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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 50,918 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
ARRIVISTESSat Jun 8, 2002Social climbersFred Piscop
BANTEREDFri Jul 14, 1995JokedRich Norris
BEEINMYBONNETMon Nov 7, 2022"I can't stop thinking about it! There's a ..."Jill Singer
BROADSTue Jul 5, 2016Women, impolitelyJules Markey
BUELLERWed Jun 20, 2007Ferris in filmBonnie L. Gentry and Victor Fleming
CLASSCLOWNSSun Dec 6, 2009School cardsPatrick Berry
COMFITSThu Apr 13, 2023Candied fruits or nutsRobin Yu
COMPAQSTue Aug 6, 2019Pioneering personal computersJon Olsen
DETACHMENTThu Aug 30, 2007Troop groupVictor Fleming and Bruce Venzke
DRIVEINTELLERSun Jun 25, 2006Quick deposit receiverJim Page
GEEGAWSun Nov 10, 1996Trinket: Var.R. Hamel
GHIJSun Oct 25, 2009Run of lettersBrendan Emmett Quigley
HAVEITEASYFri Mar 27, 2020Not experience the same difficulties as othersKyle Dolan
HEURISTICSat Oct 27, 2018Method of solvingByron Walden
ILLEGALSLIDETACKLESun Feb 3, 2019Reason for an ejection in FIFANatan Last
JKSIMMONSSun Sep 1, 2024Oscar-winning actor in Farmers Insurance adsChandi Deitmer and Matthew Stock
KEEPSANEYEONFri Oct 10, 2008MonitorsKyle Mahowald
LATEFORDINNERSun Sep 26, 1999"Tardy at Eight" by George S. KaufmanRandolph Ross
LINUSPAULINGThu Apr 28, 20051962 Peace NobelistElizabeth C. Gorski
MEOWERSSun May 22, 2016Vocal catsVictor Barocas and Andy Kravis
MIXEDSIGNALTue Jun 10, 2025Nodding yes while saying no, e.g.Zachary David Levy
MODOCTue Oct 29, 1996Oregon IndianR. J. Hartman
NANNYCAMSTue Jun 24, 2025Surveillance systems installed by parentsIngrid Steffensen
NAZCASat Sep 27, 2025___ Lines (ancient Peruvian geoglyphs)Adrian Johnson and Christina Iverson
NICKANDNORASun Mar 11, 2018Last seen chasing down clues. If found, call ___ [see 24-Across]Matthew Sewell
OSLOFJORDSun Oct 14, 2007Body of water seen in Munch's "The Scream"Elizabeth C. Gorski
POTTERYWHEELSSun Nov 2, 2025Ceramicists' devicesRafael Musa
PUTINWRITINGWed Jan 1, 2025Set down on paperSeth Bisen-Hersh and Jeff Chen
REATTACKSFri Nov 7, 2003Charges anewJim Page
RIBBERThu Dec 5, 2013Kidding typeDan Schoenholz
RURALISTSat Nov 26, 2016Definitely not a city slickerPaolo Pasco
SAILEDINThu Apr 22, 1999Came to portDavid J. Kahn
SARSENETSat Nov 12, 1994Soft silk fabric used for liningsBryant White
SETAGOODEXAMPLESat Jan 8, 2022Do some modelingFreddie Cheng
SIEURSun Jun 16, 2013French lordMel Rosen
SNAPSTHEWHIPSat Feb 10, 2001Plays a kids' game involving centrifugal forceRich Norris
STYLINGGELSun May 14, 2023Hair salon gooSid Sivakumar
TENDOLLARSSat Oct 2, 2010Value of a U.S. coronet head coin, minted from 1838 to 1907Barry C. Silk
THREEYEARSThu Jan 9, 2003Start of a quip by hockey commentator Don Cherry about his autobiographyDavid J. Kahn
WYNTue Feb 21, 1995Anglo-Saxon letterMartin Schneider
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