The Clue
Stupidest (7 letter answer)
The Answer
DENSEST
Tags
Notes
The answer DENSEST is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1200 puzzles.
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Definition
DENSE as an adjective:
1. (dense, heavy, impenetrable) = permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
2. (compact, dense, thick) = having component parts closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair"
3. (dense, thick) = hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"
4. having high relative density or specific gravity; "dense as lead"
5. (dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow) = slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"