rare
Very uncommon; scarce.
Adjective 4 meanings
Very uncommon; scarce.
“Black pearls are very rare and therefore very valuable.”
Small in number (but not unusual); infrequent; sparse.
Thin; of low density.
Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red.
Noun 1 meaning
A scarce or uncommon item.
Verb 2 meanings
To rear, rise up, start backwards.
To rear, bring up, raise.
Etymology
From Middle English rare, from Old French rare, rere (“rare, uncommon”), from Latin rārus (“loose, spaced apart, thin, infrequent”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“friable, thin”).
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RARE at a glance
RARE has 4 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (R 1 + A 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,726 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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