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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 50,702 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
ACTSOFGODFri Apr 13, 2001Floods and suchJoe DiPietro
ALBERTOGONZALESMon Jul 12, 2021Attorney general under George W. BushKevin Christian
ALFREDMOLINASun Nov 2, 2008Film star who played 26-DownElizabeth C. Gorski
ALLWEMon Jun 18, 2012"For ___ know ..."Peter A. Collins
AQUARIUMSat May 19, 2012School house?Patrick Berry
BALLADESTue Oct 8, 1996Chopin compositionsE. C. Gorski
BIGENCHILADAMon Apr 16, 2012Influential sortLynn Lempel
BILLYCONNTue Sep 13, 2011Boxer who almost upset Joe Louis in 1941Patrick McIntyre
BODYTEMPERATUREThu Oct 19, 2000In this, a "." is a "point"Patrick Jordan
BRAINSURGEONSSun Nov 26, 2017Flourishes around monsoon eventsJeff Chen
BYGONEERASat Nov 20, 2010Time pastJoe DiPietro
CAPECODBAYSat Feb 25, 2017Giovanni da Verrazano discovery of 1524Mark Diehl
DOGOWNERTue Sep 11, 2018One registering with the American Kennel ClubTimothy Polin
DOOMSDAYMACHINEFri May 16, 2025Mad scientist's creationAugust Lee-Kovach
DOROTHYDIXSun Apr 14, 1996Her advice column debuted in 1896Henry Hook
DRUGWARSun May 18, 2025Crisis involving cartelsGarrett Chalfin
EGOSAVINGMon Nov 15, 1999Helping to avoid humiliationNick Grivas
FACEDTHEDAYSun Mar 16, 2025Got up and at 'emPaul Coulter
FOURIRONSat Dec 29, 2007It has a smaller degree of loft than a mashieBob Klahn
FRUITLESSWed Jan 30, 2019Unproductive ... or, literally, a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred cluesEmily Carroll
ITGETSBETTERThu Nov 21, 2013[ ]Jules P. Markey
LONELYHEARTSCLUBThu Apr 15, 2004Lovelorn groupManny Nosowsky
MAYONNAISEMon Sep 2, 2013Condiment that can remove crayon marksJim Peredo
NATHANAELWESTSat Jun 3, 1995"The Day of the Locust" authorBob Klahn
ONCASSETTEFri Mar 3, 2023How many 1970s-'80s movies were releasedEric Warren
PANGLOSSFri Aug 6, 2004Optimist in "Candide"Bob Peoples
PREHISTORICPERIODSSun Mar 30, 2025... AncientSimeon Seigel
RATKANGAROOTue Aug 16, 1994Aussie hopperWayne Robert Williams
REDBREASTWed Nov 6, 1996RobinM. E. Skolsky
REDGRANITEWed Apr 13, 2011Wisconsin's state rockElizabeth C. Gorski
ROMAINWed May 12, 20101915 Literature Nobelist ___ RollandPete Muller
SALESTAXESSat May 24, 2025Charges that vary between statesGene Louise De Vera
SCRIBEDFri Feb 20, 2009WrotePaula Gamache
SIZETWOTue May 24, 2016Petite dress specificationJonathan Gersch
STARBURSTSTue Feb 14, 2023Colorful chewable candiesElla Dershowitz
TOOLINGSun Feb 21, 1999Factory machineryFred Piscop
TRACIIThu Sep 26, 2002Razor brandManny Nosowsky
TWINGESSat Jan 7, 2017Small stabsRoland Huget
YUMANSun May 5, 1996Arizona nativeD. J. Kahn
ZIPGUNSun Nov 12, 2000Homemade pistolJoe DiPietro
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