The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ABACK , but the solution may also be UNAWARES which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in Universal uClick).
By surprise crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABACK | 70 % | 5 |
| UNAWARES | 27 % | 8 |
| SUDDENLY | 3 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: By surprise
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- unexpectedly
- unanticipatedly
- unexpected
- unpredictably
- unforeseen
- hypercapnia
- involuntarily
- unpredictable
- unplanned
- offhand
- tramp
- unclear
Crossword Answer definitions
ABACK adverb- Towards the back or rear; backwards.
- In the rear; a distance behind.
- By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)
- Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way.
- An abacus.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ABACK
- By surprise
- How one may be taken
- One way to be taken
- Taken __ (startled)
- Bad way to be taken
- Unawares
- Off-guard
- How the surprised are taken
- Taken ___ (surprised)
- One way to be taken?
More clues leading to the result UNAWARES
- Bad way to be caught
- Off guard
- By surprise
- Suddenly
- By surprise.
- Suddenly.
- Taken ___ (surprised).
- Without warning
- One way to be caught