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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 50,960 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
ACAKEFri Jan 12, 2018Follower of "pat" in Mother GooseErik Agard
ALPHABETSONGSThu Mar 17, 2011Educational musical pieces for kindergartenersAnna Shechtman
ARTHURLAKETue May 26, 2020Actor who played Dagwood Bumstead in film, radio and TVNeville Fogarty
BACONNUMBERTue Nov 29, 2011Degrees of separation in a Hollywood parlor gameAimee Lucido
BIOLOGISTSSat Aug 13, 1994Watson and Crick, for twoRandolph Ross
BRANDEISFri Feb 11, 2005University in MassachusettsManny Nosowsky
CAPITALBELTWAYSat Nov 12, 2011495Barry C. Silk
CROSSDRESSINGWed May 15, 2019"Mrs. Doubtfire" plot device - or what the letters in this clue's answer do five times?Zhouqin Burnikel
DANCESWITHWOLVESTue Sep 17, 20131990 Kevin Costner filmPeter A. Collins
DIALOTue Nov 27, 2012Connect with an operatorPeter A. Collins
DUENORTHMon Jul 25, 20160 degrees, on a compassKevin Christian
EDITORIALCOLUMNFri Jun 30, 2000Newspaper featureMartin Ashwood-Smith
EGGMCMUFFINSTue Nov 26, 2024Sandwiches that kick-started the fast-food breakfast industryKillian Olson
FHOLESThu Nov 4, 2010Violin cutoutsMike Nothnagel
FLOORPOLISHSun Sep 29, 1996S. C. Johnson's Future, for oneM. Reagle
GUESSTIMATESWed Apr 12, 2017Ballpark figuresEmily Carroll
HAPPINESSISAWARMPUPPYSun Nov 23, 1997Popular proverb from the stripChristopher Hurt and Derek Tague
HORSEANDBUGGYMon Oct 17, 2005Old-fashionedGregory E. Paul
JACOBYSun Oct 2, 1994Legendary name in bridgeFrances Hansen
JOBSEEKERSThu Nov 14, 2024Those who apply themselves?Matthew Faiella
MICHELEBACHMANNFri Aug 30, 2013First female candidate to win the Ames Straw PollDavid Steinberg
MIXEDREVIEWSSun Sep 20, 2020*, *** and *****, saySam Trabucco
MYTHICALMon May 3, 2010Like dragons and centaursSusan Gelfand
NEATNESSCOUNTSThu Jul 11, 2002Comment from a handwriting teacherElizabeth C. Gorski
NEWSSTORIESWed Feb 25, 2009Pulitzer Prize entriesKelly Browder
OAKFORESTFri May 22, 2026Sherwood, e.g.Gene Louise De Vera
PAPERWASPFri Jul 8, 2022Insect with a delicate nestKyle Dolan
POWERTOOLSFri Feb 17, 2012Drills, e.g.Ian Livengood
PUSHESTue Nov 26, 1996Talks up, so to speakS. Spadaccini
RAISEABIGSTINKSun Oct 11, 1998Mother someone who's really awful?Nancy Salomon, Marjorie Richter and Kelly Clark
RECEPTORSun Feb 23, 2003Nerve endingNancy Salomon
ROOMATTHETOPSun Sep 26, 2010Opening for an aspiring leaderPamela Amick Klawitter
SINGLEPLACEThu Sep 2, 2004With 20- and 55-Across, description of 60-AcrossDavid J. Kahn
SPYERWed Sep 20, 1995Peeping TomRandy Sowell
SWEARSOFFSun May 12, 2019Gives up for goodVictor Barocas
TVREMOTEFri Dec 22, 2006Show stopper?Mike Nothnagel
WANTAPIECEOFMETue Apr 11, 2023Famous fighting wordsTaylor Johnson and Jeff Chen
WHEREARTTHOUTue Oct 25, 2011Question that follows "O Brother" in film ... and a hint to this puzzle's themeC. W. Stewart
WHITECLOUDWed Mar 29, 2006Iowa leaderFrances Hansen (1919-2004)
YOGHSun May 31, 1998Middle English letterCathy Millhauser
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