The Clue
Untamed (6 letter answer)
The Answer
SAVAGE
Tags
Notes
The answer SAVAGE is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1100 puzzles.
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Definition
SAVAGE as a noun:
1. (savage, barbarian) = a member of an uncivilized people
2. (beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat) = a cruelly rapacious person
SAVAGE as a verb:
1. attack brutally and fiercely
2. (savage, pillory, crucify) = criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
SAVAGE as an adjective:
1. (barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious) = (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
2. (feral, ferine, savage) = wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog"
3. (barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild) = without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"
4. (ferocious, fierce, furious, savage) = marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"