The Clue
Least honorable (6 letter answer)
The Answer
BASEST
Tags
Notes
The answer BASEST is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 850 puzzles.
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Like the lowest of low blows
Definition
BASE as an adjective:
1. (basal, base) = serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"
2. (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal"
3. (base, baseborn, humble, lowly) = of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
4. (base, dishonorable, dishonourable, immoral, unethical) = not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds"
5. (base, mean, meanspirited) = having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"
6. (base, baseborn) = illegitimate
7. debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage"