unbeknownst
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 20
- Words With Friends
- 25
- Letters
- 11
/ˌʌnbɪˈnoʊnst/
Definition of unbeknownst
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable, with-to)Without the knowledge of.
“He went home early, unbeknownst to his mother.”
“Theon’s redemption scene convincingly threatens to kill him right there on the beaches of Dragonstone, dying for a good cause unbeknownst to anyone but the rapscallions who watched him die, but at last it swerves into something genuinely heroic.”
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Etymology
Variant of unbeknown with excrescent -st.
Words you can make from unbeknownst
200+ playable · top: UNBEKNOWN (18 pts)
Best play unbeknown 18 points9-letter words
2 words8-letter words
2 words7-letter words
9 words6-letter words
33 words- KNOWNS 13 pts
- WOKEST 13 pts
- BEKNOT 12 pts
- BOSKET 12 pts
- BUNKOS 12 pts
- BESNOW 11 pts
- BESTOW 11 pts
- SUNBOW 11 pts
- KNOUTS 10 pts
- NEKTON 10 pts
- SUNKEN 10 pts
- SUNKET 10 pts
- TOKENS 10 pts
- UNKENT 10 pts
- UNKNOT 10 pts
- NEWTON 9 pts
- UNSEWN 9 pts
- UNSOWN 9 pts
- BENTOS 8 pts
- BETONS 8 pts
- BONNES 8 pts
- BONNET 8 pts
- BUTEOS 8 pts
- OBTUSE 8 pts
- SUBNET 8 pts
- UNBENT 8 pts
- NONETS 6 pts
- NONUSE 6 pts
- SONNET 6 pts
- TENNOS 6 pts
- TENONS 6 pts
- TONNES 6 pts
- UNSENT 6 pts
5-letter words
66 words- KNOWN 12 pts
- KNOWS 12 pts
- WOKEN 12 pts
- WONKS 12 pts
- BONKS 11 pts
- BUNKO 11 pts
- BUNKS 11 pts
- KNOBS 11 pts
- BOWSE 10 pts
- NEWBS 10 pts
- KENOS 9 pts
- KNOTS 9 pts
- KNOUT 9 pts
- NEUKS 9 pts
- NUKES 9 pts
- STOKE 9 pts
- STONK 9 pts
- STUNK 9 pts
- TOKEN 9 pts
- TOKES 9 pts
- ENOWS 8 pts
- NEWTS 8 pts
- NOWTS 8 pts
- OWSEN 8 pts
- SWOUN 8 pts
- TOWNS 8 pts
- UNSEW 8 pts
- UNWET 8 pts
- UNWON 8 pts
- WONTS 8 pts
- BENTO 7 pts
- BENTS 7 pts
- BESOT 7 pts
- BETON 7 pts
- BONES 7 pts
- BONNE 7 pts
- BONUS 7 pts
- BOSUN 7 pts
- BOUSE 7 pts
- BOUTS 7 pts
- BUNNS 7 pts
- BUNTS 7 pts
- BUTEO 7 pts
- BUTES 7 pts
- EBONS 7 pts
- TSUBO 7 pts
- TUBES 7 pts
- NEONS 5 pts
- NONES 5 pts
- NONET 5 pts
- NOTES 5 pts
- NOUNS 5 pts
- NUTSO 5 pts
- ONSET 5 pts
- SETON 5 pts
- SNOUT 5 pts
- STENO 5 pts
- STONE 5 pts
- TENNO 5 pts
- TENON 5 pts
- TONES 5 pts
- TONNE 5 pts
- TONUS 5 pts
- TOUSE 5 pts
- TUNES 5 pts
- UNSET 5 pts
4-letter words
87 words- KNEW 11 pts
- KNOW 11 pts
- SKEW 11 pts
- BONK 10 pts
- BOSK 10 pts
- BUNK 10 pts
- BUSK 10 pts
- KNOB 10 pts
- KOBS 10 pts
- BOWS 9 pts
- NEWB 9 pts
- SWOB 9 pts
- KENO 8 pts
- KENS 8 pts
- KENT 8 pts
- KETO 8 pts
- KNOT 8 pts
- KUES 8 pts
- KUNE 8 pts
- NEUK 8 pts
- NUKE 8 pts
- OKES 8 pts
- SOKE 8 pts
- SOUK 8 pts
- SUNK 8 pts
- ENOW 7 pts
- NEWS 7 pts
- NEWT 7 pts
- NOWS 7 pts
- NOWT 7 pts
- OWES 7 pts
- OWNS 7 pts
- OWSE 7 pts
- OWTS 7 pts
- SEWN 7 pts
- SNOW 7 pts
- SOWN 7 pts
- STEW 7 pts
- STOW 7 pts
- SWOT 7 pts
- TEWS 7 pts
- BENS 6 pts
- BENT 6 pts
- BEST 6 pts
- BETS 6 pts
- BONE 6 pts
- BOTS 6 pts
- BOUT 6 pts
- BUNN 6 pts
- BUNS 6 pts
- BUNT 6 pts
- BUST 6 pts
- BUTE 6 pts
- BUTS 6 pts
- EBON 6 pts
- NEBS 6 pts
- NOBS 6 pts
- NUBS 6 pts
- OBES 6 pts
- SNOB 6 pts
- SNUB 6 pts
- STOB 6 pts
- STUB 6 pts
- EONS 4 pts
- NEON 4 pts
- NEST 4 pts
- NETS 4 pts
- NOES 4 pts
- NONE 4 pts
- NOSE 4 pts
- NOTE 4 pts
- NOUN 4 pts
- NOUS 4 pts
- NUNS 4 pts
- NUTS 4 pts
- ONES 4 pts
- ONUS 4 pts
- OUST 4 pts
- OUTS 4 pts
- SENT 4 pts
- SNOT 4 pts
- SONE 4 pts
- STUN 4 pts
- SUET 4 pts
- SUNN 4 pts
- TENS 4 pts
- TOES 4 pts
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