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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 50,583 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
ALBERTSONTue Apr 8, 1997TV/film actor JackFred Piscop
ALLCOMERSSat Jan 12, 2008Cocky competitors might take them onFrederick J. Healy
ALMOSTTHEREThu Dec 1, 2022...Daniel Mauer
ASSUMABLESun Jun 2, 1996Like some obligationsR. Norris
BOLSTERUPSat Jan 31, 2004Support, redundantlyByron Walden
BUYDOWNFri Oct 1, 2004Mortgage subsidyBob Peoples
CUBANSMon Nov 14, 2022Some quality cigarsTaylor Johnson
CURDYFri May 30, 1997Like Miss Muffet's fareManny Nosowsky
DEPTHCHARTSSat Nov 8, 2025Football roster planning documentsRyan Judge
DISAPPEARFri Mar 18, 2022DematerializeClaire Rimkus and Brooke Husic
DRABEKThu Dec 5, 2002Cy Young Award winner DougJoe DiPietro
EUPHEMISMSat Oct 10, 1998Egad, e.g.Bob Klahn
EXPELLEESat Jul 8, 2006Booted oneBarry C. Silk
FOZZIEBEARSat Feb 16, 2013Orange children's characterMichael Ashley
FREECYCLESFri Jul 5, 2019Gives away to a better home, in a modern coinageFreddie Cheng
GULPINGFri Sep 16, 2011Reaction of thirsty peopleJoe DiPietro
HIGHONFri Jul 5, 2002Enthusiastic aboutManny Nosowsky
IMPRINTSun Dec 16, 2007StampDavid J. Kahn and Steve Kahn
ITSNOTEASYFri Oct 27, 2023"There's a lot more to this than you think"Adrian Johnson
LOCALPHONECALLMon Apr 7, 2003Cheap chatHarvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
LOSEWEIGHTTue Dec 31, 2019Common New Year's resolution -- as hinted at by the answers to the four starred cluesEvan Kalish
MECHANICALHORSESat Aug 17, 2002Ride simulator of a sortFrank Longo
MULTIPLEFri Sep 24, 2021More than a fewStella Zawistowski
ONEREELERSat Oct 22, 2005Short, of a sortPatrick Berry
PHASINGINFri Mar 14, 2014Establishing by degreesAlan Olschwang
PHOTOIDSWed Apr 20, 2022What driver's licenses serve asJoseph Greenbaum
PIGSOUTSat Oct 29, 2011GorgesBarry C. Silk
QUICKTURNAROUNDSun Feb 23, 2025What a tight deadline might require ... or what's found in 30-Across?Daniel Grinberg and Rafael Musa
RAISESAHANDSat Sep 24, 2005Threatens violenceByron Walden
RECYCLINGCENTERMon Feb 25, 2019Place to bring aluminum cansPeter Gordon
REQUIREDREADINGSat Dec 11, 2021Essential workHal Moore
RESISTARRESTSun Jul 14, 2002Refuse to be taken inPatrick Berry
RIGHTYTIGHTYWed Mar 27, 2024With 36-Across, mnemonic device for turning 54-Across ... or a hint to the answers to the starred cluesRich Katz
SACKDRESSSat Sep 22, 2018Garment originally fashionable in the late 1950sSam Trabucco
SOPHISTRYSat Jan 1, 2000ChoplogicRich Norris
TATEMUSEUMSun Sep 11, 2016London home to many John Constable paintingsNed White and George Barany
THEGREENMONSTERTue Feb 15, 1994Bucky Dent slew it at Fenway Park in 1978Jonathan Schmatzbach
TRADESIESWed Sep 18, 2024Cutesy term for a swapCasey Callaghan and Will Nediger
WORKINGCAPITALMon Sep 4, 1995Entrepreneur's fundsRichard Thomas
XANDYAXESSat Aug 20, 2016Plot linesMark Diehl
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