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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 50,246 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
ABORTERFri Jul 29, 1994Launch stopperA. D. Cover
ACTOFPARLIAMENTFri Oct 22, 2004English passage?Patrick Berry
BARRELCHAIRSat Apr 16, 2016Furniture item with a rounded backAndrew Zhou
BATAROUNDTue May 3, 2011Idly debateKevan Choset
BLOWTORCHESTue May 31, 1994Items used in "light" boxing?Roger H. Courtney
BRANDNAMESTue Jan 6, 2015Wilson and Hoover, but not EisenhowerJoel Fagliano
CABINETPOSITIONSun Dec 10, 2023The carpenter measured twice for the ideal …Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen
CAPISTRANOThu Nov 20, 2014See 4-DownTimothy Polin
CONTACTTRACEMon Jan 6, 2025Track exposures to a disease, as an epidemiologist mightRena Cohen
CONTINENTALDRIFTSun Nov 13, 2005Earthquake causeBrendan Emmett Quigley
COPOUTSTue Apr 2, 2019Bad rationalizationsNatasha Lyonne and Deb Amlen
CROSSHAIRSWed May 2, 2012*Scope linesPaula Gamache
DARJEELINGThu Nov 17, 1994City with a view of Mt. EverestRich Norris
DIEDONSun Jan 27, 2019Failed, as a cellphone or car to its userRandolph Ross
DISROBEDThu Apr 30, 2015StrippedHerre Schouwerwou
EDISONEFFECTSun May 16, 2021Phenomenon by which electrons radiate from a heated filament, so named for a famous observerJoe DiPietro
GANACHEFri Nov 24, 2017Chocolate truffle fillingBruce Haight and David Steinberg
GOBBLEUPWed Aug 27, 2025DevourZhou Zhang
HEADIERSat Oct 21, 1995More excitingDaniel R. Stark
HORSETRADERSThu May 17, 2007Shrewd bargainersAlan Arbesfeld
INDIANAJONESADVENTURESun Jul 17, 2005Any story in a certain movie serial ... or a 75-Down attractionDavid J. Kahn
MALBECSSun Aug 4, 2019Full-bodied Argentine winesWill Nediger
MASTERCARDSun Jun 22, 2008TRAILHEAD ___ COUNTERTOPPamela Amick Klawitter
NATURELSun Feb 22, 2004Au ___Nancy Nicholson Joline
ONELOTSun Nov 1, 2009Trading unitMatt Ginsberg and Pete Muller
ORASThu May 29, 2014"___ my dad would say ..."Anna Shechtman
PACKSINSun Sep 24, 1995StuffsRandolph Ross
RETRACTIONSSat May 12, 2018Embarrassments for news agenciesAlex Eylar
RUNOFTue May 12, 2020___ the mill (ordinary)Tom Pepper and Zhouqin Burnikel
SERGIOMENDESTue Apr 1, 2003"The Fool on the Hill" bandleaderRich Norris
SITUATIONSHIPFri Nov 22, 2019Romantic gray areaEmily Carroll
SPADEWORKSun Nov 2, 1997Preliminary drudgeryNancy Nicholson Joline
SPELUNKSSat Sep 24, 2022CavesMartin Ashwood-Smith
SPINALLYThu Oct 2, 2003How some analgesics are administeredElizabeth C. Gorski
TAXLAWYERFri Oct 3, 2025One skilled at withholding detailsRebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa
TCCHENSat Jan 10, 2015Scorer of the first double eagle in U.S. Open history, 1985Joe Krozel
UNFREEZESun Jun 14, 1998Remove all restrictions onManny Nosowsky
VALUEMENUFri Apr 29, 2016A 99¢ burger may be on itAndrew Kingsley
WHIPSAWSat Mar 31, 2001Subject to simultaneous opposing forcesRich Norris
WITTINGLYThu Apr 21, 2022With full knowledgeMax Chen Lauring
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