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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 50,668 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
ALMONDOILSun Oct 27, 2019Nut extract used in skin careMichael Paleos
ASLIMWed Oct 8, 1997"There's ___ chance of that"Gilbert H. Ludwig
AURORSun Jan 14, 2024Law enforcer in the Harry Potter universeJohn Kugelman
BEASTLIKEFri Apr 28, 1995OgreishRich Norris
BOITESFri Nov 20, 1998___ de nuit (cabarets)Manny Nosowsky
CHURCHROCKTue Feb 18, 2025New Mexico site of the largest radioactive accident in U.S. historyErik Agard
CLAVELLSun Aug 31, 1997"King Rat" novelistDavid J. Kahn
CLEVERDICKSat Mar 24, 2018Know-it-all, in BritspeakByron Walden
DANGLERMon Aug 7, 2006Tassel on a cap, e.g.Lynn Lempel
EMINSun Aug 7, 2011Key of Brahms's Symphony No. 4: Abbr.Tony Orbach and Janie Smulyan
EMOTIONALLYWed Sep 27, 2017With more heart than headJacob Stulberg
FOOTTHEBILLTue Jul 19, 2022Pay for something expensiveAndy Kravis
FORGIVESFri Jun 27, 1997ExcusesDean Niles
GERANIUMSFri Mar 10, 1995CranesbillsFrank A. Longo
GOODSPORTSSun Nov 26, 2017Graceful losers, e.g.Jeff Chen
HEREANDSun May 27, 2001Quote, part 6Dana Motley
HORNRIMMEDTue Aug 11, 2009Like Buddy Holly's glassesOliver Hill
ILIKEITLIKETHATSat Sep 25, 20101965 top 10 hit for the Dave Clark FivePatrick Berry
INFOMERCIALTue Nov 22, 1994Paid-for TV programWayne Robert Williams
JIGISUPFri Jul 13, 2007Quaint cry from a caught crook, with "The"Manny Nosowsky
LATTENThu May 16, 2013Thin sheet metalBrendan Emmett Quigley and Elizabeth Donovan
LITTLEMANTATETue Jan 3, 1995Jodie Foster's directorial debut, 1991Rich Norris
LOWPITCHWed Nov 3, 2010Fastball in the dirt, sayTracy Gray
NASISat Jul 11, 1998Nose: PrefixFran and Lou Sabin
NEBBISHSat Jul 17, 2004WimpRich Norris
OLDOAKTREEFri Feb 28, 2003Where Merlin is imprisoned in "Idylls of the King"Manny Nosowsky
POSTMODERNISMFri May 17, 2013Style of New York's Sony BuildingJosh Knapp
ROUNDDANCEMon Dec 25, 1995Waltz or reelSidney L. Robbins
SENTISun Nov 21, 1993Tanzanian coinsPeter Gordon
SIDEARMEDFri Oct 26, 2018Pitched horizontallyEvan Kalish
SITSATOPSun Jul 21, 2019StraddlesJason Mueller and Jeff Chen
SIZEDUPWed May 8, 2002EvaluatedFred Piscop
SUBGENREThu Jan 19, 2023Dixieland or bebop vis-à-vis jazzDaniel Bodily
TEATASTINGFri Jan 14, 2022Where to try out some gunpowder?Matthew Stock and Sid Sivakumar
THEWARSun Dec 9, 2018What old army buddies might discussRoss Trudeau
TIERINGWed May 28, 2008Arranging in rowsC. W. Stewart
TRACYANDHEPBURNMon Oct 6, 1997Classic film duoBarbara Campitelli
WHATDISAYTue Jan 7, 2025"You believe me now?"Dana Edwards
WHATSYOURSECRETSun Jul 3, 2022Question to someone who looks impossibly youngTom McCoy
ZOROASTRIANSat Dec 22, 2018Ahura Mazda worshiperJoon Pahk
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