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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 50,585 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
ADIOSAMIGOSThu Jun 21, 2018"Peace, y'all!"Milo Beckman and David Steinberg
ARENSFri Jan 10, 2003Former Israeli minister MosheManny Nosowsky
ARIZONIANThu Oct 30, 2014John McCain, for oneDavid Woolf
BACKTHEFIELDTue Jul 19, 2022Bet on every competitor but oneAndy Kravis
CAMPIESTSat Jan 21, 1995Most amusingly exaggeratedCharles E. Gersch
CARDOORSTue Aug 30, 2011Nowadays they usually have power locks and windowsBernice Gordon
CATENASat Oct 21, 2000Connected seriesBob Klahn
CLOUDFORMATIONTue Jan 8, 2008What you really saw?Malia Jackson and Noah Snyder
COSTRELWed Apr 24, 1996Eared flaskG. Dean
DRIFTAPARTSun Aug 2, 2015Lose that loving feelingMatt Ginsberg
ENSLAVERSSat Feb 24, 2007Bond dealers?Byron Walden
FALLOFFMon Jan 9, 2017DecreaseNeville Fogarty
FARMORESun Jul 5, 2020A much greater quantityLaura Taylor Kinnel
GODDARDSun Nov 15, 1998Father of modern rocketryRobert H. Wolfe
GOOSEDOWNMon Jun 3, 2019*Soft bedding materialLynn Lempel
HELLTOPAYFri Oct 29, 2021What there will be if you cross the wrong personAimee Lucido
HENBITSat Apr 17, 1999Weed of the mint familyJim Page
HERECOMESTHEGROOMSun May 18, 19971951 filmFrances Hansen
ILLTURNTHISCARAROUNDSun Sep 18, 2022Mechanic's go-to parenting phrase?Katie Hale
LATEFORDINNERSun Sep 26, 1999"Tardy at Eight" by George S. KaufmanRandolph Ross
MIDINETTESun May 11, 2025Shopgirl in a Paris boutiqueBrendan Emmett Quigley
NIPANDTUCKSun Dec 14, 1997Job for a plastic surgeon?Nancy Salomon
NOSHOTTue Sep 13, 2022A 0% chance, colloquiallyAdam Wagner
ONEBADAPPLEWed Mar 10, 2021Start of a saying about negative influenceNancy Stark and Will Nediger
ONEMETERWed Jun 10, 2020Approximately 39 inchesAmanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau
ONTHEGRAVYTRAINThu May 18, 1995Living off another's largessChuck Deodene
PADDLEBOATRACESSat Sep 24, 2005Summer camp fun on a lakeByron Walden
PASDEDEUXMon Dec 3, 2018Couple's ballet danceLynn Lempel
PUTONHOLDThu Apr 9, 2020-ableAlex Eaton-Salners
ROMANGODSThu Aug 7, 2025Some fishing gearBen Zimmer
ROWINGTue Jan 23, 2018Olympic sport with strokesJim Hilger
SAILEDINThu Apr 22, 1999Came to portDavid J. Kahn
SEVIERSat Apr 18, 1998Tennessee's first governor, John ___Frank Longo
SHARPEDGEMon Dec 22, 2014What a whetstone gives a knifeLynn Lempel
TAXISTANDWed Jun 22, 2011Grand Central Terminal sightTim Croce
TRICERATOPSMon Apr 4, 2022Dinosaur whose name means "three-horned face"Derek J. Angell
TROLLEYCARThu Aug 25, 2011Conductor's placePatrick Blindauer & Francis Heaney
VERYRELIGIOUSThu Apr 1, 20216-Across, with "out"Sam Ezersky
WAVEFRONTSat Jun 7, 2008Any one of the concentric circles in a ripple, in physicsKaren M. Tracey
WINDLASSFri Jan 10, 1997Lifting deviceA. J. Santora
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