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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
ASKFORHERHANDMon Jun 8, 1998First step for a would-be groom vis-à-vis his intended's fatherMark Danna
BABYSLINGSSat Aug 11, 2018Alternatives to strollersRyan McCarty
BUYITTue Nov 8, 2011Salesman's exhortationScott Atkinson
CARIAFri Aug 11, 1995Ancient district in Asia MinorMartin Ashwood-Smith
CHAPPEDFri Oct 23, 1998Rough and reddy?Manny Nosowsky
CHIMINGWed Jan 9, 2019Sounding like Big BenTrenton Charlson
COMMUNITYTue Jul 24, 2001It has "county" and "city" insideGayle Dean
DAYSOFYORESat Jul 17, 1999Bygone timeRand H. Burns
DISREPUTESat Nov 20, 1999IgnominyA. J. Santora
ETCETERAETCETERASun May 8, 2022"... you get the point"Matthew Stock and Chandi Deitmer
HELLOIMMISTEREDWed Jan 5, 2011Opening line from a TV show that debuted on 1/5/61Mr. Ed Sessa
IHNENSun Dec 28, 1997"Wie geht es ___?" (German greeting)Matt Gaffney
INDRIBSANDDRABSFri Nov 30, 2012Little by littleGary Cee
INELASTICSun Mar 5, 1995StiffA.J. Santora
JUDGERTue Nov 21, 1995Dog show officialThomas W. Schier
KICKBOXERFri Aug 9, 2013Fighter getting a leg up?Patrick Berry
MCLINTOCKTue Apr 22, 20141963 John Wayne comedy westernEd Sessa
MINYANSun Jan 24, 2016Quorum for Jewish worshipFrancis Heaney and Brendan Emmett Quigley
MJOLNIRSat Nov 30, 2019Thor's hammerJoe Deeney
MRTOADSWILDRIDEFri Jun 22, 2007Disneyland attraction since 1955Mike Nothnagel
NAPERERThu Nov 25, 1993Officer in charge of the king's table linenJoy L. Wouk
NERDSPEAKSat Jan 11, 2025Jargon heard at Comic-Con or in a D&D game, humorouslyRyan McCarty
ONEALLTIEWed Mar 13, 20191-1Jeffrey Wechsler
PENULTFri Mar 9, 2001Next-to-last syllableMitch Komro
PLOWSONSun Aug 18, 2002Persists doggedlyMichael Ashley
POOLBOYThu Jan 7, 2016Worker who may skim off the top?Andrew J. Ries
PWNSSun Nov 5, 2017Destroys, in gamer-speakNatan Last
REARSEATSSun Dec 22, 2024Foldable parts of some carsAdrian Johnson
RECOATSFri May 3, 2024Puts another layer onEli Cotham
RIPLEYSBELIEVEITORNOTSun May 22, 2011Norbert Pearlroth spent 52 years of 60-hour weeks in the Library's Reading Room collecting material for ___Bob Klahn
ROLLINGTHUNDERTue Mar 31, 2020Name of a celebrated 1970s concert tour with Bob DylanChristina Iverson and Ross Trudeau
ROSALEEPARKSFri Nov 28, 2014Mother of the Freedom Movement, to friendsTracy Gray
RUNLOOSESat Jun 17, 2023Get unleashedRyan McCarty
SAILSONSat Jan 29, 2011Keeps cruisingNed White
SHONDALANDSat Nov 15, 2025Production company behind TV's "Grey's Anatomy," named for its founderKyle Dolan
SUPERCHARGEDSun May 19, 2019Gave extra juiceNatan Last
TAKETOTHEBOTTLEFri Jan 9, 1998Head for skid row?Manny Nosowsky
TOPSYTURVYTue Jan 27, 2026Downside-upMiranda Kany and Tracy Bennett
TRUEWESTFri Jul 10, 2020Sam Shepard play about warring brothersJohn Lieb
VIVICATue Nov 19, 2024Actress ___ A. Fox of "Set It Off"Erik Agard
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