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The Clue

High and dry (8 letter answer)

The Answer

STRANDED

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Notes

The answer STRANDED is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2400 puzzles.

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Definition

STRAND as a verb:

1. (maroon, strand) = leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned"

STRANDED as an adjective:

1. (isolated, marooned, stranded) = cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard"
2. with the bottom lodged on a reef or shoal in shallow water