UNCANNY

7 letters 12 Scrabble points /ʌnˈkæni/

Definition of UNCANNY

noun

  1. (Freud) Something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort; translation of Freud's usage of the German "unheimlich" (literally "unsecret").

adjective

  1. Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.

    "He bore an uncanny resemblance to the dead sailor."

  2. Careless.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters U N C A N N Y
Length 7 letters
Scrabble Score 12 points