The Clue
Good throw, in horseshoes (6 letter answer)
The Answer
LEANER
Tags
Notes
The answer LEANER is uncommon, appearing about once every 475 puzzles.
Related Clues
"Almost" in horseshoes
Hobber, in horseshoes
Hobber, in quoits
Horseshoe pitch
Horseshoes shot
Horseshoes term
Less fatty
Near ringer
Near-ringer
Point in horseshoes
Score in horseshoes
Score in quoits
Term in horseshoes
A throw at horseshoes
Certain horseshoe pitch
Certain horseshoe throw
Good horseshoe toss
Hobber, in the game of horseshoes
Not quite a ringer
Not so blubbery
Not so chubby
Point in horseshoe pitching
One-point score, of a sort
Almost perfect horseshoes pitch
Almost perfect horseshoes throw
It's worth 1 point
Near-perfect horseshoe pitch
Second-best quoits pitch
Definition
LEANER as a noun:
1. (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake
LEAN as an adjective:
1. (thin, lean) = lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
2. lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel"
3. (lean, skimpy) = containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"
4. not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"