Not often seen
The crossword clue "Not often seen" is answered by RARE, a 4-letter entry. Used 25 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 11 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 25 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 11 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.
- UNCOMMON (1 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
- Steak choice - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Not common - used 21 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.
- Not fooled by - ONTO, used 444 times
- Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
- If not - ELSE, used 199 times
- Not "fer" - AGIN, used 181 times
- Not pro - ANTI, used 172 times
- Not so much - LESS, used 171 times
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