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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| unanticipated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| unforeseen | xx/ | Adjective |
| surprised | x/ | Verb |
| unpredictably | xx/xx | Adverb |
| unforeseeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unintended | xx/x | Adjective |
| unpredictable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inexplicable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unintentional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unconventional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unannounced | xx/ | Adjective |
| unsuspected | xx/x | Adjective |
| unplanned | x/ | Adjective |
| unpredictability | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| spontaneous | x/xx | Adjective |
| unintentionally | xx/xxx | Adverb |
| unexplained | xx/ | Adjective |
| accidental | xx/x | Adjective |
| unexplainable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unwonted | xxx | Adjective |
| serendipitous | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unsolicited | xx/xx | Adjective |
| uncontrollable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| serendipity | xx/xx | Noun |
| improbable | x/xx | Adjective |
| happenstance | /xx | Noun |
| randomness | /xx | Noun |
| inadvertent | xx/x | Adjective |
| unorthodox | x/xx | Adjective |
| spontaneity | xx/xx | Noun |
| uncontrolled | xx/ | Adjective |
| suddenness | /xx | Noun |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| surprisingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| unwanted | x/x | Adjective |
| off guard | // | Phrase |
| uncharacteristic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| unnoticed | x/x | Adjective |
| unbidden | x/x | Adjective |
| unaccountably | xx/xx | Adverb |
| incidental | xx/x | Adjective |
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective |
| unknowingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| unaccountable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inadvertence | xx/x | Noun |
| underrated | xx/x | Adjective |
| unfamiliar | xx/x | Adjective |
| unappreciated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| unprecedented | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unwelcome | x/x | Adjective |
| unscheduled | x/x | Adjective |
| uniqueness | x/x | Noun |
| involuntary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unnatural | x/xx | Adjective |
| exception | x/x | Noun |
| encountering | x/xx | Verb |
| unauthorized | x/xx | Adjective |
| unseen | x/ | Adjective |
| abrupt | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| adventitious | /x/x | Adjective |
| amazing | x/x | Adjective |
| anticipated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| astonishing | x/xx | Adjective |
| breaking | /x | Noun |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| casual | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| contingencies | x/xx | Noun |
| contingent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| curious | /xx | Adjective |
| disconcerting | xx/x | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective |
| erratic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| expected | x/x | Adjective |
| extraneous | x/xx | Adjective |
| forced | / | Adjective |
| foreseeable | x/xx | Adjective |
| fortuitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| hasty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| infant | /x | Noun, Verb |
| likely | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| miracle | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| opportune | xx/ | Adjective |
| out of the blue | //x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| snap | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| startling | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| strange | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| stunning | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| transitions | x/x | Noun |
| undesired | xx/x | Adjective |
| unexpended | xx/x | Adjective |
| unlikely | x/x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| untimely | x/x | Adjective, Adverb |
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective |
| upset | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| weird | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
