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7-letter words (2 found)

BESCOUR,OBSCURE,

6-letter words (10 found)

BOURSE,CEROUS,CORBES,COURBS,COURES,COURSE,CROUSE,CUBERS,SCROBE,SOURCE,

5-letter words (33 found)

BORES,BOUSE,BROSE,BURSE,CEROS,CORBE,CORES,CORSE,COURB,COURE,COURS,CRUES,CRUSE,CUBER,CUBES,CURBS,CURES,CURSE,ECRUS,EUROS,REBUS,ROBES,ROUES,ROUSE,RUBES,SCORE,SCOUR,SCROB,SCRUB,SOBER,SOUCE,SUBER,SUCRE,

4-letter words (53 found)

BORE,BORS,BROS,BRUS,BURS,CERO,COBS,CORE,CORS,COSE,COUR,CRUE,CRUS,CUBE,CUBS,CUES,CURB,CURE,CURS,ECOS,ECRU,ECUS,EROS,EURO,OBES,ORBS,ORCS,ORES,OURS,REBS,RECS,REOS,ROBE,ROBS,ROCS,ROES,ROSE,ROUE,RUBE,RUBS,RUCS,RUES,RUSE,SCUR,SECO,SORB,SORE,SOUR,SUER,SURE,URBS,URES,USER,

3-letter words (48 found)

BES,BOR,BOS,BRO,BRU,BUR,BUS,COB,COR,COS,CRU,CUB,CUE,CUR,ECO,ECU,ERS,OBE,OBS,OES,ORB,ORC,ORE,ORS,OSE,OUR,OUS,REB,REC,REO,RES,ROB,ROC,ROE,RUB,RUC,RUE,SEC,SER,SOB,SOC,SOU,SUB,SUE,SUR,URB,URE,USE,

2-letter words (13 found)

BE,BO,ER,ES,OB,OE,OR,OS,OU,RE,SO,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 160 words from obscure according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of obscure

obscure

Etymology

From Middle English obscure, from Old French obscur, from Latin obscūrus (“dark, dusky, indistinct”), from ob- +‎ *scūrus, from Proto-Italic *skoiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-. Doublet of oscuro.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈskjʊə(ɹ)/, /əbˈskjɔː(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /əbˈskjʊɹ/, /əbˈskjɝ/
  • Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ), -ɜː(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: ob‧scure

Adjective

obscure (comparative obscurer or more obscure, superlative obscurest or most obscure)

  1. Dark, faint or indistinct.
    • 1892, Denton Jaques Snider, Inferno, 1, 1-2 (originally by Dante Alighieri)
      I found myself in an obscure wood.
  2. Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.
  3. Difficult to understand.
  4. Not well-known.
  5. Unknown or uncertain; unclear.
    The etymological roots of the word "blizzard" are obscure and open to debate.

Usage notes

  • The comparative obscurer and superlative obscurest, though formed by valid rules for English, are less common than more obscure and most obscure.

Synonyms

  • (dark): cimmerian, dingy; See also Thesaurus:dark
  • (faint or indistinct): fuzzy, ill-defined; See also Thesaurus:indistinct
  • (hidden, out of sight): occluded, secluded; See also Thesaurus:hidden
  • (difficult to understand): fathomless, inscrutable; See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
  • (not well-known): enigmatic, esoteric, mysterious; See also Thesaurus:arcane

Antonyms

  • clear

Derived terms

  • obscurable
  • unobscurable
  • obscureness

Related terms

Translations

Verb

obscure (third-person singular simple present obscures, present participle obscuring, simple past and past participle obscured)

  1. (transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
    • c. 1688', William Wake, Preparation for Death
      There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured in the writings of learned men as this.
  2. (transitive) To hide, put out of sight etc.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To conceal oneself; to hide.

Synonyms

  • (to render obscure; to darken; dim): becloud, bedarken, bedim, bemist

Translations

Further reading

  • “obscure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “obscure”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Cuberos

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔp.skyʁ/

Adjective

obscure

  1. feminine singular of obscur

Anagrams

  • courbes

Latin

Adjective

obscūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of obscūrus

References

  • “obscure”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “obscure”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obscure in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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