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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 50,922 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
ADOPTIONSMon Oct 24, 2016Humane Society successesJohn Guzzetta
ALIENENCOUNTERSat May 10, 2025First contactShaun Phillips
ANKLEDEEPSat Jul 16, 2011Like the water in inflatable kiddie pools, typicallyPatrick Berry
AREYOULISTENINGSat Apr 16, 2011"Is this thing on?"Robert H. Wolfe
ATTEMPTINGMon Jun 22, 2015Good Twitter handle for a seductress?Joel Fagliano
BADGUYSTue Feb 17, 2004VillainsBob Frank and Nancy Salomon
BENICIODELTOROSun Apr 25, 2021Oscar winner for his role as a Mexican narc in "Traffic"Jeremy Newton
BIGBREAKFri Nov 8, 2024Life-changing opportunity, maybeEvans Clinchy
CAPTIVEHEARTThu Feb 14, 2008Michael Redgrave war movie, with "The"David J. Kahn
CARDHOLDERMon Feb 12, 2018One with credit ... or a literal hint to 17-, 27- and 44-AcrossMichael Black
CAYENNEPEPPERSun Nov 4, 2018Paprika lookalikePatrick Berry
CORDENThu May 5, 2022James of "Carpool Karaoke" fameAdam Wagner
ENTERERSSat Jan 2, 2010People working with logs?Robert H. Wolfe
EXPLOSIVEMon Jul 20, 2009Nitroglycerin or dynamitePancho Harrison
HANDBRASat Aug 4, 2018Makeshift technique for female modestySam Trabucco
HOUSEOFCOMMONSSat Feb 26, 2005It has 659 membersJim Page
IGOTTHESHAFTSat Feb 10, 2007See 6-DownBob Peoples
ILLMANNEREDSun May 19, 1996UNC*HC. M. Deber
INEVERWILLSat May 24, 2025"Don't expect that from me"Gene Louise De Vera
LANDEDONSun Jul 7, 2019Arrived at, as an answerJack Reuter
LECARSThu Jan 27, 20221970s-'80s RenaultsLewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen
MODERNASun Aug 21, 2022Pharmaceutical company whose Nasdaq symbol is MRNABrooke Husic and Will Nediger
OFFENSIVEREBOUNDSun Oct 24, 2021Your ex's new date whom you just can't stand?Katie Hale
POINTOFINTERESTTue Aug 31, 1999Tour bus stopArthur S. Verdesca
POPLARTREESat Apr 11, 2026Arboreal symbol in Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit"Kareem Ayas
POWERUSERSFri May 10, 2024Tech-savvy folksJesse Cohn
SCAREOFFSun Apr 30, 2006Frighten awayElizabeth C. Gorski
SEANASTINSun Mar 24, 2024Portrayer of Bob Newby on "Stranger Things"John Kugelman
SIRKAYFri Aug 1, 2014Boorish member of King Arthur's Round TableAshton Anderson and James Mulhern
SORORITYROWFri Aug 25, 2017Home to many sistersSam Trabucco
STAMPALBUMSat Feb 27, 2016Book with profiles of many famous people?Julian Lim
STOUTFELLOWWed Sep 30, 1998Heavy drinker?Fran and Lou Sabin
SUNNERTue Sep 9, 2008Person in a solariumPatrick John Duggan
TACKLEDFri Apr 27, 2007Took onRandolph Ross
TAPSONTue Apr 21, 2020Selects with a finger, as an appAndrew Kingsley
TOLIVESun Mar 15, 2020Translation of the French "vivre" or German "leben"Nancy Stark and Will Nediger
TOTOIVSat Nov 6, 2010Triple-platinum 1982 album with the #1 hit "Africa"Brad Wilber
WASNTCLEARTue May 3, 2022Needed further explanationJulian Lim
WOWIEZOWIESat Apr 29, 2023Cry of amazementDavid Steinberg
WRONGOSun Jun 5, 2022"You're not right about that!"Christina Iverson and Katie Hale
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