OBTUSE Crossword Clue & Answer

We found 146 solutions for 'OBTUSE' with 3 to 16 letters.
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The clue "obtuse" last appeared in the The Chronicle of Higher Education crossword on October 5, 2018. The correct answer for this puzzle is "THICK", a 5-letter word.

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Answer
Length
OBTUSE with 3 letters
DIM
3
ICY
3
OBTUSE with 4 letters
COLD
4
COOL
4
DAFT
4
DEAD
4
DULL
4
DUMB
4
NUMB
4
SLOW
4
OBTUSE with 5 letters
BLIND
5
BLUFF
5
BLUNT
5
CHILL
5
CRASS
5
DENSE
5
DOPEY
5
HEAVY
5
SLACK
5
THICK ⭐
5
VAGUE
5
OBTUSE with 6 letters
ABRUPT
6
ARCTIC
6
ASLEEP
6
CHILLY
6
DULLED
6
FAIRED
6
FRIGID
6
FROSTY
6
FROZEN
6
NUMBED
6
OAFISH
6
OPAQUE
6
SIMPLE
6
STOLID
6
STUPID
6
UNFELT
6
WOODEN
6
OBTUSE with 7 letters
BLUNTED
7
CALLOUS
7
DOLTISH
7
DRUGGED
7
DULLISH
7
FOOLISH
7
FROSTED
7
HUMDRUM
7
LOUTISH
7
LUMPISH
7
MORONIC
7
OBLIQUE
7
ROUNDED
7
UNCLEAR
7
UNEDGED
7
UNSHARP
7
OBTUSE with 8 letters
AUTISTIC
8
BACKWARD
8
BENUMBED
8
BLUNTISH
8
CLODDISH
8
DEADENED
8
EDGELESS
8
IGNORANT
8
MINDLESS
8
OBDURATE
8
PURBLIND
8
RETARDED
8
SLUGGISH
8
SMOOTHED
8
SOULLESS
8
UNLOVING
8
OBTUSE with 9 letters
CATATONIC
9
DIM-WITTED
9
DULL-EDGED
9
DULL-PATED
9
FAT-WITTED
9
HEARTLESS
9
IMMOVABLE
9
IMPASSIVE
9
INSENSATE
9
OBJECTIVE
9
POINTLESS
9
UNFEELING
9
UNPOINTED
9
OBTUSE with 10 letters
AFFECTLESS
10
ANESTHETIC
10
BLUNT-EDGED
10
BLUNT-ENDED
10
BONEHEADED
10
DULL OF MIND
10
DULL-HEADED
10
DULL-WITTED
10
IMPASSIBLE
10
IMPERVIOUS
10
INSENSIBLE
10
INSENTIENT
10
OUT OF TOUCH
10
PEDESTRIAN
10
SLOW-WITTED
10
SLOWWITTED
10
SPIRITLESS
10

Top answer for OBTUSE crossword clue from newspapers

THICK

Definition of obtuse

  • (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex; lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin; of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees

Anagrams of obtuse

BUTEOS

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Solution THICK is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution THICK is 5 letters long. We have 10 further solutions of the same word length.

How many solutions are there for the crossword clue "OBTUSE"?

There are 146 solutions. The longest is MENTALLY RETARDED with 16 letters, and the shortest is DIM with 3 letters.

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Clue Answers
Acute or obtuse
2
Acute or obtuse thing
2
Obtuse; forthright
1
An obtuse one is more than 90°
1
Least obtuse
1
Something acute or obtuse
1
Right or obtuse thing
1
Playfully obtuse, maybe
1
Obtuse ones
1
Not obtuse
1
Less than obtuse
1
It might be acute or obtuse
1
It can be obtuse
1
Hardly obtuse
1
quadrilateral with sides of equal length, having two acute and two obtuse angles
1
A bit obtuse
1
Obtuse's opposite
1
Obtuse one
1
More obtuse
1
It may be obtuse: Abbr.
1
‘OBTUSE’ isn’t just a clue – it’s also a popular crossword answer! Check out these clues where ‘OBTUSE’ is the solution:
Clue Answer
Blunt in form (6)
obtuse
Like some angles (6)
Dull in perception (6)
Annoyingly insensitive (6)
More than 90 degrees (6)
Far from sharp (6)
Not sharp (6)
Not pointed (6)
Lacking in insight (6)
Not spelled out (6)
Deliberately vague (6)
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