Precious, in a way (4 letters)

{ Answer }

RARE

{ Related Clues }

Choice
Exceptional
One-in-a- million
Recherche
Recherché
Singular
Uncommon
Unusual
Adjective for cerium
Adjective for Jonson
Barely done
Beef order
Bibliophile's label
Book classification
Burger order
Coin grade
Coin rating
Hard to come by
Hard to find
Kind of earth
Lightly cooked
Like a nonesuch
Like praseodymium
Numismatist's classification
Pink, as a steak
Pink, as steak
Red in the middle
Seldom seen
Steak order
Still pink
Earth or bit preceder
Like a blue rose
Like a compliant cat
Opposite of well done
Pink, so to speak
Like proverbial hen's teeth
Seen once in a blue moon
Like a 1913 Liberty Head nickel

{ Tags }

ben, choice, day, exceptional, find, hard, infrequent, jonson, june, like, order, pink, rare, recherche, scarce, seen, seldom, steak, thin, uncommon, unusual

{ Notes }

The answer RARE is very common and appears about once every 34.9 puzzles.

{ Definition }

RARE as an adjective:

1. not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books"

2. recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"

3. not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"

4. (rare, uncommon) = marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"

5. (rare, rarefied, rarified) = having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"

6. (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef"