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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 50,937 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
ACUTESTue Dec 10, 1996Accents in "resume"D. Niles
AGRADESSun Mar 30, 2025Top marksSimeon Seigel
ANDWHATNOTFri Apr 25, 2025"... plus all the rest"Adrian Johnson
BARMAGNETSun Apr 16, 2017It has two polesTimothy Polin
BEAMENDSSat Dec 30, 2006Deck support bordersRich Norris
BUTWHYCANTIWEARITSun May 9, 1999...on the first day of schoolNancy Nicholson Joline
CENSUSTAKERMon Apr 21, 2014Decennial officialJohn Lieb
CODICILSSun Feb 9, 2003Add-ons, of a sortDavid J. Kahn
COZYCOUPESun Dec 20, 2020Toy that sold more cars in America in 1991 than the Honda Accord or Ford TaurusRandolph Ross
DAYINANDDAYOUTMon Jul 24, 2000NonstopGregory E. Paul
DISCOINFERNOMon Jan 1, 2018The Trammps torch song?Matthew Sewell
DUVALLSSun Feb 27, 1994Robert and ShelleyBette Sue Cohen
EPINEPHRINEFri Oct 11, 1996Asthma sufferer's reliefF. Longo
EWGROSSTue Dec 24, 2024"That's disgusting!"Sarah Sinclair
FINASat Feb 21, 2004Purveyor of luxury tableware Michael C. ___Brendan Quigley and Patrick Berry
GOODOLDDAYSWed Dec 17, 2008Yesteryear, nostalgicallyJohn Farmer
GOOGLETIMEWed Sep 7, 2022Newbie crossword solver's thought on a FridayEkua Ewool
HIGHSPIRITSThu Aug 4, 2022GaietyElla Dershowitz
ICECORESSun Mar 17, 2019Some Antarctic samplesSophia Maymudes and Jeff Chen
IDOLIZERSun Oct 29, 1995More than an admirerMaura B. Jacobson
ITSABIGIFTue Feb 11, 2020"Things may well not happen the way you suppose"Neil Padrick Wilson and Jeff Chen
JOMARCHSat May 22, 2010Literary tomboyWill Nediger
LEFTRIGHTWed Feb 28, 2018When repeated, marching orders?Peter A. Collins
LIGHTPENSThu Feb 16, 2012Implements for "writing" on computer screensJim Page
LOUISIISat May 17, 2008Holy Roman Emperor, 855-75Mike Nothnagel
MEOHMYMon May 19, 2003Quaint exclamationTrip Payne
ORMOLUSWed Sep 10, 2003Goldlike alloysPatrick Berry
PLAYEDCUPIDTue Oct 4, 2022Set up a couple on a blind date, sayJoe Deeney
RESPANSun Feb 18, 2001Cross overDavid J. Kahn
RISIBLESSun May 8, 2011Sense of humorDaniel A. Finan
ROACHMOTELFri Jan 1, 1999Extermination stationJoe DiPietro
ROUNDHOLESat Oct 7, 2006See 17-AcrossDavid Quarfoot
SKELETORSun Nov 29, 2015Archenemy of Mattel's He-ManAlex Vratsanos
STICKONSSun Aug 14, 2022Post-it notes, e.g.Jeff Chen and Jim Horne
STIRSUPDRAMASun Dec 4, 2022The cooking show contestant ...Gustie Owens
TESTINESSSun May 4, 2003Short fuseTyler Hinman
THECOLORBARRIERSat Jun 14, 2003See 17-AcrossManny Nosowsky
TOOKTIMESun Mar 17, 2024Deliberated (on)Simeon Seigel
UNCLETOMSCABINMon Jan 2, 20061852 bookLinda Schechet Tucker
UNIRONICALLYWed Oct 19, 2022"I'm worried I may have anemia," said Tom ___Ryan Patrick Smith
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