The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SUDDEN , but the solution may also be OUTOFLEFTFIELD which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Unexpected crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SUDDEN | 38 % | 6 |
| ODD | 21 % | 3 |
| ABRUPT | 14 % | 6 |
| IRONIC | 7 % | 6 |
| OUTOFTHEBLUE | 3 % | 12 |
| ANOMALOUS | 3 % | 9 |
| OUTOFLEFTFIELD | 3 % | 14 |
| INOPINATE | 3 % | 9 |
| STARTLING | 3 % | 9 |
| UNPLANNED | 3 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Unexpected
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- unheralded
- unplanned
- unhoped
- unhoped-for
- unlooked-for
- unthought
- unannounced
- unthought-of
- unanticipated
- unforeseen
- unsuspected
- unpredicted
Crossword Answer definitions
SUDDEN noun- An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.
- Happening quickly and with little or no warning.
- Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
- Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
- Suddenly.
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 SUDDEN
- Out of the blue
- Abrupt
- Without warning
- ___ death (game-ending point)
- Like a sneak attack
- Quip, part 3
- Coming out of the blue
- Unexpected
- "This is so __!"
- Out-of-the-blue
More clues leading to the result ODD
- Like a fraternal Fellow
- Like a single sock
- Seven or eleven
- Off the wall
- Like 1 and 3
- Strange
- Uneven
- Like a famed TV couple
- Queer
- Suspicious
More clues leading to the result ABRUPT
- Rather sudden
- Brusque in manner
- Sudden
- Unceremoniously curt
- Curt
- Without warning
- Brusque
- Short-spoken
- Unexpected
- Discourteously curt
More clues leading to the result IRONIC
- Like a twist of fate
- Poignantly contrary
- Like some satire
- Like hipster humor
- Alanis Morissette hit
- Like dirty soap
- Unexpected
- Wry
- Self-contradictory, in a way
- Not in earnest, in a way
More clues leading to the result OUTOFTHEBLUE
More clues leading to the result ANOMALOUS
More clues leading to the result OUTOFLEFTFIELD
- Totally unexpected
- Completely unexpected
- Oddly and unexpectedly
- Unexpected
- Surprising, to a baseball player?
More clues leading to the result INOPINATE
More clues leading to the result STARTLING
- Frightening.
- Frightful.
- Shocking.
- Causing surprise
- Scary or wondrous
- Alarming
- Wondrous
- Unexpected
- Amazing
- Astonishing