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   Ar·cane

   /ärˈkān/

   

   adjective

   • 1. understood by few; mysterious or secret: "modern math and its arcane notation"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin arcanus, from arcere ‘to shut up’, from arca ‘chest’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. arcanely adverb

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • E

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