The Clue
Kind of form (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RARE
Tags
Notes
The answer RARE is very common and appears about once every 36 puzzles.
Related Clues
"Bloody"
Choice
Distinctive
Exceptional
In ___ form
Infrequent
Pinkish
Recherché
Scarce
Scattered
Singular
Uncommon
Underdone
Almost unique
Barely cooked
Coin grade
" . . . ___ as a day in June?"
Excellent, as wine
Hard to come by
Hard to find
Like cerium
Like praseodymium
Not well?
Pink, as steak
Pinkish, as a steak
Reddish pink
Steak order
Adjective for a whooping crane
Bloody, so to speak
Descriptive of Ben Jonson
Like Ben Jonson
Like a blue lobster
Like a blue rose
Like certain books
Like a June day
Like snow in Tampa
Like a cold day in July
Like Lowell's June day
"Still mooing," as burgers go
Definition
RARE as an adjective:
1. not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books"
2. recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"
3. not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"
4. (rare, uncommon) = marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"
5. (rare, rarefied, rarified) = having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
6. (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef"