The variant skū- forms the noun skūmaz “scum” (because it covers the water), which becomes scum in English. In Germanic the variant skeu- forms the base of the noun skeujam “cloud cover, cloud,” becoming skȳ “cloud” in Old Norse, which is the immediate source of English sky (a 13th-century borrowing). The unrecorded Latin adjective scūrus comes from the Proto-Indo-European root (s)keu-, (s)kū- (with variants) “to cover, envelop” ( scūrus therefore means “covered over”). Alternatively, the verb may derive from Middle French obscurer “to make or become dark” or from Latin obscūrāre “to cover, obscure, overshadow, conceal,” a verb derived from obscūrus. The verb obscure may simply derive from the English adjective by functional shift (a change in the grammatical function of a word). The adjective obscure comes from Anglo-French and Middle French oscur, obscur “without light, dark (in color), hard to understand,” from Latin obscūrus “dim, dark, dingy, faint,” an adjective made up of the prefix ob- “toward, against” and the adjective scūrus, which does not occur in Latin. Rachel Quin is a freelance marketer and copywriter with a love of language, books and cats.Īll opinions expressed on this blog are those of the individual writers, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of Collins, or its parent company, HarperCollins.The adjective obscure first appears in English about 1425 (if not earlier) the verb appears around the same time. After academics picked out 30 words that have been ‘lost’ from the English language, self-confessed ‘word geek’ Paul Anthony Jones reveals obscure. Got a favourite starter word? Share it, or just share your Wordle scores, with us over on Twitter at can also visit our Wordle Helper, a word-finding tool to help you narrow down your choices of five-letter words based on the results in your Wordle game. AZUREĪzure is used to describe things that are bright blue. ENOKIĪn edible mushroom with a long, slender stem, a small, yellowish cap, and yellowish gills. A woman shops at a supermarket in Beijing, China, October 15, 2015. SQUABĪ young unfledged bird, especially a pigeon. Chinas markets for obscure commodities point to a sluggish economy and a weak rebound. If you are talking about something that you did and you say, ‘the craic was great’, or ‘it was a good craic’, you mean that you had a really good time, especially because everyone was talking, joking, and laughing. ERGOTĪ disease of cereals and other grasses caused by fungi. In snooker and billiards, a shot in which the cue ball is caused to contact one object ball after another. OUIJAĪ board on which are marked the letters of the alphabet answers to questions are spelt out by a pointer or glass held by the fingertips of the participants, and are supposedly formed by spiritual forces. DUCATĪny of various former European gold or silver coins, especially those used in Italy or the Netherlands. SOAREĪ now obsolete noun meaning a young hawk, but one that does appear in the Wordle dictionary. It also has four vowels, what’s not to love? TARESĪny of various vetch plants, such as Vicia hirsuta (hairy tare) of Eurasia and North Africa. Good luck! ADIEUĪdieu means the same as goodbye. Don’t you worry, we’ve tested all of these options in the game, so you can rest assured they’re available in the Wordle dictionary. The company’s high-quality switches were well known by the 1960s, but they would not truly go mainstream until the 2010s, when Cherry keyswitches became the de facto standard for mechanical keyboards. We’d also added definitions, because at least if you don’t win, you learned a new word, right? A prominent creator of microswitches founded in Illinois in the 1950s. With the perfect blend of vowels and consonants you’d never expect, you might just crush it on the first try. Given words are our forte, we’ve compiled a list of unusual five-letter words to fuel your next Wordle sprint. Novaturient (from the Latin novus ) Wanting or seeking powerful change in your life, your behavior, or a certain situation. Wordle is the name of the game, and this simple daily word game has got everybody playing with language. Mudita (Sanskrit) Taking delight in the happiness of other people, even the cause for their happiness doesn’t have a direct and equal impact on you. If you’ve spent any time on social media over the last few weeks, you’ve probably noticed your feeds being slowly taken over by black, yellow and green squares.
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