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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 51,117 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
ANYBODYHOMESun Jan 20, 2019Baseball scorekeeperRichard Crowe
BANJULSun Jan 3, 2016Capital of GambiaDavid Woolf
BELOWSEALEVELSun Feb 4, 2001SEALING WAXFrank A. Longo
CHICKENTENDERSSun Jan 14, 2024Farmers?John Kugelman
DARKKNIGHTMon Jul 30, 2012Alternative name for 42-DownRosemarie Dolan and Christopher Geach
DIGICAMSSat Jan 6, 2018Devices that hurt sales at KodakPeter Wentz
DUCKSOUTOFVIEWWed Mar 21, 2018Why the hunter couldn't shoot the mallards?Laura Braunstein
EXCOGITATESat Jun 19, 1999Think throughMark Diehl
GANGINGSun May 14, 2017___ up on (conspiring against)Will Nediger
GASCONSat May 2, 1998BraggartJeff Herrington
GASPLANETSun Sep 12, 2010Heavenly body that humans will never set foot onPaula Gamache
HALVAHSun Aug 7, 1994Honeyed Turkish confectionDean Niles
HESOUTTHERETue Oct 31, 20232018 slasher set at a remote lake houseKathy Lowden and Erik Piepenburg
INASHELLSun Aug 21, 2005Emotionally withdrawnByron Walden
INTURMOILSun Jun 13, 2021AgitatedStephen McCarthy
JETHROTULLMon Feb 27, 2012Group with the 1971 3x platinum album "Aqualung"Bill Thompson
KEEPSITTOGETHERSat Jul 7, 2018Doesn't snapRyan McCarty
KIDVIDWed Jun 12, 2024Children's TV, informallySimeon Seigel
LEANSINTOFri Jun 21, 1996Opposes, as the windG. R. Ferguson
LEXINGTONMon Aug 30, 2021Home of the University of KentuckyBrooke Husic
LORIENTFri Oct 24, 1997China and environs, to the FrenchFrank Longo
MATHTESTFri Jan 26, 2007Some problems to solveMike Nothnagel
MCMANSIONSFri Dec 14, 2012They stand out in the neighborhoodPaula Gamache
MEANDMYDRUMTue Dec 6, 2016Following the shaded squares, the end to a seasonal songEd Sessa
MOBILIZEDThu Oct 12, 2017MustardAlex Eaton-Salners
NEOJAZZSat Jan 3, 2009Hard bop, e.g.Peter Wentz
OVARIALSun May 26, 1996Of the lower part of a pistilR. Ross
PESKIERSat Nov 20, 2021More vexingMary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
ROCKCODWed Jul 28, 2021Pacific food fishAlex Rosen and Brad Wilber
SANSERIFSat Jun 15, 1996Gothic typeface: Var.R. Ross
SARABANDEThu Sep 22, 1994Stately 13-Down danceGeorge Quincy
SERIALMOMSat Jun 12, 20101994 Kathleen Turner movieJoe DiPietro
SEXCELLSat Sep 17, 2011Member of a very early union?Peter A. Collins
SHARPSHOOTERMon Dec 6, 2010Annie Oakley, for oneRichard Chisholm
SHORTHAULSun Jun 11, 2023Easy trucking distanceSam Ezersky
SPRAYGUNSun Dec 4, 2016Aid for a big painting projectBruce Haight
STOCKPILEDFri Jun 21, 1996Put away for a rainy dayG. R. Ferguson
THROUPLEFri Jul 28, 2023Polyamory portmanteauRafael Musa and Hoang-Kim Vu
TOHAVEThu Jul 16, 2009Start of a Hemingway titleElizabeth C. Gorski
TOUGHCROWDWed Oct 7, 2020Audience unlikely to applaudRoss Trudeau
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