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Surprise

/səˈpɹaɪz/

Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:12 pts8 letters
Definition of Surprise

noun

  1. Something unexpected.

    "It was a surprise to find out I owed twice as much as I thought I did."

  2. The feeling that something unexpected has happened.

    "Imagine my surprise on learning I owed twice as much as I thought I did."

  3. A dish covered with a crust of raised pastry, but with no other contents.

verb

  1. To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.

    "It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did."

  2. To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.

    "He doesn’t know that I’m in the country – I thought I’d turn up at his house and surprise him."

  3. To undergo or witness something unexpected.

    "He doesn’t surprise easily."

  4. To cause surprise.
  5. To attack unexpectedly.
Anagrams of Surprise

2 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "surprise":

spurriesuprisers

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "surprise" and rearranging:

+aupraisers
+dsurprised
+osuperiors
+rspurrierssurpriser
+ssurprises
+zsurprizes
Related Word Patterns
SU...Words starting with "su"...SEWords ending with "se"All 8-letter wordsUnscramble "surprise"
Synonyms & Antonyms
Letter Values
s1
u1
r1
p3
r1
i1
s1
e1

Total: 10 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Surprise
abaseabsciseabstruseabuseacarboseacauloseaccessoriseacclimatiseaccuseaceroseacetoseacinose
Related 8-Letter Words
sabatonssabayonssabbathssabbaticsaberingsabotagesaboteursabulosesabuloussacatonssaccadessaccadicsaccularsacculessacculus

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Surprise"

Surprise is a 8-letter word that scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "surprise" can be rearranged to form 2 other valid words.

Using "Surprise" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "surprise" is a medium-scoring word.