The Clue
Proximity (9 letter answer)
The Answer
CLOSENESS
Tags
Notes
The answer CLOSENESS is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
CLOSENESS as a noun:
1. (closeness, intimacy) = a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on"
2. (stuffiness, closeness) = the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
3. (nearness, closeness) = the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"
4. (meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness) = extreme stinginess
5. (closeness, secretiveness) = characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
6. (familiarity, intimacy, closeness) = close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"