Meaning
- (adverb) Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.
- (adverb) Used (as a parenthetical word) to express disappointment, compassion, sorrow, regret or grief.
Letter breakdown
- Unfortunately contains 13 letters: 5 vowel(s) and 8 consonant(s).
- It uses 10 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 6.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 19.
Synonyms
Opposites
Words from these letters
- fortunately
- unfortunate
- fortunate
- aflutter
- attorney
- fentanyl
- flattery
- fluttery
- ornately
- tolerant
- entrant
- flatten
- flatter
- floater
- flutter
- fortune
- frontal
- funeral
- lantern
- lottery
- neutral
- neutron
- tannery
- tearful
- tourney
- tuneful
- turnout
- unlearn
- utterly
- antler
- anyone
- artful
- attune
- earful
- falter
- fatten
- fatter
- faulty
- fealty
- felony
- flaunt
- florae
- floury
- fluent
- foetal
- fouler
- funnel
- funner
- future
- latent
- latter
- layout
- learnt
- loafer
- loaner
- nature
- nearly
- neatly
- neural
Connected words
Other 13-letter words
- abbreviations
- abnormalities
- abolitionists
- accelerations
- acceptability
- accessibility
- acclimatizing
- accommodating
- accommodation
- accompaniment
- accomplishing
- accouterments
- accoutrements
- accreditation
- acculturation
- accumulations
- acetaminophen
- acknowledging
Words starting with UNF
- unfailing
- unfailingly
- unfair
- unfairer
- unfairest
- unfairly
- unfairness
- unfaithful
- unfaithfully
- unfaithfulness
- unfamiliar
- unfamiliarity
- unfashionable
- unfasten
- unfastened
- unfastening
- unfastens
- unfathomable
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Words ending with ELY
Reader questions
What does Unfortunately mean?
Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.
How many letters are in Unfortunately?
Unfortunately has 13 letters.
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