The Clue
Beds or bookies (6 letter answer)
The Answer
LAYERS
Tags
Notes
The answer LAYERS is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1100 puzzles.
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Definition
LAYER as a noun:
1. (layer, bed) = single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
2. a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
3. (level, layer, stratum) = an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"
4. a hen that lays eggs
5. thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
LAYER as a verb:
1. make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands"