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The Clue
Like hen's teeth (6 letter answer)
The Answer
SCARCE
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Notes
The answer SCARCE is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 600 puzzles.
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Definition
SCARCE as an adjective:
1. not enough; hard to find; "meat was scarce during the war"
2. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
SCARCE as an adverb:
1. (barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce) = by a small margin; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats