The Clue
More hoary (6 letter answer)
The Answer
GREYER
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Notes
The answer GREYER is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
GREY as an adjective:
1. (grey, gray, greyish, grayish) = of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair"
2. (grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired) = showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
3. (grey, gray) = used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms); "a stalwart grey figure"
4. (grey, gray) = intermediate in character or position; "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"
5. (dull, grey, gray, leaden) = darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a grey rainy afternoon"; "grey clouds"; "the sky was leaden and thick"