Definitions for unwonted

unwonted un·wont·ed

Spelling: [uhn-wawn-tid, -wohn-, -wuhn-]
IPA: /ʌnˈwɔn tɪd, -ˈwoʊn-, -ˈwʌn-/

Unwonted is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 167 anagrams from letters in unwonted (dennotuw).

Definitions for unwonted

adjective

  1. not customary or usual; rare:
  2. Archaic. unaccustomed or unused.

Origin of unwonted

First recorded in 1545-55; un-1 + wonted

Examples for unwonted

But the rest of the men slept heavily, seizing the unwonted chance.

The village hotel throbbed with the pressure of unwonted business.

Some fell into unwonted silence, while the gestures of the rest were equally significant.

(p. 183) As for the fact itself, it is neither new nor unwonted.

But Rotherby scarce looked at him, and answered with unwonted shortness.

"We do all right," said Philip, amused at her unwonted vanity.

There was a burgeoning within him of strange feelings and unwonted impulses.

In an unwonted mood of expansion he turned to Mali-ya-bwana.

Then she heard her uncle's voice, speaking sharply and with unwonted sternness.

Mother noticed my unwonted grandeur when I went in to say good-night to her.

Word Value for unwonted
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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