The Clue
Unenlightened (8 letter answer)
The Answer
BACKWARD
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Notes
The answer BACKWARD is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
BACKWARD as an adjective:
1. directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view"
2. (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover"
3. (backward, feebleminded) = retarded in intellectual development
BACKWARD as an adverb:
1. (back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards) = at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
2. (backward, backwards) = in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward"
3. (back, backward) = in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"