Unknown

7 lettersadjectivecommon

Updated February 2026

Definition

Not known or familiar; not identified or discovered. Can also be used as a noun referring to an unknown person or thing.

“The cause of the disease remains unknown to medical science.”

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Contains NKNOWN pattern, double N, three vowels

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Worth 14 points; useful UN- prefix with K

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