The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word OPAQUE , but the solution may also be ARCANE which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Hard to understand crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OPAQUE | 43 % | 6 |
| ARCANE | 14 % | 6 |
| DEEP | 14 % | 4 |
| RECONDITE | 7 % | 9 |
| ABSTRUSE | 7 % | 8 |
| ABSTRACT | 7 % | 8 |
| CLEARASMUD | 7 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hard to understand
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- incomprehensible
- ambiguous
- obscure
- unclear
- opaque
- vagueness
- undecided
- vague
- generic
- unpredictable
- hinterland
- indeterminate
Crossword Answer definitions
OPAQUE noun- An area of darkness; a place or region with no light.
- Something which is opaque rather than translucent.
- To make, render (more) opaque.
- Neither reflecting nor emitting light.
- Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
- Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
- Obtuse, stupid.
- Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators.
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 OPAQUE
- Not clear
- Impenetrable, in a way
- Impossible to see through
- Unfathomable
- Not transparent
- Hard to grasp
- Not transparent or translucent
- Hard to understand
- Light-blocking
- Murky
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 DEEP
- Difficult to understand
- Word with freeze or pit
- __ Blue (Kasparov foe of '96)
- Abysmal
- How still waters run
- Not shallow
- Profound
- Like things that make you go "hmm ..."
- "You just blew my mind, dude"
- Super philosophical, man
More clues leading to the result RECONDITE
More clues leading to the result ABSTRUSE
More clues leading to the result ABSTRACT
- Hard to understand
- Like a Jackson Pollock painting
- Not practical
- Summary.
- Designating some painting.
- Summarize.
- Kind of painting.
- Brief
- Theoretical
- Part of a science journal