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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 50,897 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
ALUMINOUSSat Sep 24, 2005Containing element #13Byron Walden
BATTLEOFWATERLOOSun Mar 10, 2013Historic event on June 18, 1815Finn Vigeland
BETTYFORDMon Feb 17, 2020Author of the memoir "The Times of My Life" (1978)Sally Hoelscher
BOSPORUSSat Jan 17, 2015Istanbul is on itJosh Knapp
COSBYSFri Aug 30, 1996Comic Bill and othersA. J. Santora
CRUSHEDSat Jun 15, 2013Like some garlic and egosNed White
DUMBSTRUCKMon Apr 27, 2015Left speechlessJohanna Fenimore
EFILERSat Jan 23, 2021One going paperless in April, sayDoug Peterson and Brad Wilber
ELVISTHEPELVISSun Oct 1, 1995The KingFrank A. Longo
HUNTERHAYESSat Aug 24, 2024Country singer with the 2012 hit "Wanted"Ryan McCarty
IMPROPERLYSPELLEDSun Apr 27, 2008Like the answers to the 10 asterisked clues, more often than any other English words, according to a 1999 studyOliver Hill
INTHELOOPSat Jan 7, 2023Having been informedAdam Aaronson
IRADESFri Feb 4, 1994DecreesJoe Clonick
ISMISSINGSat Aug 23, 2014Hit, part 3Timothy Polin
MANDATORYSat Oct 21, 2000BindingBob Klahn
NEARFALLMon Jan 15, 1996Almost a pin, in wrestlingGregory E. Paul
ONMUTESun Mar 1, 2026Unable to be heard, in a Zoom callMatt Proulx and Jeffrey Martinovic
OUTFOXThu May 6, 1999BestMatt Gaffney
OVERMASTERSSun Aug 17, 2003DominatesElizabeth C. Gorski
OVERMYDEADBODYSun Apr 1, 2001Turndown #3Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon
PAYDAYSWed Sep 3, 2014Biweekly occurrences, for manyPeter A. Collins
PICKERSun Jul 31, 2011Word with cherry or cottonPamela Klawitter
REALIGNSWed Apr 5, 1995Gets back to trueWayne Robert Williams
REDPOPPYWed Nov 13, 2019Symbolic flower of Flanders FieldsEd Sessa
REVERSEBIDSTue May 13, 2003Contract bridge tacticsTodd McClary
RIGHTANDWRONGSun Oct 28, 2018Growth ringErik Agard
SCAREDSTRAIGHTTue Jul 29, 19971978 Oscar-winning prison documentaryElizabeth C. Gorski
SELENSun Feb 13, 1994Moon: PrefixCathy Millhauser
SLEDGEDFri Feb 11, 2005Hammered hardManny Nosowsky
SLIDESCALEThu Jan 8, 2009From gentle to steep for some playground equipment?Joe DiPietro
SOUTHBENDINTue Jun 19, 2007Home of Notre DameJohn Underwood
SPOHRSat Feb 15, 1997Ludwig who wrote nine symphoniesJ. Clonick
STARTBUTTONFri Mar 6, 2026First impression of a new video game?Adrian Johnson
SUMMERSCHOOLTue Nov 18, 2008Remedy for failed courses, maybeRichard Chisholm
TAKENTOSun Jul 12, 1998EnjoyedHenry Hook
TALCOSESat Apr 6, 1996Like some powderR. Norris
TEACUPPOODLESun Apr 7, 2024Variety of tiny dogTracy Gray
TOGGLEDSat Jul 12, 2014Turned off and onTim Croce and Alex Vratsanos
WEIRDSMon Dec 14, 2020Skeeves (out)Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau
WENTTOSEAFri Jan 15, 2010Set sailJoe DiPietro
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