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Answer for the clue "By surprise ", 5 letters:
aback

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Etymology 1 adv. 1 (context archaic English) Towards the back or rear; backwards. (First attested prior to 1150.) (R:SOED5: page=2) 2 (context archaic English) In the rear; a distance behind. (First attested prior to 1150.) 3 By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. ...

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Aback \A*back"\ ([.a]*b[a^]k"), adv. [Pref. a- + back; AS. on b[ae]c at, on, or toward the back. See Back .] Toward the back or rear; backward. ``Therewith aback she started.'' --Chaucer. Behind; in the rear. --Knolles. (Naut.) Backward against ...

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