Obscure
The crossword clue "Obscure" is answered by ARCANE, a 6-letter entry. Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 9 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 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 9 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
- Recherché - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Known by few - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- 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
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- Obscure knowledge - ARCANA, used 6 times
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