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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 50,525 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
ABATABLEFri Nov 16, 2001Subject to reductionElizabeth C. Gorski
ABINITIOSat Sep 1, 2012From the startTim Croce
ALGARVESat Nov 11, 1995Portugal's holiday coastNancy Nicholson Joline
BIGTICKETSat Feb 22, 1997Very expensiveA. J. Santora
BONDPAPERThu Feb 15, 2018Fine writing materialPeter Gordon
CANOPUSSun Nov 3, 2002Brightest star after SiriusPatrick Berry
CAUSEWAYSun Nov 29, 2009Florida Keys connectorWill Nediger
CLAPPERSThu May 15, 2008Bell partsElizabeth C. Gorski
COHERENCESun Dec 5, 1999Babbler's lackJoe DiPietro
CORNCRIBTue Jan 23, 1996Farm storage siteB. Lubbers
COSTUMERFri Mar 10, 2017Backstage Broadway workerPawel Fludzinski
CPRTRAINERSSat Jun 29, 2013Some E.M.T. personnelJoe Krozel
DEERHUNTERThu Aug 16, 201864-/65-Across work of 1978, with "The"Alan Arbesfeld
DLCSat Nov 18, 2023Gamer's post-purchase add-ons, for shortHoang-Kim Vu
DONOTOPENSun May 30, 2021Warning on presents stashed in the closetAdam Wagner
DOTDOTDOTDASHDASHDASHDOTDOTDOTSun Aug 8, 2004Call for helpBill Zais
EHUDSWed Aug 12, 2009Israel's Barak and OlmertPeter A. Collins & Joe Krozel
ENGENDEREDSun Oct 12, 2003Gave rise toDavid J. Kahn
HARASSMENTSun Oct 27, 2013BadgeringBrendan Emmett Quigley
HOGARTHFri Feb 12, 1999"A Harlot's Progress" artistJoe DiPietro
HOLDTHEDOOROPENSun May 29, 2011Show a bit of courtesy (for)Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach
ISAOSWed Aug 22, 2012Golfer Aoki and othersPeter A. Collins
JEDGARFri Mar 8, 20192011 biopic about an F.B.I. directorDavid Steinberg
KIMBASat Sep 27, 1997White lion of old cartoonsMatt Gaffney
MATZOTHThu Aug 1, 2002Passover fareWilliam I. Johnston
NFLDRAFTSat Oct 6, 2007Annual sports event with seven roundsBrendan Emmett Quigley and David Quarfoot
OLIVERGOLDSMITHFri Apr 24, 1998"The Good-Natur'd Man" playwrightMartin Ashwood-Smith
PAIROFACESTue Jun 22, 1999First of five poker handsNancy Salomon
PARSERSSat May 6, 1995Grammarians, at timesRandolph Ross
PEERLESSWed Sep 13, 1995IncomparableEileen Lexau
PEEWEEFOOTBALLThu Jun 12, 2025Gridiron game for young tykesDaniel Bodily
PRAIRIESCHOONERSat Apr 3, 1999Oregon Trail sightPat M. Hugel
PRINCESSLEIATue Jan 17, 2017Iconic role for 2-/51-DownTimothy Polin
RETURNRECEIPTSun Jan 23, 2000Mailer's requestJoe DiPietro
ROUSEYFri Apr 13, 2018Ronda ___, mixed martial arts standout of the 2010sJoe Krozel
SCHEDULECHANGESun Apr 13, 2014I.R.S. update?Dan Schoenholz
SCRUFFYSat Nov 23, 2024In need of a trim, sayRyan McCarty
TAXEXILEFri Feb 20, 2009Wealthy Cayman Islands resident, maybePaula Gamache
THEMESSAGEThu Jun 17, 2004"Understand?"Robert H. Wolfe
WICKERWed Mar 1, 2006Chair materialRichard Silvestri
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