The Clue
Almost unique (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RARE
Tags
Notes
The answer RARE is very common and appears about once every 36 puzzles.
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Atypical
"Bloody"
Choice
Distinctive
Infrequent
Medium-___
One-in-a-million
Recherché
Scarce
Special
Thin
Uncommon
Beef order
Book classification
Burger order
Hard to come by
Hard to find
Hardly seen
Like cerium
Pink, as steak
Seldom seen
Steak order
Still pink
Word for Jonson
Of interest to collectors, say
Like baby condors
Like a compliant cat
Like a day in June
Not well done
"O ___ Ben Jonson!"
Order for roast beef
Of particular interest to a completist
Red on the inside, as a steak
Like a June day, to Lowell
Like some coins or steaks
Definition
RARE as an adjective:
1. not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books"
2. recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"
3. not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"
4. (rare, uncommon) = marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"
5. (rare, rarefied, rarified) = having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
6. (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef"