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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 50,704 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
AMYLNITRITEMon Feb 24, 2014Chemical compound in "poppers"Adam G. Perl
ASTONMARTINSat Aug 2, 2008Ride for 007Karen M. Tracey
BEDRIDDENWed Aug 20, 2003Laid upMel Taub
BOWANDARROWFri Mar 13, 2020Something drawn for sportAlex Eaton-Salners
CHICKWEEDWed Feb 23, 2000Baby fowl don't grow on thisFred Piscop
DORMITue Oct 16, 2012Verdi duet "Madre, non ___?"Bill Thompson
DUESENBERGSat Jan 8, 1994See 18-AcrossRand H. Burns
EMBOSSESWed Sep 3, 2008Raises, as a surface designDavid J. Kahn
ERICHSEGALThu Feb 10, 2011Author who co-wrote the screenplay for the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine"Derek Bowman
FACEBOOKPOSTSun May 25, 2025Certain social media updateDylan Schiff
GARBAGEMANWed Dec 19, 2018*Bag managerSeth A. Abel
HENRYKISSINGERSun Jan 28, 1996Speaker of this puzzle's quipM. W. Perry
JEANEDIXONSat Aug 6, 2005Subject of Ruth Montgomery's biography "A Gift of Prophecy"Frank Longo
JUSTTHISONETIMETue Jan 25, 2000Dad says "yes"William S. Cotter
KABUKITHEATERSun Sep 21, 2025Traditional form of Japanese dramaAdrianne Baik
LANDLORDSun May 3, 1998Fred Mertz, notablyBrendan Emmett Quigley
MICROGRAMSun Nov 18, 2018One is roughly the mass of a speck of dustByron Walden and Joel Fagliano
MISTERSCOTTSun Aug 3, 2025Member of this puzzle's shaded squares who might say "I cannot change the laws of physics, Captain!"Jeremy Newton
MOAIFri Mar 22, 2019Easter Island statuesBrendan Emmett Quigley
OLEOLSENFri Jun 20, 2003Half an old vaudeville duoBob Peoples
POTSHARDFri Nov 7, 1997Dig discovery: Var.Brendan Emmett Quigley
PRENUPTIALSun Jul 28, 2019Wedding agreementChristopher Adams
RADICCHIOSun Apr 7, 2019Leafy salad ingredientPeter A. Collins
RANARMSSat Feb 1, 2020Smuggled weaponryMark Diehl
REDBREASTWed Nov 6, 1996RobinM. E. Skolsky
RIBERASat Aug 29, 1998"Immaculate Conception" artist José de ___Jim Page
ROBIEThu Jun 25, 1998Frank Lloyd Wright's ___ HouseStanley B. Whitten
SCARIESSun Oct 16, 2022Sunday ___ (end-of-week anxiety, casually)Paolo Pasco
SEASONERSat Mar 31, 2007One who shakes in a kitchen, maybeJohn Duschatko
SHOEBLACKThu Sep 8, 2016Person whose work shinesJoanne Sullivan
SOPHISTRYSat Jan 1, 2000ChoplogicRich Norris
STEPSUPONESGAMETue Oct 25, 2022Improves to meet a challenge ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled lettersAshleigh Silveira and Nick Shephard
STRIPDOWNFri Sep 16, 2011Reduce to bare bonesJoe DiPietro
SUBWAYADSSat Oct 5, 2024Pitches low and inside?Natan Last
TENDERMERCYMon Sep 18, 2006Feature of the Christian GodDave Tuller
THEBROWNBOMBERThu Nov 28, 2013Joe Louis, to fansLoren Muse Smith and Jeff Chen
TIPONEILLSat Jun 22, 2019Congressman who served the most consecutive years as speaker of the House (1977-87)Joe Deeney
WENTEASYONFri Aug 14, 2015Cut some slackNatan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
WHYWORRYSat Mar 15, 2025"Don't things always turn out OK?"Ryan McCarty
WONDERFULTOWNWed Aug 14, 1996"My Sister Eileen" with music, 1953G. E. Sykes
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