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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 50,638 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
ACCIDENTPRONEFri Feb 15, 2002KlutzySherry O. Blackard
ALECLEAMASSun Sep 29, 2002The Spy Who Came In From the ColdRandolph Ross
ALLCOMERSSat Jan 12, 2008Cocky competitors might take them onFrederick J. Healy
BOBKERREYSat Feb 7, 2015Former senator and presidential candidate who once dated Debra WingerByron Walden
BOSWORTHSat Mar 29, 2008Linebacker Brian banned from the 1987 Orange Bowl for steroid useMike Nothnagel
BRAIDERSThu May 9, 1996Corn row creatorsC. Millhauser
BUTWHYCANTIWEARITSun May 9, 1999...on the first day of schoolNancy Nicholson Joline
CAMISESun Jul 11, 2010Loose smockEd Sessa
CHANGEABLEThu Jul 14, 1994FickleDaniel R. Stark
CHOWCHOWTue Sep 14, 2004Dog with an upturned tailNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
EHLERSSat Jan 7, 2012Longtime "Guiding Light" actress BethJoe Krozel
ENDORSEHERESat Aug 7, 1999Check phraseTrip Payne
ESCAPECLAUSEMon Oct 21, 2013Stipulation that frees one of liabilityGary Cee
FADEINSSun Dec 2, 2018Some transitional movie shotsPaul Coulter
FAUVISMSun Apr 6, 1997Early 20th-century French art styleRich Norris
HOPELESSCAUSEMon Mar 23, 2020What a last true believer might believe inEd Sessa
ITWORKEDTue May 23, 2023Annoyed + 2 = "Success!"Lee Taylor
IVORIANSun May 7, 2023Person living between Liberia and GhanaWill Nediger
JUDICIARIESFri Apr 16, 1999Court systemsJohn Wolting
KARLBENZWed Mar 1, 2023German engineer who designed and built the first practical automobile (1885)Aaron M. Rosenberg
MONACOMONACOSun May 8, 2022Grand Prix cityMatthew Stock and Chandi Deitmer
MORTIMERMOUSEThu Aug 20, 2020*Mickey's rival for Minnie's affectionGrant Thackray
NUREYEVSun Feb 7, 2010Frequent partner of FonteynPatrick Berry
OILBOOMSSun Mar 3, 2024High times for the petroleum industryHoang-Kim Vu
PAYBACKTIMEThu Jan 17, 2002What 17- and 54-Across indicateSherry O. Blackard
POLISHZLOTYMon Oct 25, 2021Warsaw currencyDamon Gulczynski
QUOTHASun May 21, 1995"Indeed!" onceDean Niles
RAPVIDEOSun Aug 17, 201450 Cent pieceCaleb Madison
REDSUNSSat Jul 8, 1995Scenes at duskRandolph Ross
REPLACEDSat Nov 22, 2014SucceededDavid Steinberg
RESTRICTSat Mar 9, 1996LimitR. Norris
RODEOBULLThu May 25, 2006It's worth at least a couple bucksGilbert H. Ludwig
SADDLEHORSESFri Jan 3, 1997Certain mountsM. Nosowsky
SCIENCEPROJECTSun Jun 9, 2024Potato battery or model volcano, e.g.Zachary Schiff
SILKBOXERSSat Oct 3, 2020Some pricey undergarmentsBrad Wilber and Doug Peterson
SKINGRAFTWed Aug 31, 2005Procedure for a burn victim, perhapsAlan Arbesfeld
SPYDOMWed Nov 18, 2009World of espionagePaula Gamache
THWARTEDSat Oct 10, 1998StymiedBob Klahn
TOUGHIEFri Jan 2, 2009Real poserMartin Ashwood-Smith
WATCHCAREFULLYMon Nov 4, 2024Keep a close eye onColin Adams
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