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The Clue
Nearly rainless (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ARID
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Notes
The answer ARID is very common and appears about once every 42 puzzles.
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Barren
Desertlike
Desiccated
Droughty
Dry
Gobilike
Jejune
Lifeless
Parched
Saharan
Sterile
Unimaginative
Uninteresting
Unproductive
Unrainy
Waterless
Anagram for raid
Dry as a bone
Dry as dust
Dry-as-dust
Kalahari-like
Like a desert
Like the Gobi
Like Mongolia
Like the Negev
Like the Sahara
Unfit for farming
Like the Kara Kum
Like much of the Southwest
Like the Sinai Peninsula
Definition
ARID as an adjective:
1. (arid, waterless) = lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross"
2. (arid, desiccate, desiccated) = lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo