abstruse
ADJECTIVE
/æb'strus/
8 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH A
abstruse is a valid 8-letter word worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
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WORDS WITH FRIENDS
A1B3S1T1R1U1S1E1
1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =10 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 20TRIPLE WORD → 30
MEANING
What does abstruse mean?
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1
Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge.
“the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them”
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