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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 50,377 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
ACTBIGSun Nov 7, 2021Put on pretensionsSid Sivakumar
BLUEEYEDSat Feb 10, 2001Like most NorwegiansRich Norris
BODEGABAYSat Jan 14, 2012Coastal setting of "The Birds"Mark Diehl
BYMERESTCHANCESat Dec 17, 2005As luck would have itPatrick Berry
CALLSTHETUNEFri Jan 13, 2006Is in chargeEric Berlin
CONTEMNEDWed Mar 14, 2007Treated with disdainPeter A. Collins
FAMILYROOMFri Oct 10, 2008TV station?Kyle Mahowald
FILMCRITICSun Jun 27, 2010IrateMichael J. Doran
FREEZERBURNSat Jun 1, 2024Kitchen concern with an oxymoronic nameEric Warren
FRYBREADTue Feb 5, 2019Naan-like Native American foodErik Agard
GOTTABOUNCESat Dec 7, 2019How a security guard might say goodbye?Kevin G. Der and Erik Agard
HAVEDONESat Jul 29, 2000Direct an aide to handleRich Norris
HEISTEDThu Jun 9, 2022Did a job onDan Ziring
HEORSHESun Mar 2, 2025Binary pronoun optionsAdam Wagner
HINGEUPONMon Oct 3, 2022Be determined bySarah Sinclair
IRADESFri Feb 4, 1994DecreesJoe Clonick
JUSTAVERAGELOOKINGSun Feb 6, 2011<em>However, this man was balding, gray-haired and ...</em>David J. Kahn
KITTYKELLEYSat Oct 19, 2013Biographer biographized in "Poison Pen"Peter Wentz
LOWBORNSun Aug 31, 2003From humble beginningsFred Piscop
MALEGENESSat Jul 8, 1995They're on the Y chromosomeRandolph Ross
NOWWEARESIXSun Apr 23, 1995A.A. Milne titleRandolph Ross
ONIONDOMESWed Aug 5, 2020*Colorful architectural features of Moscow's St. Basil CathedralMichael Paleos
OVERSELLTue Apr 1, 2008Push too hard, as an argumentManny Nosowsky
PACKSINSun Sep 24, 1995StuffsRandolph Ross
PAULKERSEYThu Sep 20, 2001Charles Bronson's "Death Wish" roleDavid J. Kahn
PIANOROLLSThu Nov 30, 2023Cylinders like the 20,000+ housed in London's Musical MuseumJeffrey Martinovic and Jeff Chen
PLAYBYSun Aug 28, 1994Pass, as on the golf courseRandolph Ross
PLAYSOUTSun Mar 13, 2011FinishesPatrick Berry
PRETENDERSFri Mar 17, 2023WannabesCarter Cobb
PRISONCAMPSat Sep 27, 1997Geneva Convention concernMatt Gaffney
ROLLONDEODORANTFri Aug 9, 1996Protection, of sortsD. Tuller
SKYSCRAPERFri Sep 10, 1999Storied localeDana Motley
SNOOZEFESTSSat Dec 2, 2023BoresRoyce Ferguson
SPINCLASSESSun Apr 6, 2025Intense cycling sessions … or what you must do to complete the answers to this puzzle's starred cluesKareem Ayas
SWINGSHIFTSun Aug 13, 1995Batter's new strategy? (1984)Nancy Salomon
TOPAZQUARTZFri Sep 28, 2001CitrinePeter Gordon
TRIESHARDSat Oct 4, 2008StrainsMatt Ginsberg
VINAThu Dec 26, 1996___ del Mar, ChileR. H. Burns
WILLINGLYTue Dec 14, 2010Without reluctanceMark Feldman
YOYODIETINGTue Nov 26, 2013Poor weight-loss practiceDon Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel
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