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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 50,822 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
ALONZOMOURNINGThu Jul 2, 1998N.B.A. All-StarPat M. Hugel
AMERICANCITIZENSThu Mar 28, 2013Fourth of July celebrantsRandolph Ross
ARTIFICIALHEARTSSun Jul 16, 2023Custom-fitted pumps?Michael Schlossberg
ATALLHOURSFri May 9, 2025Day and nightWilla Angel Chen Miller and Erik Agard
BETWEENTWOFERNSFri Mar 21, 2014Funny or Die web series hosted by Zach GalifianakisBrendan Emmett Quigley
BLANKETDENIALWed Apr 17, 2013"These allegations are completely false!," e.g.Samuel A. Donaldson
CANWETALKFri Jun 25, 2021Question that's rarely a sign of good newsScott Earl
DANNERThu Mar 5, 2009Tony- and Emmy-winning actress BlytheDavid J. Kahn
DETRAINSTue Dec 26, 1995Gets off a PullmanJonathan Schmatzbach
DOUBLEDATESThu Jun 3, 2021Candlelit dinners for four, sayKyra Wilson and Sophia Maymudes
ENSALADAThu May 9, 2002It's tossed at Spanish restaurantsCathy Millhauser
EXHALANTSSat Aug 12, 1995They let out airA.J. Santora
FORGOLDThu Nov 7, 2002See 44-AcrossPatrick Merrell
GANGEDUPFri Sep 22, 2006Bullied, in a way, with "on"Sherry O. Blackard
GOGOBOOTSFri Apr 21, 2017Iconic part of Nancy Sinatra's early attireDamon Gulczynski
IDOBELIEVESat Apr 5, 2014Opinion leader?Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern
JOBLESSRATEFri Nov 1, 2002Economist's concernJoe DiPietro
KERPLUNKSSun Oct 4, 2015Sounds of fall?Jeremy Newton
LANDBACKMon May 2, 2022Indigenous reclamation movementErik Agard
MEATALTERNATIVESat Nov 19, 2022Tofu, for instanceBenji Goldsmith
MISSEDACUESun Jul 30, 2023Didn't pick up what someone was putting downJohn Kugelman
MORCEAUFri Jul 22, 1994Passage of poetry or musicRaymond Hamel
MYCSat Aug 1, 1998Mushroom: PrefixJoe DiPietro
NETTONSSat Aug 24, 2002Freight unitsChuck Menning
NEWFOUNDLANDERSFri Oct 3, 1997St. John's peopleMartin Ashwood-Smith
OBJECTORSSun Apr 11, 2021NaysayersDick Shlakman and Will Nediger
ONTOGENYSat Jul 30, 1994Development of an organismManny Nosowsky
ORUROFri Sep 9, 1994Former capital of BoliviaBob Klahn
POMPEOSun Dec 7, 2008Ellen of "Grey's Anatomy"Jim Page
PULASKISun Dec 28, 2008Georgia's Fort ___, site of an 1862 surrenderPatrick Berry
PUMICINGSun Apr 26, 2009Using a certain abrasive onTrip Payne
REINSTALLSat May 27, 2000Put back inRobert H. Wolfe
RERISENSat Dec 22, 2001Up againTrip Payne
SAINTJOHNSWed May 27, 1998Newfoundland's capitalMark Elliot Skolsky
TAPEDROPTue Aug 13, 1996Convenience for Blockbuster customersR. Hughes
THEKITCHENSINKThu Jun 27, 1996EverythingR. Norris
THERESTISEASYFri May 9, 2003"You can take it from there"Manny Nosowsky
WELLABOVESat Mar 13, 2010Easily pastTyler Hinman and Byron Walden
WINDBAGSat Jul 9, 1994GabberGerald R. Ferguson
WINEGOBLETSSun Jan 19, 2003They have feet and stemsEric Berlin
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