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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 50,793 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
ABSOLUTEWORSTTue Jul 13, 2010Most wretched ... or notPeter A. Collins
BACKLESSFri Sep 30, 2011Like stools and many benchesJoe Krozel
BALDPATEFri Sep 7, 2018Chrome dome, so to speakJosh Knapp
BARCRAWLSSun Jul 10, 2022Tipsy tripsChristina Iverson and Scott Hogan
BETATESTINGFri Jun 24, 2011One stage of developmentMilo Beckman
BRANDNAMEPRODUCTSSun Nov 24, 2019Not genericsFrank Longo
BREASTBONETue Jun 28, 2011SternumTom Baring
BRIANAMon Nov 18, 2024___ Scurry, first Black woman in the National Soccer Hall of FameRajeswari Rajamani
BROADCASTNEWSTue Apr 4, 20231987 film set in a Washington, D.C., TV stationAndrea Carla Michaels and Christina Iverson
CALIFORNIAPOPPYSat Jun 25, 2005Western state flowerJohn Underwood
CHIRRUPSSun Aug 4, 2024High-pitched bird callsScott Hogan and Katie Hale
DANGEDFri Dec 7, 2012DoggonePeter Wentz
DEFENSIVELINEWed Sep 23, 2015"I am not guilty," e.g.?Michael S. Maurer
DOTCOMBUSTWed Apr 29, 2026*Failed internet company?Joseph Gangi
DREADLOCKSSat Apr 30, 1994Modern hairstyleWayne Robert Williams
ETHNICCLEANSINGFri Jun 6, 2008Heinous war crimeAshish Vengsarkar
EXCERPTEDMon Mar 9, 1998Quoted (from)Randall J. Hartman
GLAIRSun Jan 21, 1996Egg whiteR. Wolfe
GODFATHERSMon Apr 14, 2025Vito and Michael CorleoneStacy Cooper and Ken Cohen
GROUNDEDThu Jan 26, 2023Punished for the weekend, perhapsDan Ziring and Quiara Vasquez
HEURISTICSat Oct 27, 2018Method of solvingByron Walden
INSISTSUPONTue Jun 20, 2017DemandsJason Flinn
JIGGLEDFri Aug 5, 2016Moved like a 20-DownBrendan Emmett Quigley
MICAWBERSat Aug 20, 2011Dickens character whose first name is WilkinsByron Walden
MORNINGSHOWMon Oct 24, 2016Breakfast-time TV fare that usually includes the ends of 17-, 28-, 36- and 44-AcrossJohn Guzzetta
NEGOTIATIONSat Dec 22, 2018Talks about one's job, perhapsJoon Pahk
OPERATIONALFri Sep 23, 2005WorkingLevi Denham
PANGOLINWed Aug 12, 2015Scaly anteaterTom McCoy
PREOPSSat Feb 10, 2018Hospital sections, for shortFinn Vigeland
PYRRHICFri May 29, 1998Like some victoriesFred Piscop
RULEOFTHUMBSat Mar 1, 2025Sensible guideRyan Judge
SCALPINGSun Jul 30, 1995Stadium parking lot activityCharles M. Deber
SINKSTOANEWLOWMon Sep 15, 1997Declines, as a plumber?Stephanie Spadaccini
SPAWNPOINTSat May 24, 2025Location where a video game character starts (or restarts) a levelGene Louise De Vera
STELLARCLASSIFICATIONSun Jul 15, 2018Compliment to a taxonomist?Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden
TENSEEXCHANGEThu Oct 17, 2024Harsh words regarding the past and the present?August Lee-Kovach
TOHISThu Feb 26, 2004"Left ___ own devices ..."Manny Nosowsky
TROUBLEDTIMESTue Jul 10, 2007Periods of unrestPete Muller
UGLYTRUTHSWed Oct 12, 2022Unpleasant realitiesDrew Schmenner
WYNONNAFri Sep 21, 20011992 country albumBrendan Emmett Quigley
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