Known by few
The crossword clue "Known by few" is answered by ARCANE, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ARCANE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARCANE answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ARCANE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ARCANE, most used first.
- Esoteric - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
- Mysterious - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Secret - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
- Understood by few - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Obscure - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
- Recherché - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Known by only a few - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Understood by very few - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Few and far between - SPARSE, used 112 times
- Few and far between - SCARCE, used 26 times
- "A Few Good Men" director - REINER, used 10 times
- Make known - IMPART, used 10 times
- Well-known - FAMOUS, used 10 times
- Make known - REVEAL, used 9 times
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