unawares

unawares is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Without design or preparation; suddenly; without premeditation, unexpectedly. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adverb. Without design or preparation; suddenly; without premeditation, unexpectedly.
2. adverb. at a disadvantage

   "I was caught short"

   Synonyms: short

3. adverb. suddenly and unexpectedly- A.Lincoln

   "rain caught them unawares"

   "sorrow comes to all, and to the young it comes with bittered agony because it takes them unawares"

4. adverb. without forethought or plan; inadvertently

   "came upon the diamond unawares"

Synonyms

short

Common word forms

unaware

Words from these letters

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