The Clue
Most indistinct (8 letter answer)
The Answer
FAINTEST
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Notes
The answer FAINTEST is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Least distinct
"I haven't the ___ idea!"
Definition
FAINT as an adjective:
1. (faint, weak) = deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; "a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse"
2. (dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy) = lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"
3. (faint, feeble) = lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
4. (faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded) = weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep"
5. indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea"
6. (faint, fainthearted, timid, faint-hearted) = lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"