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The word takeaback is in the Wiktionary

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— English words —
  • take␣aback v. (Idiomatic, transitive) To surprise or shock; to discomfit.
  • take␣aback v. (Nautical, usually passive) Of a ship: to catch it with the sails aback suddenly.
— English word, defined in French —
  • take␣aback v. Déconcerter, interloquer.
17 English words from 2 English definitions

aback catch catch␣it discomfit Idiomatic Nautical Of␣a passive sails ship shock suddenly surprise the transitive usually with

2 foreign words from the foreign definition

Déconcerter interloquer

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

take␣a␣back␣seat

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

aba Aba ABA A.B.A. abac ABAC aback a-back ack ACK ake Ake bac BAC -bac- back Back back- EAB kea Kea tak Tak take

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

aba Aba ABA A.B.A. Aeka bae Bae BAe BAE Baek cab Cab CAB caba Caba eka- kat Kat KAT

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

taken␣aback takes␣aback

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

takeback take␣back

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

taken␣back takes␣back

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

takeback take␣back

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

taken␣aback takes␣aback


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