The Clue
Least adorned (8 letter answer)
The Answer
PLAINEST
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Notes
The answer PLAINEST is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
PLAIN as an adjective:
1. (apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable) = clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"
2. not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"
3. (plain, unpatterned) = lacking patterns especially in color
4. (plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed) = not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
5. (plain, unvarnished) = free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
6. (plain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented) = lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
7. (homely, plain) = lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face"