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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 50,259 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
ADUMPSun Apr 16, 2006"What ___!" (famed Bette Davis line)Mike Torch
BIGGESTFANFri Sep 29, 2006Admirer, and then someDavid Quarfoot
BREADCRUMBWed Feb 7, 2001Tidbit for a bird feederKent Lorentzen
CHALKUPSat Apr 19, 1997Ascribe (to)Rich Norris
CLIPPINGThu Apr 6, 2023Part of a collage, perhapsSam Buttrey
CORNFIELDSThu Feb 10, 2000Crows' hangoutsManny Nosowsky
CRACKUNDERPRESSUREThu Aug 1, 2013With 22-Across, fail to cope with difficult circumstancesTimothy Polin
DEDICATEESun Jan 16, 2000Name in the front of a bookFred Piscop
DENTALBRIDGESWed Jun 14, 2006Body parts never driven overLisa Wiseman
GADDEDWed Jan 30, 2013Traipsed (about)Will Nediger
GTDSat Apr 21, 2001Ensured: Abbr.David J. Kahn
HANDVACMon Jul 20, 2020Dust busterAlex Eaton-Salners
HIGHWAYTOLLMon Feb 27, 2012E-ZPass pays itBill Thompson
HOMEPAGESSun Dec 25, 2022"Little House on the Prairie," e.g.?John Martz
INDULGENTWed Oct 30, 2024Overly lenientJosh M. Kaufmann
LAPINSSun Dec 21, 2003Rabbit fursFrances Hansen
LOSTSOULSThu Nov 3, 2022Directionless sortsChase Dittrich and Jeff Chen
MATHEXAMSTue Nov 14, 2023Things that might have kids going off on a tangent?Matthew Linzer
NIBBLERSWed Feb 6, 2019Dainty eatersQueena Mewers and Alex Eaton-Salners
OFEVEWed May 22, 2002"The Three Faces ___"Sherry O. Blackard
PIETERFri Feb 21, 20031980's South African president ___ BothaPatrick Berry
PLUGINSTue Apr 24, 2018Software add-ons that offer extra featuresPeter Gordon
RAWPOWERFri Aug 23, 2002Brute strengthBrendan Emmett Quigley
RINGOSSun Jul 2, 2006Starr and othersElizabeth C. Gorski
SCOOPEDUPTue Jul 22, 2025Eagerly obtained ... or a hint to the contents of this puzzle's shaded squares?Jeremy Newton
SEARATSSat Jan 1, 2022Pirates, in old slangPeter Wentz
SHASTASThu Jun 5, 2003Some daisiesDavid J. Kahn
SHOWERFLOWSun Mar 24, 2002Thing that's adjustable in some bathrooms?Con Pederson
SMIFFTue Mar 9, 2010Knucklehead ___, Paul Winchell dummy of old TVJeffrey Wechsler
SPLITTHEBILLWed Apr 12, 2017Go Dutch ... or a hint to 20-, 28-, 37- and 44-AcrossEmily Carroll
STATIONHOUSESFri Jan 9, 2015Law offices?Patrick Berry
STRONGLANGUAGEMon Dec 3, 2007Profanity, e.g.Harvey Estes
SWATTEAMFri Mar 25, 2011Help in a dangerous situationMike Nothnagel
THEGATESOFHELLTue Mar 9, 201015-/23-Across locationJeffrey Wechsler
THINSKINNEDMon Jun 20, 2011Easily offendedLynn Lempel
TORONTORAPTORSMon May 27, 2019Canadian team in the N.B.A.Bruce Haight
ULTIMATEFRISBEEThu Sep 28, 2017Widely played sport developed at Amherst College in the 1960sJoe Krozel
UNTRACEDSat Jul 10, 2010Not followedJoe DiPietro
VEGANDIETSun Aug 21, 2016Regimen adopted by Bill Clinton in 2010Kathy Matheson and Jeff Chen
WATERCLOCKWed Oct 7, 2020Something the ancient Egyptians used for keeping timeRoss Trudeau
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