Unscramble

o 1 b 3 f 4 u 1 s 1 c 3 a 1 t 1 e 1

9 letters · 16 points in Scrabble

Meaning

verb make obscure or unclear

originThe adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1536; either borrowed from Middle French obfusquer, offusquer, from Old French offusquer, or directly from Late Latin obfuscātus, offuscātus, the perfect passive participle of obfuscō, offuscō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin ob- + fuscō (“to darken”). Doublet of dusken (“to…

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