Like hen's teeth

The answer

RARE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RARE answer page.

Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 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 (11 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
• Unusual - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
• Scarce - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
• Very uncommon - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
• Hard to come by - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Few and far between - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Infrequent - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
• Quite uncommon - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• One-in-a-million - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Steakhouse order - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Excellent. - used 34 times, most recently in 1992
• Very hard to find - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Thin - used 30 times, most recently in 2013
• Not often seen - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Steak choice - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Not common - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Underdone - used 20 times, most recently in 2008
• Not well done - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Steak specification - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Choice - used 17 times, most recently in 2010
• Like a blue moon - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Unusually good. - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
• Barely cooked - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Singular - used 16 times, most recently in 2014
• Nearly unobtainable - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Red inside - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Extraordinary - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Highly collectible - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Out of the ordinary - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Pink, as a steak - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Red in the middle - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
• Steakhouse specification - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Distinctive - used 13 times, most recently in 2007
• Recherché - used 13 times, most recently in 2007
• Extremely uncommon - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Far from everyday - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• In very short supply - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Like a steak with a red center - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Steak preference - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
• Atypical - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Endangered - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Far from well done - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Nearly extinct - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Not at all well-done - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Far from plentiful - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Highly uncommon - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Like the spotted owl - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Unusually fine - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• At a premium - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Beef order - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Bloody - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Far from common - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Hard to get - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Lightly cooked - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Like a perfect game in baseball - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Opposite of well done - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Steakhouse request - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Admirable. - used 7 times, most recently in 1975
• Almost never seen - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Almost unique - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Chophouse order - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Far from frequent - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Like a day in June - used 7 times, most recently in 1998
• Like hens' teeth - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• More than scarce - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Seldom encountered - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Still mooing" - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Still mooing, so to speak - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Unique - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Very unusual - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Well-done's opposite - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Almost unobtainable - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Hardly well-done - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• In short supply - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Like blue moons - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Like no-hitters - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Not easy to find - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Not medium or well done - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Remarkable - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Seldom spotted - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Special - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• "Still mooing," at a steakhouse - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Very scarce - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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