out of nowhere
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
In an unexpected or inexplicable manner of arrival or occurrence.
Example Sentences
- "It had been no easy matter when he first drifted in mysteriously out of nowhere to their little mountain cottage."
- "Mr Pickering's 'Hi!' came out of nowhere and hit him like a torpedo."
- "The opening goal came out of nowhere and, buoyed, it was a lovely sequence of crisp passes that culminated in Steven Whittaker playing in Nathan Redmond to double the lead."