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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 50,514 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
AIRDROPSFri Sep 2, 2016Some help from aboveDavid Liben-Nowell
AIRSINAIThu Jan 2, 2020Tel Aviv-to-Cairo carrierEd Sessa
AMICESFri Oct 15, 1999Priestly vestmentsMark Diehl
BADMOUTHINGThu Apr 1, 202137-Across, in slangSam Ezersky
BONESPURSat Apr 6, 2019Unwanted growth often related to arthritisNed White
BUCKLEDOWNSun Mar 19, 2000SEAT BELT ___ SIDESTEPGreg Staples
CHANGEENDSSat Oct 15, 2016Directive in tennis after odd-numbered gamesMark Diehl
CHEEKBYJOWLMon Jan 23, 2012Next to one anotherSarah Keller
CHELAEFri Jan 27, 1995PincersChuck Deodene
CORONATESat Jan 20, 1996Crown, as a sovereignF. Longo
DALLIESFri Dec 12, 2008LollygagsMike Nothnagel
DISNEYSFOLLYTue Jul 10, 2001"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"Patrick Merrell
FASTPACESat May 17, 2014GallopBrad Wilber
FOURDOORSEDANSun May 29, 2011Chrysler 300, e.g.Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach
FURBABIESFri Jan 6, 2023Pet dogs and cats, affectionatelyErica Hsiung Wojcik
HARPOONSun Jan 19, 2014Weapon for 27-AcrossDan Schoenholz
IDENTIFYINGMARKSSun Mar 13, 1994HAMILL, HARMON, MESSIER, SPITZNancy Nicholson Joline
KICKINTHEPANTSThu Nov 3, 2022_N_ _ _ERSChase Dittrich and Jeff Chen
LOWPRICEDSun Feb 24, 2002EconomicalManny Nosowsky
MAILDROPMon Mar 31, 2008*Secret communication locationJeff Armstrong
MANCHUSun May 27, 2018Fu ___Andrew Chaikin
MARJOESat Apr 15, 1995Gortner of "Falcon Crest"Bob Klahn
MILHOUSEFri Jul 10, 2020"The Simpsons" character named for a U.S. presidentJohn Lieb
OLDAGEPENSIONERFri Sep 5, 2014Elderly person on a fixed incomeJoe Krozel
PHASETWOMon Jan 18, 2021What follows the initial part of a master planJeff Stillman
POLEPOSITIONThu Aug 21, 2014First placeJules P. Markey
POWERPOSINGThu Jan 13, 2022Standing like Wonder Woman, sayKaren Lurie
RADIATORCAPMon Oct 16, 2017It must be removed before pouring coolant into an engineJennifer Nutt
RCABUILDINGMon Feb 11, 2013Onetime name at New York's Rockefeller CenterGary Cee
REHSat May 21, 1994Pre-show show: Abbr.Charles E. Gersch
ROOMRATESSun Jan 30, 2011Hotel figuresKevin G. Der and Jessica A. Hui
RUNFORSun Apr 22, 2012Seek election toPaula Gamache and Ed Stein
RUSTPROOFSun Oct 21, 2001Like bronze or tinRobert H. Wolfe
SCRATCHNSNIFFMon Oct 20, 2025Like some scented stickersAdam Aaronson
SPLISHThu Nov 13, 2008Sound in a Bobby Darin song titleAllan E. Parrish
TAKEBETSTue Jul 4, 2023Play bookieBarbara Lin
VICTROLATue Jul 31, 2012Early phonographMichael Sharp
VNECKTSHIRTSWed Jun 16, 2010Undergarments that show a little of the chestJoe Krozel
WAVESBYETue Dec 31, 2019Silently bids adieuEvan Kalish
YEAHRIGHTMon Feb 17, 2025"Uh-huh, I bet" ... or a literal description of what 17-, 24-, 36- and 50-Across all haveKate Hawkins and Erica Hsiung Wojcik
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