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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 50,751 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
AIRMAILSMon Dec 27, 1993Sends quicklyJoel Davajan
ALDISSWed Mar 30, 2022Hugo-winning "Hothouse" author BrianJack Murtagh
AUXILIARYVERBSun May 6, 2012Have, sayAlex Vratsanos
BAGHDADIRAQFri Mar 18, 2011Home to more than 5 1/2 million ArabsPatrick Merrell
BILLTOSun Sep 29, 2019Words on an invoiceTom McCoy
BLOCKHEELWed Jan 18, 2017Platform sandal featureMatthew Sewell
BREAKASWEATWed Oct 12, 2011Perspire mildlyGary Cee
CATTLETHIEFFri Dec 4, 2020One who takes stockPatti Varol and Doug Peterson
COPASWed Dec 7, 1994Country singer Cowboy _____Chet Currier
CORNELLUSat Jun 23, 2012Big Red, in the N.C.A.A.Laura Sternberg
COXSWAINTue Jun 12, 2007Crew's leaderJonathan Gersch
DATAFILESFri Apr 13, 2001Hackers' targetsJoe DiPietro
DEMIMONDESat Jan 29, 2000Toulouse-Lautrec subjectRich Norris
DINGIERWed Nov 14, 2001More run-downFrank A. Longo
DOGRUNSWed Mar 5, 2025Off-leash areasRebecca Goldstein
EIGHTHOURDAYWed Feb 6, 2002Common shiftJoe DiPietro
ELONGATESSun Feb 15, 2004StretchesDerrick Niederman
FASTEDDIEFELSONMon May 4, 1998Paul Newman's role in "The Hustler"Hugh Davis
GOETZSun Jun 14, 2015Bernhard ___, so-called "Subway Vigilante" of 1984Randolph Ross
GOOGLETIMEWed Sep 7, 2022Newbie crossword solver's thought on a FridayEkua Ewool
GRAZIEMILLEThu Nov 27, 2014Thanksgiving phraseStanley Newman
HANDPAINTSat Nov 19, 2005Decorate, as a pumpkinByron Walden
IDOWHATICANSat Nov 9, 2024Modest reply to a complimentChandi Deitmer and Hoang-Kim Vu
INDECENCYSun Sep 9, 2018Public nudity or foul languageHal Moore
LIMNOLOGYFri Jan 19, 2001Study of lakes and pondsJoe DiPietro
LIQUEURThu Oct 1, 1998CordialManny Nosowsky
MOMENTINTHESUNMon Feb 27, 2023Brief time to shineDavid Rockow
MYAIMISTRUESat Nov 3, 2012Elvis Costello's debut albumMilo Beckman
NOLEADSSun Apr 2, 2023Why cases might go coldJeremy Newton and Tracy Gray
OBVSun Nov 20, 2011Front of a coin: Abbr.Trip Payne
ORTHOPTICSFri Dec 2, 2011Field of vision?Ed Sessa
ORUPSun Feb 5, 2012"Is she not down so late, ___ so early?": "Romeo and Juliet"Charles M. Deber
QUAINTLYWed Aug 6, 1997With old-fashioned charmRich Norris
RUSHWEEKMon Aug 22, 2016Important time at a fraternity or sororityEmily Carroll
SHEILAEThu May 3, 2001"The Glamorous Life" singerTrip Payne
STARINGCONTESTFri Dec 23, 2022Game that often ends in tearsBrandon Koppy
TRICKLEDOWNMon Apr 13, 2020Kind of economics, disparaginglyEvan Kalish
VODKAREDBULLSun Jun 19, 2022Cocktail with an energy boostJeremy Newton
WOOINGTue Oct 25, 2022Wining and dining, sayAshleigh Silveira and Nick Shephard
WORLDSERIESGAMEWed Oct 7, 2009See 57-AcrossTim Wescott
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