arcane

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
- "the arcane science of dowsing"

Adj

Understood by only a few.
Obscure, mysterious.
Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand.
Extremely old (e.g. interpretation or knowledge), and possibly irrelevant.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arcānus (“hidden, secret”), from arceō (“to shut up, enclose”); cognate with Latin arca (“a chest”).

Synonyms

arcane, clandestine, dark, enigmatic, esoteric, mystic, obscure, occult, recondite

Antonyms

accessible, exoteric, irrecondite, mundane, nonesoteric, open, well-known

Scrabble Score: 8

arcane is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
arcane is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
arcane is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

arcane is a valid Words With Friends word