The Clue
Oats and corn (6 letter answer)
The Answer
GRAINS
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Notes
The answer GRAINS is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
GRAIN as a noun:
1. a small hard particle; "a grain of sand"
2. (grain, food grain, cereal) = foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
3. (grain, metric grain) = a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
4. 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
5. 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
6. (grain, caryopsis) = dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
7. the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain"
GRAIN as a verb:
1. (ingrain, grain) = thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"
2. paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
3. (granulate, grain) = form into grains
4. (granulate, grain) = become granular