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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 50,526 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
ALESELLERSThu Dec 22, 2016Taverns and suchMark MacLachlan
BATTINGAVERAGESun Nov 17, 2019Baseball skill: CRandolph Ross
BELOVESun Jun 18, 1995"Could This _____?" (1990 song)Rich Norris
BRAPADTue Jan 22, 2019Bikini insertJohn E. Bennett and Jeff Chen
COMPACTSUVMon Aug 16, 2021Kia Sportage or Ford EscapeFreddie Cheng
DAYDREAMERSMon Jan 17, 2011They're in la-la landElizabeth C. Gorski
DOUGLASADAMSMon May 30, 2016"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" authorDavid Woolf
EXOTICISMSat Oct 27, 2007ForeignnessBrendan Emmett Quigley
FOREWORDSMon Aug 1, 1994PreamblesThomas W. Schier
FRENCHINDOCHINAThu Dec 14, 2000Vietnam was part of itPeter Gordon
GROWTHHORMONESun May 8, 2016Somatotropin, e.g.David J. Kahn
HOLDINGPATTERNSSat May 8, 2010They keep airliners aloftMark Diehl
IFIFELLSun Dec 22, 2013Beatles tune from "A Hard Day's Night"Elizabeth C. Gorski
INDISPUTEFri Aug 23, 2024DebatedTaylor Johnson and Rafael Musa
INSISTSUPONTue Jun 20, 2017DemandsJason Flinn
ISMOREORLESSOKSun Feb 26, 2006Ambiguity ___Randolph Ross
JUNKYSat Jul 7, 2012Worthy of being tossedTim Croce
KRABWed Mar 20, 2019The Krusty ___ (SpongeBob SquarePants's workplace)Erik Agard, Amanda Chung and Karl Ni
LEMONCREAMTue Aug 18, 2009Tangy pie fillerTony Orbach
LIMEWEDGEFri Apr 23, 2021Garnish for a Moscow muleRobyn Weintraub
LOSINGASTEPSun Dec 24, 2023No longer at the top of one's gameDrew Schmenner
LOUIEANDERSONSun Oct 19, 1997Standup comedian who wrote "Letters From an Adult Child"David J. Kahn
MRSOLEARYTue Feb 1, 2000Chicagoan in 1871 newsA. J. Santora
NONJURYFri Jan 16, 2004Like some trialsManny Nosowsky
PEARLFISHSun Nov 29, 2015Creatures that may live inside oysters - hence the nameAlex Vratsanos
PLAINESSun Jan 21, 1996Des___R. Wolfe
POISONIVYTue Dec 10, 2019Subject of the saying "Leaves of three, let it be"Eric Berlin
PRIVATEINVESTMENTSSun Jun 14, 2015G.I. dressed like a priest?Randolph Ross
QUIBBLESFri Nov 16, 2007NitpickingChuck Deodene
REVOLVERSSun Feb 7, 2010They're drawn in western scenesPatrick Berry
RIVERBASINTue Nov 1, 2022Central Brazil, for the AmazonBruce Haight
SEIZINGONTue Aug 10, 2021Suddenly taking up, as an ideaAnne Grae Martin
SIBERIANSTue Jul 4, 1995Remote RussiansFran & Lou Sabin
SPIKERThu Nov 21, 1996Volleyball player, at timesM. Ashwood-Smith
THIRTYMINUTESThu Nov 23, 2017Halftime show?Howard Barkin
TORTENWed Oct 1, 2003Rich cakes, in GermanyA. J. Santora
TOUCHDOWNPASSESMon Jul 21, 2025Successful throws to the end zoneKaty Steinmetz and Rich Katz
VILLAGEIDIOTSun Jan 22, 2012Bad occupation for Doc?Adam Fromm
WAYNEMANORFri Oct 1, 2021Fictional home with a secret basementJim Horne and Jeff Chen
WORKWITHAPASSIONSun Nov 16, 2003Emulate some of Bach's composing?Cathy Millhauser
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