Rarest #6 answer
Thursday, 15 October 2026
The prompt: A word of 9+ letters that starts and ends with the same letter
Any real word that fits, three letters or more.
The obvious answers
GRADUATINGTHROUGHPUTTRANSPORT
These are the answers most people reach for first, so they score the least.
Rare answers that would have scored well
ARACHNOPHOBIAEXORBITANCEEXCORIATETRENCHANTSCRATCHINESSGLOBALISING
We knew 3,746 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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