The Clue
Most rubicund (7 letter answer)
The Answer
REDDEST
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Notes
The answer REDDEST is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1800 puzzles.
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Definition
RED as an adjective:
1. (red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet) = of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
2. (crimson, red, violent) = characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode
3. (crimson, red, reddened, red-faced, flushed) = (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"
4. red with or characterized by blood; "waving our red weapons o'er our heads"- Shakespeare; "The Red Badge of Courage"; "the red rules of tooth and claw"- P.B.Sears