Not so well done

The answer

RARER

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RARER answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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 likely - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Less typical - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• 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.

• Not quite right - AMISS, used 181 times
• Not a soul - NOONE, used 131 times
• Not together - APART, used 116 times
• Not moving - INERT, used 102 times
• Done in - SLAIN, used 90 times
• Not as many - FEWER, used 69 times

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