5
under-the-table(adjective, secret, private, hidden, clandestine)
5
underhanded(adjective, dishonest, deceitful, secret, clandestine)
4
arcane(adjective, strange, secret, clandestine, underground)
4
asylum(noun, cover, attack, protection, screen)
4
blanket
4
cloak-and-dagger(adjective, show, full, secret, clandestine)
4
covering
4
esoteric(adjective, strange, secret, unknown, hidden)
4
haven(noun, cover, attack, protection, screen)
4
hideaway(noun, place, cover, show, protection)
4
hiding place(noun, expression, idiom, protection, screen)
4
hole-and-corner(secret, private, hidden, spy, sneaky)
4
recondite(adjective, strange, secret, unknown, hidden)
4
secluded(adjective, close, quiet, private, unknown)
4
shield(noun, cover, protection, shelter, security)
4
skulking(adjective, secret, private, hidden, sneaky)
4
sub rosa(adjective, show, clandestine, underhanded)
4
unknown(strange, secret, hidden, curious, concealed)
3
abstruse(strange, secret, unknown, hidden, curious)
3
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