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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 50,732 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
AVERAGEAMERICANFri Mar 15, 2013Peoria resident's representationJoe Krozel
CALMASun Feb 6, 2005Serenity, in SevilleJoel Kaplow
CIRCUITRIDERSun Apr 24, 1994Itinerant ministerLouis Sabin
COPYEDITORTue Oct 1, 2024Professional proofreader ("Over there, in the snow! That had to be something, right?!")Kevin Curry and Jeff Chen
DARKVICTORYTue Jan 6, 20091939 Bette Davis dramaJohn Greenman
ETYMOSat Jan 8, 1994Linguistic originsRand H. Burns
EXPOSTFACTOTue Jul 5, 2016Retroactively, at lawJules Markey
FIFTYFOURSat Nov 12, 1994Actress Ullmann, in old Rome?Bryant White
GALIOTSun Dec 10, 1995Small trading vesselJim Page
GRUBBYFri May 17, 2019SqualidAdam Fromm
HAMSTRINGSat Mar 5, 2011It may be pulled on a fieldRandolph Ross
INCESTTue Mar 28, 2000Theme of "Oedipus Rex"Fred Piscop
KTWOSat Jun 19, 2010Peak on the Pakistani-Chinese borderSamuel A. Donaldson
LOOKWHATIFOUNDSun Mar 13, 2016Discoverer's cryTom McCoy
MAMACASSELLIOTMon Feb 28, 2011"Heavyweight" of 1960s folk/popMike Buckley
MIKEPENCEWed Oct 28, 2020Frequent "S.N.L." role for Beck BennettPeter Gordon
MILLIONTHSat Sep 28, 2013Like a customer who may get special noticeJoe Krozel
NATURALLAKESun Dec 11, 2011Body of water in a volcanic crater, for oneTimothy Polin
NIGGARDSun Mar 14, 2004Stingy personCraig Kasper
NORDSTROMSSun Jun 21, 2020Department stores since 1901Byron and Harrison Walden
ODUSun Jun 14, 2015Sch. in Norfolk, Va.Randolph Ross
ONFEEDSun Jul 7, 1996How some hogs are raisedR. H. Wolfe
POLITICALJUNKIETue Dec 7, 2021Close follower of the "horse race"Margaret Seikel
POSTSALESSat Dec 12, 2015Part of a business that might include invoicing, payment, updates and equipment maintenanceByron Walden
PROGRESSOFri Dec 20, 2019Big canned soup brandZhouqin Burnikel
RAKESITINMon May 20, 2024Earns tons of moneyJack Scherban
RARITIESTue Apr 18, 2017They come along once in a blue moonBruce Haight
RITACOOLIDGESun Feb 14, 1999Pop singer known as "The Delta Lady"Elizabeth Gorski
RUNAWAYJURYMon Oct 21, 2013John Cusack thriller based on a Grisham novelGary Cee
SEDATIVESat May 22, 1999Hospital administrationA. J. Santora
SHARONSSun Feb 8, 2004Ariel and othersRandolph Ross
SIDEEYESFri Oct 31, 2025Suspicious looksJuliana Tringali Golden
SOTHEBYWed Apr 15, 2015Auction house eponymJoel Fagliano
SPELUNKINGThu Jan 3, 2019Underground activityTimothy Polin
TEMPLESSun Jan 6, 2019Many East Asian World Heritage SitesZhouqin Burnikel
TENDERLYFri Jun 10, 20111950s million-selling song that begins "The evening breeze caressed the trees ..."Patrick Berry
THIEVISHFri Apr 27, 2001Not to be trustedMark Diehl
TONEROWSSat Jul 25, 2015Modern composer's constructionsKevin G. Der
WOODNYMPHFri Sep 5, 2008Butterfly with black-and-white eyespotsKevin G. Der
ZUMAFri May 17, 2013Jacob ___, South African president beginning in 2009Josh Knapp
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