The Clue
Traveled by inner tube (7 letter answer)
The Answer
FLOATED
Tags
Notes
The answer FLOATED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
FLOAT as a verb:
1. (float, drift, be adrift, blow) = be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
2. (float, swim) = be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink
3. set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
4. circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"
5. move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage"
6. put into the water; "float a ship"
7. make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster"
8. allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months"
9. convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"