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The Answer
RUDIMENT
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The answer RUDIMENT is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
RUDIMENT as a noun:
1. (rudiment, first rudiment, first principle, alphabet, ABC, ABC's, ABCs) = the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry"
2. the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life; "Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac"