Highlights• Samples of unpredictable functions and sequences are constructed.• Unpredictable solutions of the logistic map and symbolic dynamics are obtained.• Non-homogeneous linear equations are verified for Poincar chaos presence.• Illustrative simulations are performed to confirm the theoretical results. Abstract The results of this study are continuation of the research of Poincaré chaos initiated in papers (Akhmet M, Fen MO. Commun Nonlinear Sci Numer Simulat 2016;40:1-5; Akhmet M, Fen MO. Turk J Math, doi:10.3906/mat-1603-51, accepted). We focus on the construction of an unpredictable function, continuous on the real axis. As auxiliary results, unpredictable orbits for the symbolic dynamics and the logistic map are obtained. By shaping the unpredictable function as well as Poisson function we have performed the first step in the development of the theory of unpredictable solutions for differential and discrete equations.The results are preliminary ones for deep analysis of chaos existence in differential and hybrid systems.Illustrative examples concerning unpredictable solutions of differential equations are provided.