obscure

/əb'skjʊr/ adjectiveverb
7 letters2 syllables11 points in Scrabble®14 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS11
ADJECTIVE
1

Not drawing attention.

“an obscure flaw”

2

Difficult to find.

“an obscure retreat”

3

Not famous or acclaimed.

“an obscure family”

4

Not clearly expressed or understood.

“an obscure turn of phrase”

“an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit”

5

Marked by difficulty of style or expression.

“those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure”

6

Remote and separate physically or socially.

“an obscure village”

VERB
1

Reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa.

2

Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.

3

Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred.

4

Make obscure or unclear.

“The distinction was obscured”

5

Make less visible or unclear.

“The stars are obscured by the clouds”

“the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley”

WORD FORMS
Related formobscureness
Related formobscurity
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®11 points
Words With Friends®14 points
Double word22 points
Triple word33 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinobscureway
Starts & ends withO … E
Syllablesob · scure
SYNONYMS & RELATED33
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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