Hard to come by
The crossword clue "Hard to come by" is answered by RARE, a 4-letter entry. Used 67 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RARE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RARE answer page.
Used 67 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SCARCE (12 uses in xd)
Other clues for RARE
Every other clue in this collection answered by RARE, most used first.
- Hard to find - used 196 times, most recently in 2026
- Uncommon - used 193 times, most recently in 2026
- Exceptional - used 157 times, most recently in 2026
- Seldom seen - used 155 times, most recently in 2026
- Steak order - used 127 times, most recently in 2025
- Scarce - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
- Very uncommon - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Infrequent - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
- Quite uncommon - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Work hard - TOIL, used 183 times
- Sign of things to come - OMEN, used 164 times
- Working hard - ATIT, used 149 times
- Come across as - SEEM, used 99 times
- Come clean, with "up" - FESS, used 63 times
- Study hard - CRAM, used 53 times
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