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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 50,246 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
ACTINGMAYORSun Apr 25, 1999"To govern or not to govern. That is the question."Joe DiPietro
AIGLETSSun Nov 2, 2008Shoelace ends: Var.Elizabeth C. Gorski
ALGEBRAISun Apr 8, 2007It often features the quadratic formulaByron Walden
ALLSEWNUPFri Dec 10, 2010Totally assured, as victoryElizabeth C. Gorski
AUDIOCLIPSat Jan 22, 2011Sound bite in bytes?Victor Fleming
BACKPAINWed Apr 29, 2015LumbagoDaniel Landman
BAKINGBREADThu Apr 23, 2020Acclaimed TV show concerning a science teacher-turned-drug dealerYacob Yonas and Erik Agard
BEDAUBWed Feb 7, 2001SmearKent Lorentzen
BERNICESun Jan 27, 2008Eccentric friend on "Designing Women"Mike Nothnagel
BODYMANSat Aug 26, 2017President's personal aidePeter Wentz
CHIMERASTue Apr 25, 2017Monstrous creaturesGary J. Whitehead
COMPETENTTue Apr 21, 2020CapableAndrew Kingsley
DECANTEDMon Jun 30, 1997Poured wine into another containerPeter Gordon
DUSTSOFFSun Nov 14, 2021Brings back to useAimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz
EATINGATTue Jun 6, 2006Bothering badlyBarry C. Silk
ELITEEIGHTSun Jan 29, 2017March Madness stageJim Hyres and David Steinberg
FIRSTTAKESat Jan 12, 2008Recording session starterFrederick J. Healy
FOPPISHSun Aug 27, 2000Like a coxcombDana Motley
HANDOUTSSat Dec 29, 2007Fliers, e.g.Bob Klahn
HIDEANDGOSEEKSat Nov 5, 2022Game where It always countsJohn Westwig
IMPLOREDMon Dec 31, 2018Begged earnestlyBrian Thomas
INQUISITIVENESSSat Aug 9, 1997CuriosityRaymond Hamel
JUDGEDThu Dec 21, 1995Served on a panel, maybeRich Norris
LEXICOGRAPHERSTue Feb 20, 2018Ones who produced the clues for 20-, 25- and 45-AcrossJoel Fagliano
LUNGEDATSat Mar 30, 2002Suddenly attackedMark Diehl
MAIDSOFHONORFri Jan 15, 2021Shower heads, perhapsJosh Knapp
MAOTSESun Nov 10, 1996___-tungR. Hamel
NEWSPRINTWed Oct 17, 2001Forest product, or the result of a second windGreg Staples
OUTLIERSThu Oct 15, 2020Malcolm Gladwell best seller that explores the 10,000-hour ruleLindsey Hobbs
PASSEDTIMESat Mar 8, 2025Did a whole lot of nothingJoe Deeney
PETERMAXSat Feb 10, 2007Artist on the cover of a 1969 Life magazineBob Peoples
PETIPAThu Dec 2, 2004Marius ___, "the father of classical ballet"Patrick Berry
POOLPUMPTue Dec 30, 2014Certain water circulatorJeffrey Wechsler
ROMANTICHEROMon Sep 8, 2008Don Juan, e.g.Oliver Hill
SEESAWINGFri Mar 26, 2004Unable to decideNancy Kavanaugh
SEXTIPSSat May 26, 2012Advice from Dr. RuthPeter Wentz
SPINDOCSun Jul 22, 2012P.R. proBrendan Emmett Quigley
TOMRIPLEYSat Feb 25, 2017Sociopathic role for Alain Delon (1960), Matt Damon (1999) and John Malkovich (2002)Mark Diehl
WEIRDALYANKOVICWed Nov 17, 1999Singer known for song parodiesFred Piscop
ZEITGEISTYSat May 31, 2025Culturally relevantAdam Aaronson and Ricky Cruz
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