Answer to "Unexpected development" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TWIST , but the solution may also be CURVEBALL which is one of the most recent solution (2005 in Newsday).

Unexpected development crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
TWIST	33 %	5
CURVEBALL	33 %	9
TWISTOFFATE	33 %	11

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Unexpected development

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• twist
• turn
• twist in the plot
• crossed
• fold
• fold up
• folded up
• duplication
• folding
• roll
• strut
• double

Crossword Answer definitions

TWIST noun

1. A twisting force.
2. Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
3. The form given in twisting.
4. The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
5. A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
6. A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
7. A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
8. A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.
9. An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
10. (preceded by definite article) A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.
11. A rotation of the body when diving.
12. A sprain, especially to the ankle.
13. A twig.
14. A girl, a woman.
15. A roll of twisted dough, baked.
16. A small roll of tobacco.
17. A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
18. The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
19. A beverage made of brandy and gin.
20. A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
21. An appetite for food.

TWIST verb

1. To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
2. To join together by twining one part around another.
3. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
4. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
5. To wind into; to insinuate.
6. To turn a knob etc.
7. To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
8. To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
9. To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
10. (of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
11. To cause to rotate.
12. To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
13. To coax.
14. In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.

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 TWIST

• Checkers' move?
• Dickens' Oliver
• Spoilable plot point
• Something that makes it hard to get your story straight?
• Rotary motion
• Soft-serve option
• Checker move?
• Unexpected turn
• 1960's dance
• Cocktail garnish

More clues leading to the result CURVEBALL

• Bert Blyleven's speciality
• Slider relative
• Slider option
• Pitcher's specialty
• Tricky pitch
• Pitcher's delivery
• Unexpected development
• Unpleasant surprise, so to speak
• Changing pitch
• Unexpected pitch

More clues leading to the result TWISTOFFATE

• Irony ingredient
• Ironic event
• Destiny's surprise
• Ironic change in destiny ... and, literally, what happens in this puzzle's circles
• Unexpected development
• Unexpected happening
• Happenchance
• Unexpected development ... or what the answer to each starred clue contains?
• "... and O. Henry will serve drinks with a __."