The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ARCANE which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2018.
Cryptic crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ARCANE | 27 % | 6 |
| CODED | 13 % | 5 |
| OBSCURE | 13 % | 7 |
| TERSE | 13 % | 5 |
| INCODE | 7 % | 6 |
| ELLIPTICAL | 7 % | 10 |
| SECRET | 7 % | 6 |
| DARK | 7 % | 4 |
| ENIGMATIC | 7 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cryptic
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cryptical
- mysterious
- inscrutable
- mystifying
- incomprehensible
- inexplicable
- deep
- esoteric
- concise
- cabalistic
- sibylline
- enigmatic
Crossword Answer definitions
ARCANE adjective- Understood by only a few.
- (by extension) Obscure, mysterious.
- Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand.
- Extremely old (e.g. interpretation or knowledge), and possibly irrelevant.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ARCANE
- Esoteric
- Mysterious
- Understood by only a few
- Like knowledge that should be kept to a minimum in crossword clues
- Difficult to understand
- Incomprehensible
- Like Stonehenge's true purpose, e.g.
- Select, as knowledge
- Known to just a few
- Hidden and mysterious
More clues leading to the result CODED
- Arranged arcanely
- Unreadable
- Like spy messages
- Needing cracking
- Encrypted
- Cryptic
- Like secret messages
- Used a substitution cipher, perhaps
- Secret
- Ciphered
More clues leading to the result OBSCURE
- Ambiguous
- Not well-known
- Far from the spotlight
- Not clear
- Little known.
- Cryptic.
- Hidden.
- Ambiguous.
- Dim.
- Recondite
More clues leading to the result TERSE
- Brusque
- Not mincing words
- Right to the point
- To the point
- Not windy
- Direct
- Short and sweet
- Concise
- Clipped
- Pithy
More clues leading to the result INCODE
- Needing to be cracked open?
- Enciphered
- Like secret messages
- Secretly sent, sometimes
- Not readily readable
- Cryptic
- Needing cracking, perhaps
- Like some diplomatic communication
- Rendered unreadable
- Encrypted
More clues leading to the result ELLIPTICAL
- Like the orbits in Sommerfeld's modification to the 21 Across/53 Across
- Having a part omitted.
- Cryptic.
- Oval
- Like many planetary orbits
- Treadmill alternative
More clues leading to the result SECRET
- Hush-hush
- Hush-hush·
- Undisclosed
- Hidden, as eight related pieces in the grid
- Privileged info
- Like many C.S.I.S and C.I.A. files
- Diary tidbit
- Under wraps
- Confidence
- Skeleton in the closet, e.g.
More clues leading to the result DARK
- Gloomy
- "____ Shadows"
- Pitch black
- Like film noir
- Unlit
- Chiaroscuro factor
- After sundown
- In shadow
- Foreboding
- Shadowy