The Clue
Most abysmal, as weather (7 letter answer)
The Answer
FOULEST
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Notes
The answer FOULEST is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
FOUL as an adjective:
1. (disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky) = highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
2. (fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented) = offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"
3. (cheating, dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike) = violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
4. (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
5. (dirty, foul, marked-up) = (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"
6. (filthy, foul, nasty, smutty) = characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"
7. (filthy, foul, nasty) = disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room"
8. (afoul, foul, fouled) = especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"