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rare

adjective

Rare is also used as adjective, with meanings including recurring only at long intervals.

6 meanings4 lettersScrabble 4

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Scrabble

WWF

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ARE

Difficulty

Easy

Dictionary

What Does “RARE” Mean?

rare has 6 documented senses across adjective.

Adjective

6 senses

not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness

“a rare word”

“rare books”

recurring only at long intervals

“a rare appearance”

“total eclipses are rare events”

not widely distributed

“rare herbs”

“rare patches of green in the desert”

having low density

“rare gasses”

“lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air”

Synonyms

rarefied rarified

marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind

“{'source': 'J.R.Lowell', 'text': 'what is so rare as a day in June'}”

“a rare skill”

“an uncommon sense of humor”

“she was kind to an uncommon degree”

Synonyms

uncommon

(of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside

“rare roast beef”

Synonyms for RARE

rarefied rarified uncommon

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Word Intelligence

Explore the word rare with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness

Length

4 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

R, A, R, E

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for rare.

RARE is a 4-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 4.

It starts with R and ends with E.

It contains 2 vowels and 2 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 50%.

It has 1 repeated letter.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABAC.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVCV.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using rare in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★☆☆☆

RARE has a Scrabble score of 4. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

RARE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★★☆

RARE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 4-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

RARE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside rare.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABAC

CV Pattern

CVCV

Vowel Share

50%

Consonant Share

50%

Bigrams

RA, AR, RE

Trigrams

RAR, ARE

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for rare.

RARE is a 4-letter short fill.

It starts with R and ends with E, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 2 vowels and 2 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVCV.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Easy.