The Clue
More scarce (5 letter answer)
The Answer
RARER
Tags
Notes
The answer RARER is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.
Related Clues
Scarcer
Harder to find
Less common
Less plentiful
More distinctive
More uncommon
More unusual
Pinker inside
Seen less
In shorter supply
Thinner, as air
Twice as unlikely
Less cooked, as a steak
Less often seen
More pink, maybe
More pink, perhaps
Not done as well?
Not so common
Thinner in density, as gases
More like a day in June
Like tigers vis-à-vis lions
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"