The Clue
Like housework (10 letter answer)
The Answer
EXHAUSTING
Tags
Notes
The answer EXHAUSTING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
EXHAUST as a verb:
1. (exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out) = wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
2. (consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out) = use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
3. (run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire) = deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
4. use up the whole supply of; "We have exhausted the food supplies"
5. (evacuate, exhaust) = create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel)
EXHAUSTING as an adjective:
1. (draining, exhausting) = having a debilitating effect; "an exhausting job in the hot sun"
2. (exhausting, tiring, wearing, wearying) = producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"