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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 50,376 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
AGGRAVATESun Jan 3, 2010WorsenJeremy Newton
BADINVESTMENTSWed Dec 15, 2021Speculations that don't pay offJessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau
BASESEVENFri Jan 19, 2001In which 49 is 100Joe DiPietro
BBSHOTFri Oct 20, 2017Small ammoPeter Wentz
BOSTONCREAMPIESSat Jan 29, 2000Layered dessertsRich Norris
CARBONOFFSETTue Mar 30, 2021Compensating reduction of greenhouse gas emissionsAlex Rosen and Brad Wilber
CASCADEDMon Oct 13, 2003Tumbled like a waterfallEric Berlin
COOLDUDESFri Sep 4, 2020HipstersBrian Thomas
DOESNTCONCERNMETue Mar 6, 2012"So what?!"Wesley Johnson
DONDRAPERSat Jul 6, 2024TV character who said "What you call 'love' was invented by guys like me to sell nylons"Evans Clinchy
DROPDEADSat Mar 9, 2019"Go to Hades!"Sam Trabucco
EATONSSun Apr 5, 2009___ Corrasable Bond (old typing paper)Charles Deber
FANTASYSPORTSWed Aug 24, 2016Field of DraftKings and FanDuel ... or 18-, 23-, 52- and 58-Across?Matthew Sewell
FIENDINGFri May 31, 2024Hankering, slangilyAidan Deshong
HARLEYDAVIDSONWed Dec 30, 2009Company with the stock ticker symbol HOGAdam Cohen
HOMEVIDEOSThu Nov 5, 2015Many camcorder recordingsSamuel A. Donaldson
HOUSEOFGODSun Jun 8, 2025ChurchJohn Kugelman
ILLEGALUSEOFTHEHANDSSun Oct 24, 2004Guy gets grabby on first date; ref penalizes him for ...Patrick Berry
INVERTORThu Sep 13, 2001Muscle that turns a limb inwardRobert H. Wolfe
JFKJRFri Oct 31, 1997Celeb often seen in supermarket tabsMatt Gaffney
LEFTRIGHTWed Feb 28, 2018When repeated, marching orders?Peter A. Collins
LENTENROSETue Sep 26, 2000One who blossoms in spring?Bill Ballard
MANUALTRANSMISSIONThu May 16, 2013Clutch performer?Brendan Emmett Quigley and Elizabeth Donovan
NEURITISSat Aug 5, 1995Possible cause of slow reflexesFrank A. Longo
NIKOLASSat Jul 21, 2012Greek prince ___ Cassadine, longtime "General Hospital" characterJoe DiPietro
ORDAINEDSun Jan 6, 2019Like priestsZhouqin Burnikel
PALESHERRYSat Jul 17, 2010Amontillado, e.g.Mark Diehl
PATCHEDUPSun Oct 4, 1998Settled, as a quarrelFrank Longo
PETROLSSun Feb 2, 1997They're dispensed in litresR. Silvestri
SENIORMOMENTSFri Dec 8, 2023What old memories often causeRobert Logan
SETRATESSun Sep 23, 2018Established figures?Andrew Zhou
SPREADTHEWEALTHWed Mar 31, 2010Redistributionist's catchphrase ... or a hint to the words formed by the circled lettersChuck Deodene
SUFFICESFri Oct 6, 2006Will doNancy Joline
TALKINGTOMYSELFTue Feb 7, 2006"Just mumbling"Elizabeth C. Gorski
TEABREAKWed Jul 16, 2025Worker's timeout in Westminster … or something tucked between this puzzle's shaded squares?Jasin Cekinmez
THEMORETHEMERRIERSun Jan 3, 1999Two's company, three's a crowd, but also...Randolph Ross
TYMURRAYSun Feb 6, 2011Nine-time world champion rodeo cowboyDavid J. Kahn
VASCODAGAMAMon May 20, 2013First explorer to sail directly from Europe to IndiaTim Croce
WAKEFORESTMon Feb 7, 2011University in Winston-Salem, N.C.Lynn Lempel
WILDASSSun Nov 10, 2024Equus africanus, for oneSam Ezersky
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