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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 50,361 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
ACCOWLINGSWed Sep 20, 2006Very cool 1970's N.F.L.er?Joe DiPietro
ANDREOTTIWed Oct 17, 2012Italian P.M. nicknamed Divo GiulioPeter Koetters
BAHHUMBUGMon Feb 5, 2001Cynic's snort #1Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
BEAUFORTSun May 16, 2010___ Sea, north of AlaskaMatt Ginsberg
CAMPAIGNERThu Oct 25, 2001Person on a trailJohn Scott Marrone
CHINESEZODIACSun Jan 30, 2011Collection of animals featured in this puzzleKevin G. Der and Jessica A. Hui
DEVELOPERSat Mar 22, 2003One with lots to think aboutRich Norris
DIALOTue Nov 27, 2012Connect with an operatorPeter A. Collins
DIDJUSTICETOFri May 4, 2007Treated fairlyManny Nosowsky
EXTEMPORESun Feb 20, 2005Off-the-cuffElizabeth C. Gorski
FLOODPLAINMon Aug 29, 2011Bad place to live when the river risesAndrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake
FRESHENEDFri Jul 26, 1996DeodorizedG. Newman
GROWINGCONCERNSun Jul 4, 2021Farmer's emotion during a dry season?Howard Barkin
HAPPYENDINGSun Dec 8, 2013Satisfying finale coming to pass?Patrick Berry
HIBERNATESat Jun 14, 2025Go out in the winter?Barbara Lin
HUMANBEINGSTue Jul 24, 2018Creatures with 23 pairs of 25-DownJonathan M. Kaye
LEOPOLDIIISat Jun 21, 2003King of Belgium, 1934-51Dana Motley
LETTERNFri Apr 16, 2010End of discussion?Eric Berlin
LIGHTWEIGHTSat Aug 7, 2021InsubstantialAdam Aaronson
LONESTARFLAGWed Nov 5, 2008Sight at the Texas CapitolDoug Peterson
MAJORLYSun Jan 19, 2003In a big wayEric Berlin
MALLARDSSun Oct 2, 2011Green-headed water birdsEric Berlin
OILBARRELFri Feb 5, 2021Unit officially defined as 42 gallonsErik Agard
OILTUBEFri Mar 27, 2009Engine linePaula Gamache
PAIROFACESTue Jun 22, 1999First of five poker handsNancy Salomon
PRECIOUSGEMSThu Nov 15, 2018Contents of a treasure chestMary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
QUIBBLESFri Nov 16, 2007NitpickingChuck Deodene
QUITESUREThu Jul 14, 2011"Oh, that's definite"Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ian Livengood
RESAVESTue Nov 22, 2011Backs up another time, as computer dataVictor Fleming
SCUBATANKThu Jan 25, 2018*SmelledAlex Eaton-Salners
SECTIONEDSun Oct 23, 2022PartitionedDaniel Bodily and Jeff Chen
SUCKATWed Jul 23, 2025Perform dreadfully, so to speakJoseph Gangi
SUNRISESUNSETThu May 15, 2008Classic Broadway show tune, or a hint to the word ladder revealed by the answers to the eight starred cluesElizabeth C. Gorski
THEEVILEYEThu Feb 15, 1996Bewitching stareMatt Gaffney
THEGRANITESTATESun Aug 27, 2017New HampshireJeff Chen
THEHONORABLESat Apr 12, 2008Mayor's introduction?Byron Walden
THINKFASTTue Sep 23, 1997Dieter's credo?Nancy Salomon
UPPERCUTWed Dec 7, 1994Potent punchChet Currier
WHYTHEBIGRUSHTue May 16, 2006Officer's query to a speederNancy Salomon
WINGBEATSun Jan 28, 2007A hummingbird has a fast oneVictor Fleming and Bruce Venzke
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