Harder to come by
The crossword clue "Harder to come by" is answered by RARER, a 5-letter entry. Used 22 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
RARER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RARER answer page.
Used 22 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 12 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.
- SCARCER (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for RARER
Every other clue in this collection answered by RARER, most used first.
- Less common - used 151 times, most recently in 2026
- Harder to find - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
- More unusual - used 61 times, most recently in 2025
- More uncommon - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Not as common - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Less frequent - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Come up - ARISE, used 246 times
- "Come in!" - ENTER, used 188 times
- Come after - ENSUE, used 147 times
- Come together - UNITE, used 119 times
- Come next - ENSUE, used 102 times
- Come to pass - OCCUR, used 89 times
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