The Clue
Sightless (5 letter answer)
The Answer
BLIND
Tags
Notes
The answer BLIND is uncommon, appearing about once every 575 puzzles.
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Definition
BLIND as a noun:
1. people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group; "he spent hours reading to the blind"
2. a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind"
3. (blind, screen) = something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"
4. (subterfuge, blind) = something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"
BLIND as a verb:
1. render unable to see
2. make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded"
3. (blind, dim) = make dim by comparison or conceal
BLIND as an adjective:
1. (blind, unsighted) = unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan
2. unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions"
3. (blind, unreasoning) = not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"