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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 50,811 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
ALLROADSLEADTOROMESun Jul 24, 2022Aphorism that's visually depicted five times in this puzzle's gridJessie Trudeau and Ross Trudeau
ANTIPROHIBITIONSat Oct 9, 2010Drive to drink?Joe Krozel
BANNERDAYSMon Nov 26, 2018Times when everything goes perfectlyEvan Kalish
BOLDLYMon Feb 11, 2013How to "go where no man has gone before"Gary Cee
BOMBSHELTERMon May 19, 2003Survivalist's structureTrip Payne
BUMPSETSPIKEWed Jan 8, 2025Common volleyball combo ... or 20-, 34- and 41-Across togetherLaura Dershewitz
BURSAESun Aug 16, 2009Holders of body lubricating fluidsRandolph Ross
CHICKENWIREThu May 18, 2017Coop materialJacob Stulberg
CINCINNATICHILISat Apr 25, 2020Regional specialty of southern OhioAndrew J. Ries
EATFROMSun Jun 19, 2016Use, as a dishDavid Woolf
EMIGRATESThu Aug 15, 1996Settles elsewhereS. B. Whitten
ESPRESSOMACHINEFri Jan 12, 2001Noisy restaurant deviceMark Diehl
EVADNESun Feb 15, 2004Daughter of Poseidon who was the ancestor of a prophetic clanDerrick Niederman
FANCLUBSThu Nov 19, 2015Zine distributors, perhapsAndrew Zhou
FOLIATEMon Oct 1, 2007Decorate with leavesAllan E. Parrish
FOURTHOFJULYMon Jul 4, 2016Holiday suggested by the starts of 20-, 26-, 36- and 42-Across, literallyJill Denny and Jeff Chen
HANGUPSun Feb 6, 2005Show no tolerance to telemarketersJoel Kaplow
HILARYSWANKSun Aug 11, 2019Best Actress winner of 1999 and 2004Alex Eaton-Salners
HUFFEDMon Nov 19, 2018Breathed heavilyJim Hilger
IMTOBLAMEFri Oct 6, 2023"That's on me"Zhouqin Burnikel and Tom Pepper
LACKINGSYMMETRYWed Jun 27, 2012Descriptive of this puzzle's gridMike Buckley
LOOEYFri Feb 10, 1995Sarge's superiorRaymond Hamel
MACLAINESun Mar 8, 2020Best Actress Oscar winner between Streep and FieldLaura Taylor Kinnel
MANCUBWed Aug 31, 2022Nickname for Mowgli in "The Jungle Book"Joe Deeney
ORBITALVELOCITYTue Apr 27, 1999NASA scientist's concernFred Piscop
PROBATEDSun Aug 1, 1999Proved valid, in a wayRandolph Ross
RELAUNCHTue Sep 15, 2009Second startFran and Lou Sabin
RUPERTSFri Jan 21, 2005Prince ___ Land (historical Canadian region that drains into Hudson Bay)Frank Longo
SCUBADIVERFri Mar 28, 2025Sort whose business is going way down?Zhouqin Burnikel
SOMNSun Mar 12, 2006Sleep: PrefixDaniel C. Bryant
STORAGESPACESFri Feb 27, 2015Trunks, e.g.Julian Lim
STRONGARMEDTue Jun 2, 1998BulliedElizabeth C. Gorski
TASTEOKSat Aug 26, 2017"How's the food?"Peter Wentz
TERRIBLETRAGEDYSat Jul 22, 2006CataclysmRobert H. Wolfe
THESTINGMon Feb 5, 20071973 Newman/Redford movieJoy C. Frank
THROWTHEBALLWed Aug 4, 2004Hand raiser's cryRaymond Hamel
URBANERSat May 14, 2005Relatively polishedBob Peoples
WATCHTHECLOCKMon May 14, 2012Impatiently endure passing timeJohn Dunn
WORDUPTue Apr 26, 2016"Amen to that!"Finn Vigeland
XLTEESHIRTSWed Jan 14, 201540 concert souvenirs?Caleb Emmons
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