora with the same nameDavid Steinberg
OILRICHFri Aug 8, 2014Like Saudi ArabiaBruce Haight
OUTERARMThu Aug 28, 2014Part of a spiral galaxy farthest from the centerNed White
POKERCHIPFri Oct 22, 2021Kitty food?Robyn Weintraub
PRESSOFFICEMon Dec 16, 2024Department handling media inquiriesAilee Yoshida
RANSOMERSSun Jul 20, 2003They might cut and paste lettersPatrick Merrell
RIPLEYSThu May 5, 2016Classic Sunday newspaper feature that spawned multiple museums, informallyDavid Poole
SCHONEFri Feb 4, 2000"Die ___ Müllerin" (Schubert work)Dana Motley
SLOTTEDSPATULASSat Nov 2, 2024Kitchen flippersBlake Slonecker
SMUGNESSMon Sep 4, 1995OverconfidenceRichard Thomas
SNOWDRIFTMon May 2, 2011Road blocker after a winter stormCaleb Madison
TAKEITINThu Aug 21, 2025*Enjoy the moment, saySimeon Seigel
TOILSOVERSun Oct 1, 2023Labors away atJeffrey Lease
TOLDNOWed Oct 5, 2022RefusedJason Reich
WANDERINGSOULSun Sep 30, 2007*DrifterKelsey Blakley
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