abstruse
/æb'strus/
adjective
8 letters2 syllables10 points in Scrabble®12 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS1
ADJECTIVE
1
Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge.
“the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them”
WORD FORMS
Related formabstruseness
Related formabstrusity
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®10 points
Words With Friends®12 points
Double word20 points
Triple word30 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinabstruseway
Starts & ends withA … E
Syllablesab · struse
SYNONYMS & RELATED5
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