pitfall
booby trap
monkey wrench
snag
hitch
rub
hang-up
Pandora's box
workaround
fiasco
oops
unexpectedness
hit a snag
clutch
unwitting
unscripted
unintending
forced
mire
unforthcomingly
unexpectancy
bad boy
on the hop
turn of events
sleeper
turn
misfortune
twist
bad luck
pull a rabbit out of a hat
more than one bargained for
spur-of-the-moment
mischance
rude awakening
by-product
unplanned
serendipity
byproduct
unexpected
gotcha
stumbling block
Lord willing
eureka moment
luck
bitch
stumblingblock
unsupposed
fortune
fall between the cracks
God willing
spanner
Lord willing and the creek don't rise
catch
mishap
kicker
gimmick
by the by
soup
gold is where you find it
go so far as
sticky wicket
let-out
surprise
unlooked for
unhoped
accidently
by accident
praemunire
precipitant
improvability
trouble
caught on the hop
ill-timed
push one's luck
difficulty
stumble
trip
unchancy
misstep
find oneself
trip-up
brainstorm
unthought-of
unhoped-for
unthought
reversal
setback
unintendedly
blow
let
unintendingly
reverse
black eye
Matterhorn

English words for 'an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty'

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