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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 50,800 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
ACHILLESHEELMon Dec 7, 2015Key vulnerabilityJason Mueller
ALEXESThu Oct 19, 2000Football's Karras et al.Patrick Jordan
BURGERKINGMon Apr 26, 2021Figurative ruler of a 35-DownEric and Lori Bornstein
BYALLODDSWed Dec 7, 2005UndoubtedlyManny Nosowsky
CHIBASat Dec 7, 2019Japanese city on Tokyo BayKevin G. Der and Erik Agard
COUNTAGAINSTWed Mar 10, 2010Be disadvantageous toGary Steinmehl
DAYTIMERSun Apr 16, 2000Big name in personal plannersElizabeth C. Gorski
DIGITATESat Jun 17, 1995Having fingerlike partsFrank A. Longo
DIRTBIKESTue Jul 22, 2014Off-road two-wheelersJoel Fagliano
ELINSat Oct 15, 2011___ Nordegren, ex-wife of Tiger WoodsJoon Pahk
EQUATORIALPLANEFri Nov 9, 2012Where chromosomes gather between poles during mitosisBarry C. Silk
FILMCANONThu Oct 2, 2014Most important moviesDavid Woolf
GHIJSun Oct 25, 2009Run of lettersBrendan Emmett Quigley
HASASHOTATSat Jun 14, 2008Can still getBrendan Emmett Quigley
HAVEITSun Sep 25, 2022"Here, take this"Meghan Morris
HONEYMOONERSSun May 25, 2003See 71-AcrossDavid J. Kahn
IHEARTHATMon Feb 6, 2023"Gotcha"Taylor Johnson
JUNOTThu Jan 9, 2020Spanish boy's name related to the sixth month of the yearAlex Eaton-Salners
KEEPITTOGETHERSun Jul 31, 2016Stay cool ... or a hint to this puzzle's themeRuth Bloomfield Margolin
LEBANESESat Jun 19, 1999Like Casey Kasem, ethnicallyMark Diehl
LOWLANDSMon Aug 9, 2021Opposite of 25-Across?Alex Eaton-Salners
MIDDLEAMERICASun May 14, 2017U.S. heartlandWill Nediger
MULCTFri Jun 5, 1998SwindleManny Nosowsky
MUUMUUSSat May 20, 2000Patterned dressesRich Norris
ONELOTSun Nov 1, 2009Trading unitMatt Ginsberg and Pete Muller
OVERHEATSFri Oct 13, 2000Lets off steam?Joe DiPietro
PARKINGSPACESFri Jun 30, 1995Metropolitan raritiesRich Norris
RAPBATTLESFri Jan 31, 2025Wars of words?Adrian Johnson
REDPOLLSun Aug 25, 1996Variety of hornless beef cattleR. Silvestri
REDSTARTSWed Jun 9, 2010Boldly patterned warblers ... and a hint to 17-, 24-, 50- and 59-AcrossGary Whitehead
RIVARIDGEThu Feb 2, 20061972 Kentucky Derby winnerByron Walden
SADDLEHORSESFri Jan 3, 1997Certain mountsM. Nosowsky
SOFTERSIDESat Jan 31, 2004What a tough guy may not show muchByron Walden
STANDATSun May 24, 1998Maintain, as attentionHarvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
SUBSHOPThu Mar 10, 2022Grinder vendorJohn Westwig
SUNBIRDSSun Apr 25, 2004Former sporty PontiacsElizabeth C. Gorski
SWEEPSSTALLSSun Dec 7, 2008*Does a hostler's workJim Page
VISABILLSun Mar 23, 1997Where charges may show upBryant White
WAREPICFri Aug 20, 2021"Saving Private Ryan" or "Apocalypse Now"Randolph Ross
YETSOFARThu Dec 12, 1996Partner for "so near"J. R. Conrad
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