The Clue
Most perfect (6 letter answer)
The Answer
PUREST
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Notes
The answer PUREST is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1800 puzzles.
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" . . . a gem of ___ ray serene": Gray
Definition
PURE as an adjective:
1. free of extraneous elements of any kind; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen"
2. (arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated) = without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
3. concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied; "pure science"
4. (saturated, pure) = (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
5. free from discordant qualities
6. (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow"
7. (pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous) = in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"