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— English words —

• surprisal n. (Obsolete, military) A surprise attack or ambush; a sudden or unexpected assault.
• surprisal n. (Obsolete) A sudden coming-upon someone or something unexpectedly or unawares.
• surprisal n. (Obsolete) A surprising event or occurrence.
• surprisal n. (Obsolete) The feeling caused by being surprised; surprise, shock, amazement.
• surprisal n. An information measure as equal in bits (binary digits) to the base-2 log of 1 over the probability…

39 English words from 5 English definitions

amazement ambush assault attack base being binary binary␣digits bits caused coming coming␣upon digits equal event feeling in␣bits information log measure military Obsolete occurrence or␣something over probability shock someone something sudden surprise surprised surprising the to␣the unawares unexpected unexpectedly upon

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

surprisals

23 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Isa ISA is-a Isa. PRI pris RIs RIS R.I.S. R.␣I.␣S. Risa RISA sal Sal SAL -sal sal- -sal- sur- Sur. surp urp U-RP

21 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Asi ASI a-Si A.S.I. A.␣S.␣I. irp IRP las LAs Lasi Pru Prus Rus RUS Rus' Rus. R␣Us sir Sir SIR Sir.

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

spur-rials

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

surprisals

4 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

spirulas spur-rial suspiral uprisals

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