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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 50,421 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
BALEENSFri Sep 20, 1996WhalebonesJ. Page
BLOWDRYBARSat Aug 16, 2025Beauty lounge, of a sortByron Walden
BYRONISTThu Dec 16, 2010Certain English poetry scholarCharles Deber
CAMEDOWNINSHEETSSun Sep 11, 2016Rained cats and dogsNed White and George Barany
CHEAPHOTELSSat Apr 22, 2000Travel guide listingsRich Norris
COMMONNAMEThu Mar 13, 2008"Black rat" as opposed to "Rattus rattus"Alan Arbesfeld
DEFROSTERSun Feb 11, 2001Refrigerator deviceBob Peoples and Nancy Salomon
EXCHANGESNUMBERSSun Mar 24, 2024Stock prices?John Kugelman
FORTRESSESThu Aug 26, 2004StrongholdsStella Daily and Bruce Venzke
GETSATIPFri Apr 5, 2019Is rewarded for serviceRyan McCarty
HANSCHRISTIANANDERSENSun Aug 19, 2001"He used to make up unbelievable tales"David J. Kahn
HOTMIKESTue Oct 2, 2012Feedback producersEthan Cooper
IFIVETOLDYOUONCESun Dec 8, 2002Start of an exaggerationPeter Gordon
ISLEOFSKYEFri Jul 2, 2021Northernmost land in the Inner HebridesBrooke Husic and Ada Nicolle
KITCARSONSat Mar 14, 2009Eponym of a national forest in New MexicoBarry C. Silk
LOCULUSSun Mar 23, 1997Catacomb recessBryant White
MAIDENFORMSat Feb 14, 2015Brand that supports women?David Steinberg
MANURESThu Jul 5, 2001FertilizesPeter Gordon
MANUTESun Apr 25, 1999Basketball's ___ BolJoe DiPietro
MORTISEDSun Mar 25, 2001Joined securelyTrip Payne
PICKIERWed Feb 9, 2022More difficult to pleaseGrant Thackray
PLUMMERSun Apr 26, 2009Actress AmandaTrip Payne
POUNDEDTHEPAVEMENTSun Nov 12, 1995Ran hard in the marathonRandolph Ross
PREENLISTSun Jun 19, 1994Sign up earlyNancy Scandrett Ross
QUICKFREEZESat Dec 17, 2011Way to preserve food freshnessTom Heilman
SEMESTERSSat Sep 2, 2000TermsRich Norris
SHOEPOLISHThu Nov 2, 2006It makes a cobbler's work truly shineJohn Farmer
SMELTINGFri Sep 14, 2012Coke user's activityPeter A. Collins
SPACEWOMENFri Dec 15, 1995Ride and othersHarvey Estes
SPIREDSun Oct 9, 2011Like most churchesBrendan Emmett Quigley
SPYINGONSun Nov 20, 2011Watching without being watchedTrip Payne
STRENUOUSEFFORTSun May 31, 2009*Real workKelsey Blakley
THEHUBMon Jul 22, 2013Nickname for 43-AcrossIan Livengood
THEVIPSSat Feb 21, 20091963 Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton dramaMike Nothnagel and Byron Walden
THRACIANThu Oct 15, 2015Orpheus or Spartacus, by birthKevin G. Der
TOPRANKSThu Feb 23, 2023"It is such fun to fool the folks / And make them butts of harmless jokes ..."Joe Deeney
WEIGHTHEEVIDENCEThu May 9, 2024Do a judge's job, in old Rome?Joe DiPietro
WHITEHOPETue Apr 5, 2016Savior, in popular parlanceDan Schoenholz
ZINCKEDSun Apr 24, 2005Coated to prevent rustBrendan Emmett Quigley
ZOOGEOGRAPHICALSun Jan 29, 1995Re the science of animal distributionBryant White
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