The Clue
Some crime scene evidence (5 letter answer)
The Answer
HAIRS
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Notes
The answer HAIRS is uncommon, appearing about once every 425 puzzles.
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Definition
HAIR as a noun:
1. a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells"
2. (hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair, whisker) = a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"
3. (hair, fuzz, tomentum) = filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"
4. (hair, pilus) = any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; "there is a hair in my soup"
5. (haircloth, hair) = cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
6. a filamentous projection or process on an organism