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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 51,074 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
ABDELThu Nov 17, 2011Egypt's Gamal ___ NasserPatrick Merrell
ALOTTOMANAGEMon Jan 13, 2020Too much on one's plateAlan Arbesfeld
APPLYFORSat Sep 4, 2004Try to getPatrick Berry
ARTICLEIIIFri Oct 12, 2001Part of the Constitution covering judicial powersManny Nosowsky
BACKBURNERSun Apr 6, 2014Sleeping sunbather, at times?Patrick Berry
BLUESUEDESHOESWed Aug 13, 19971956 Elvis songRichard Silvestri
BUTCHYSun Mar 1, 2009Exaggeratedly masculineRobert W. Harris
CARLREINERSun Jun 19, 1994ROB'SNancy Scandrett Ross
CLADINThu Feb 23, 2023WearingJoe Deeney
CLEAREDUPSat Mar 16, 2013Became fairJulian Lim
CLOGDANCEFri Feb 21, 2014Stamp act?Patrick Berry
CRIMINALIZATIONFri Nov 11, 2011OutlawingAlex Vratsanos
DACTYLSWed Mar 4, 2015Poetic feetJeff Stillman
DATETREEMon Mar 18, 1996Oasis sightS. L. Robbins
DROPPEDCALLSun Dec 28, 2014Lo____yJoe Krozel
ELEMENTALSun Jan 17, 2016BasicJeff Chen
FRAGILEEGOSFri Jul 4, 2003They're easily bruisedElizabeth C. Gorski
FUNSPONGESat Jul 28, 2018One who sucks the joy out of the roomNatan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
GRAMMARIANSSun Jan 23, 1994TENSE STUDENTS?Charles M. Deber
GREENBEERSat Mar 16, 2002It might wash down 17-/58-AcrossVerna Suit
GRUBBERWed Apr 23, 2003Scrounging sortGilbert H. Ludwig
HOMEWRECKERSTue Oct 26, 1999Women who go after other women's menKevin McCann
ISOTONESSat Sep 26, 2020Atoms that have the same number of neutronsKristian House
ITSELEMENTARYFri Jun 1, 2012"This doesn't exactly require a Ph.D."Joe Krozel
JEREMIADSSun Sep 16, 2007Prolonged complaintsMike Nothnagel
LUFTBALLONSWed Sep 9, 202099, in pop musicJakob Weisblat
MADEABOOBOOFri Jan 27, 2017SlippedJohn Guzzetta
MULLIGANWed Sep 16, 2020Do-overPaul Coulter
NIBBLERSWed Feb 6, 2019Dainty eatersQueena Mewers and Alex Eaton-Salners
NIDUSSat Jan 26, 2002NestMark Diehl
OFFMIKEThu Jul 8, 2021Not amplified, in a wayJohn Lampkin
PACIFICRIMThu Oct 22, 1998Trade area of expanding importanceChuck Deodene
READYFORTAKEOFFSun Jan 4, 1998"Prepare to do a spoof on airports"Mark Danna
ROOTEDOUTThu Feb 8, 2007ExpungedDan Reichert
RUBBERPENCILMon Mar 31, 200334-Down for a bookkeeper?Patrick Merrell
SEDANCHAIRMon Nov 10, 2003Seat carried on polesGail A. MacLean
THATREMINDSMEWed Jun 5, 1996Phrase accompanying a finger-snapG. R. Ferguson
TICKALLTHEBOXESSun Jul 5, 2020Be fully qualified ... or a hint to this puzzle's themeLaura Taylor Kinnel
TRAPEZEARTISTFri May 13, 1994Swinging starRandolph Ross
UBERBLACKTue Nov 21, 2023High-end ridesharing optionKevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels
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