Definitions for clandestine

clandestine clan·des·tine

Spelling: [klan-des-tin]
IPA: /klænˈdɛs tɪn/

Clandestine is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 1222 anagrams from letters in clandestine (acdeeilnnst).

Definitions for clandestine

adjective

  1. characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious:

Origin of clandestine

1560-70; Latin clandestīnus, equivalent to *clande, *clamde, variant of clam secretly (with -de adv. particle) + -stīnus, probably after intestīnus internal; see int

Examples for clandestine

There, Mademoiselle, you have the reason for a clandestine union.

Undeterred by the snub in November, and denied a visa to Italy, Agca made plans for clandestine travel to Vatican City.

Did you not gather that this was not only a runaway match, but a clandestine one?

Never mind the huge buildup of clandestine operatives and secret warriors since 9/11.

I should abhor these clandestine correspondences, were they not forced upon me.

Panahi was arrested by the Islamic Republic police in 2009 during the clandestine shooting of a film without a government permit.

People there remember rather fondly the clandestine airdrops by the CIA during the 1980s.

Our return was clandestine for many of the members, and for me among the number.

What on earth possesses him to make a clandestine match of it?

“Such a clandestine and pathological way of drinking increases the chances of becoming an alcoholic exponentially,” says Alireza.

Word Value for clandestine
Scrable

14

Words with friends

18

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