Definitions for unawares

unawares un·a·wares

Spelling: [uhn-uh-wairz]
IPA: /ˌʌn əˈwɛərz/

Unawares is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 243 anagrams from letters in unawares (aaenrsuw).

Definitions for unawares

adverb

  1. while not aware or conscious of a thing oneself; unknowingly or inadvertently.
  2. without warning; by surprise; suddenly; unexpectedly:

Origin of unawares

First recorded in 1525-35; unaware + -s1

Examples for unawares

However, I catch him unawares occasionally, and this is a snap I took last summer.

It had come upon him so unawares that he felt he had not kept it out of his voice.

They were but few; for the Greek troops had come on them unawares; 11.

It dropped from him unawares, and I was on the terrace and caught the words.'

At least, Yates, with all his experience, thought he had taken her unawares.

You will take them unawares; but I flatter myself you will not find them unprepared.

It's rather a fool-scheme, if you ask me, but it might have been a nuisance if it had been sprung on us unawares.

"It was an unexpected blow; it caught me unawares," he said heatedly.

I had unawares added to her grief, for her brother Charley was going to Switzerland too.

Blessings, then, upon these young wayfarers, for they have "blessed me unawares."

Word Value for unawares
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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