Less likely
The crossword clue "Less likely" is answered by RARER, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RARER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RARER answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 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.
- SLIMMER (2 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
- Harder to come by - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- More scarce - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Thinner. - used 15 times, most recently in 1982
- Less plentiful - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
- Closer to extinction - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Less cooked - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Not as prevalent - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Less well done - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Not as well-done - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Harder to locate - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- More infrequent - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Pinker inside - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Less done - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Less prevalent - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Less seen - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Less available - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Less typical - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Not so well done - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Tougher to find - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Less abundant - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Less usual - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- More atypical - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Not so common - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Pinker in the middle - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- Scarcer - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Thinner, as air - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Less friendly - ICIER, used 86 times
- Less risky - SAFER, used 75 times
- Less cordial - ICIER, used 71 times
- More or less - ABOUT, used 62 times
- Less than 90 degrees - ACUTE, used 49 times
- Less loony - SANER, used 44 times
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