Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Boot camp, typically (6 letter answer)
The Answer
ORDEAL
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Notes
The answer ORDEAL is uncommon, appearing about once every 375 puzzles.
Related Clues
Kidnapping, e.g.
Gantlet
Trial
Baptism by fire
Baptism of fire
Big test
Difficult experience
Difficult time
Extended trial
Feverel's trial
Severe test
Terrible experience
Terrible trial
Tough going
Tough time
Trial by fire
Trying experience
Trying time
Meredith's "The ___ of Richard Feverel"
No walk in the park
Test of one's mettle
Tough row to hoe
The worst kind of test
Experience you might want to forget
Definition
ORDEAL as a noun:
1. a severe or trying experience
2. (ordeal, trial by ordeal) = a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence