1adjective
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
“the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them”
01 Word definition
abstruse
8 letters · 3 vowels · 5 consonants
Is ABSTRUSE a word?
Yes. ABSTRUSE is a 8-letter adjective. difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge Check the official dictionary for your particular word game before playing it.
Correct spelling
A-B-S-T-R-U-S-EHow do you spell ABSTRUSE?
ABSTRUSE contains 8 letters, begins with A, and ends with E.
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Source: Open English WordNet 2025 (CC BY 4.0) ↗deeprecondite
02 Letter breakdown
How is ABSTRUSE spelled?
A1B2S3T4R5U6S7E8
03 Word-game status
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04 Exact anagrams
The same letters, rearranged.
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About ABSTRUSE.
How do you spell ABSTRUSE?
ABSTRUSE is spelled A-B-S-T-R-U-S-E. It contains 8 letters.