The Clue
Solitary (11 letter answer)
The Answer
SEQUESTERED
Tags
Notes
The answer SEQUESTERED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Secluded
Definition
SEQUESTER as a verb:
1. requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"
2. (impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize) = take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
3. undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered"
4. (seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw) = keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
5. (sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate) = set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
SEQUESTERED as an adjective:
1. (cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequestered) = providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"
2. kept separate and secluded; "a sequestered jury"