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The Clue
Needing rain (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
Hardscrabble
Jejune
Nonfertile
Parched
Saharan
Unimaginative
Uninspiring
Bone-dry
Colorless, as writing
Desert-dry
Dry, as a desert
Dry as dust
Kalahari-like
Like the Gobi
Like the Kalahari
Like the Negev
Like the Sahara
Needing irrigation
Unfit for farming
Like Death Valley
Like much of the Southwest
Like the Spanish Sahara
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