Rarest #10 answer
Monday, 19 October 2026
The prompt: A word of 7+ letters ending in -NESS
Any real word that fits, three letters or more.
The obvious answers
BRIGHTNESSILLNESSEFFECTIVENESS
These are the answers most people reach for first, so they score the least.
Rare answers that would have scored well
TUNEFULNESSMAWKISHNESSFUZZINESSHIGHNESSVORACIOUSNESSHAWKISHNESS
We knew 2,233 valid answers for this prompt. In Rarest an answer is worth more the fewer other players gave it, so a correct but unusual answer beats a common one.
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