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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 50,700 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
ALEAJACTAESTSat Dec 11, 2010"The die is cast," to CaesarPaula Gamache
ANIGHTMAREONELMSTREETSun Feb 27, 2022R.E.M.: alarming to the teens (1984)Sheldon Polonsky
BAJERTue Dec 10, 19961908 Peace Nobelist FredrikD. Niles
BUGLINGThu Jun 16, 2005Cavalry soundElizabeth C. Gorski
BYMERESTCHANCESat Dec 17, 2005As luck would have itPatrick Berry
CANDIEDSun Oct 18, 2020Voltaire's sweet novel?Miriam Estrin
CHEQUESun Sep 21, 2008Item marked in poundsBrendan Emmett Quigley
DROPINANYTIMEMon Feb 4, 2008"See you again!"Dave and Tracy Mackey
EPISTOLICSat Dec 21, 1996Like much of the New TestamentF. Piscop
FIGHTORFLIGHTWed Sep 21, 2022Innate response to a threatening situationMatthew Stock
FINGERNAILMon Mar 10, 2014Manicurist's targetKelly Clark
FOURONEONEFri Apr 17, 2009Information, slangilyCorey Rubin
GANTLETFri Jul 12, 1996Series of troublesChuck Deodene
GIGGLETESTSat Jun 30, 2007Check for credibility, in modern lingoByron Walden
HANGINGBYATHREADTue May 3, 2022Surviving, but just barelyJulian Lim
ILLSHUTUPSat Jul 13, 2024"Sorry, that's enough out of me"Eli Cotham
IONICBONDSSun Nov 24, 2019What all NaCl molecules haveFrank Longo
JULIAWARDHOWEThu Aug 26, 200419th-century author/hymnist who advocated 20-AcrossStella Daily and Bruce Venzke
KASTNERSun Sep 24, 2000Erich ___, author of "Emil and the Detectives"Randolph Ross
LABOURDAYSun Jun 12, 2022Canadian observance also called FĂȘte du TravailWill Nediger
LIFELIKEFri Jul 22, 2011NaturalTodd McClary
MAMMALIAThu Sep 15, 1994Class to which all of us belongFred Piscop
MIXINGMETAPHORSSun Dec 3, 2000Writing no-noElizabeth C. Gorski
OMOREWed Feb 28, 2001Samuel Lover's "Rory ___"A. J. Santora
PAULINEEPISTLESFri Jul 28, 2000The 13 books from Romans to PhilemonHarvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
PAYOFFSSun Sep 9, 2018BribesHal Moore
PENHOLDFri Jan 15, 2010Certain table tennis gripJoe DiPietro
PRECHEWSun Feb 24, 2019Make easier to eat, as an infant's foodErik Agard
PRESSGANGWed Jul 6, 2005Group forcing men into military serviceRaymond Hamel
QUISLINGSat Mar 25, 1995TurncoatWalter Webb
REARTIRESFri Dec 31, 2021Couple in the back of a carMeghan Morris
REDSTARTSWed Jun 9, 2010Boldly patterned warblers ... and a hint to 17-, 24-, 50- and 59-AcrossGary Whitehead
REINFORCEMENTSun Jul 29, 2018Bridle strap utilized only on sidewalk surfaces?Will Nediger
SAYINGSORRYMon Nov 30, 2020*Important step after erringEmma Craven-Matthews
SHOWIERWed Oct 13, 2010More ostentatiousAlan Arbesfeld
SPROUTWINGSThu Nov 29, 2018*Become angelic, figurativelyHerre Schouwerwou
THELASTHURRAHWed Nov 26, 20081958 Spencer Tracy film ... and a hint to 20-, 30- and 39-AcrossHarvey Estes
TOOKAVOTESat Jan 9, 2010Counted raised hands, sayChuck Deodene
VENTUREDOUTSun Dec 10, 2023Went trekking, sayZachary David Levy and Jeff Chen
WHENTHECATSAWAYMon Apr 10, 1995With 36 Across, shirker's commentSidney L. Robbins
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