The Clue
Least common (6 letter answer)
The Answer
RAREST
Tags
Notes
The answer RAREST is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.
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Least known
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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"