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— English words —

• obscurant adj. Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.
• obscurant adj. Typical of or pertaining to obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic.
• obscurant n. One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist.
• obscurant n. A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment.
• obscurant n. An opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres.

— In French —

• obscurant n.m. (Vieilli) Celui qui est opposé aux progrès des lumières…
• obscurant v. Participe présent du verbe obscurer.

32 English words from 5 English definitions

Acting acts advancement agent and confound endarkenment enquiry hinder intellectual knowledge lucidity obfuscate obscurantic obscurantist obscurantistic obscurants obscure One opposer person pertaining political prevent seeks spheres tending the transparency Typical who wisdom

4 English words from 2 foreign definitions

aux des est obscurer

10 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Celui lumières opposé Participe Participe␣présent présent progrès qui verbe Vieilli

7 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

obscurants obscurantic obscurantism obscurantist obscurantisms obscurantists obscurantistic

28 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

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12 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Nar ruc RUC rucs RUCs SBO TNA uCs UCs UCS μCs UCSB

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

subcantor

4 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

conurbates incubators obscurants subcantors

9 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Antrobus Brucatos cantours conturbs courants crontabs Cutronas narcosub unaborts

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