The Clue
Dentist's directive (5 letter answer)
The Answer
WIDER
Tags
Notes
The answer WIDER is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1600 puzzles.
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Definition
WIDE as an adjective:
1. (wide, broad) = having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river"
2. (across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide) = broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"
3. (wide-eyed, wide) = (used of eyes) fully open or extended; "stared with wide eyes"
4. (broad, spacious, wide) = very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"
5. great in degree; "won by a wide margin"
6. (wide, wide-cut, full) = having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt"
7. (wide, wide of the mark) = not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth"