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 LA Times in 2021.
Understood by few crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ARCANE | 64 % | 6 |
| ESOTERIC | 27 % | 8 |
| OCCULT | 9 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Understood by few
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- esoteric
- obscure
- abstruse
- occult
- secret
- shadow
- latent
- closely
- closeness
- discreet
- discreetly
- privately
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 ESOTERIC
- Puzzling
- Arcane
- Abstruse
- Inscrutable
- Intended for a select few
- Only for certain tastes
- Not for everyone
- Way-out
- Not widely known
- Like trivia