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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 51,140 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
ABHORRENTLYSat Mar 14, 1998In an awful wayEd Pegg Jr.
BALDIEMon Jun 24, 2019Person with a chrome domeRoss Trudeau
BRAINPOWERSat Jul 26, 2025SmartsAdam Levav
BRINGUPASTICKYSUBJECTSun Oct 11, 1998Mother a pasty vassal?Nancy Salomon, Marjorie Richter and Kelly Clark
BUSHVGORESat Dec 5, 20092000 Supreme Court case hinging on the 14th AmendmentBrad Wilber
CABINETMINISTERTue Mar 21, 2017High-ranking British Parliament memberGeorge Barany and John D. Child
CANDYCOATSat Jul 14, 2018Make more palatableKameron Austin Collins
CHELAEFri Jan 27, 1995PincersChuck Deodene
DECLAIMEDWed Jun 24, 1998Renounced?Richard Silvestri
EMIGRATESThu Aug 15, 1996Settles elsewhereS. B. Whitten
FILMNOMINATIONMon Dec 25, 2006Motion picture academy honorAdam G. Perl
FILTHYRICHMon Mar 24, 2014Not just well-offTom Pepper
FORMULAETue May 22, 2001Chemists' knowledgeJohn D. Leavy
FORTLAUDERDALESun Sep 8, 2019... the guy who can't stop bragging about BraggJoe DiPietro
GAYRODEOThu Sep 3, 2020Sporting event profiled in the 2014 documentary "Queens & Cowboys"Sid Sivakumar
GEOMETRYCLASSESFri Nov 24, 2000Where to find compass directions?Martin Ashwood-Smith
GOESATITSun Feb 15, 1998Argues vehementlyRich Norris
GRINATSun May 17, 2026Direct a smile towardDerrick Niederman
LAYANCHORTue Sep 12, 2006Secure oneself in portJames R. Leeds
LEGALISSUEFri Mar 4, 2022Basis for a caseDavid Distenfeld
LIKEASORETHUMBSun Apr 28, 2019LAST words?Brendan Emmett Quigley
LILFOLKSSun Nov 23, 1997Predecessor of the stripChristopher Hurt and Derek Tague
LYCOSun Dec 17, 1995Wolf: PrefixDean Niles
MINGLESTue Jul 2, 2019Is sociable at a partyPeter Gordon
NOTGUILTYFri Jan 26, 2024Exonerating wordsSarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa
NUCLEARPACTSat Dec 21, 2024SALT, but not PEPPERBarbara Lin and Lewis Rothlein
ROOFTOPGARDENWed Nov 21, 2001Urban luxuryM. Francis Vuolo
SEXYBACKSat Dec 24, 20162006 Justin Timberlake #1 hitDavid Steinberg
SKYLARTue Oct 9, 2018Actor Astin of "Pitch Perfect"Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
SONNETEERSSat Apr 11, 2015Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Edna St. Vincent Millay, notablyMartin Ashwood-Smith
SORRYISPILLEDITThu Jul 29, 1999Poem by 39-Across about breakfast in bedDavid J. Kahn
SQCMThu Jan 12, 2012Small area meas.Gareth Bain
STANDINGROOMTue Jun 21, 2005Provision for late-arriving spectatorsNancy Kavanaugh
STEELJAWSSat Nov 27, 2010Features of some bear trapsXan Vongsathorn
SUMMEROLYMPICSTue Jul 16, 19961996 eventR. Hamel
TOPLESSDANCERSFri Oct 9, 2015Ones working near the poles?David Steinberg
TWELVEDOZENThu Sep 26, 2013A grossTom Pepper and Victor Barocas
USWNTTue Jun 9, 2026Squad captained by Lindsey Horan to win Olympic gold in '24, for shortRebecca Goldstein
WALKUREThu Sep 23, 2010"Die ___" (second part of the 17-Across)David J. Kahn
WILDPITCHESThu Feb 29, 2024Mistakes in baseball ... or what 18-, 24-, 34- and 51-Across might produce?Esha Datta
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