Unusually good.

The answer

RARE

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

Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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
• Like hen's teeth - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
• 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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