chances
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Is chances a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of chances?
Definition
noun (English)
1. a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstancesExamples: "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"Synonyms: chance, opportunity
2. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than anotherExamples: "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"Synonyms: chance, fortune, hazard, luck
3. a risk involving dangerExamples: "you take a chance when you let her drive"Synonyms: chance
4. a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possibleExamples: "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5"Synonyms: chance, probability
5. the possibility of future successExamples: "his prospects as a writer are excellent"Synonyms: chance, prospect
verb (English)
1. be the case by chanceExamples: "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"Synonyms: chance
2. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcomeExamples: "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"Synonyms: adventure, chance, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances
3. come upon, as if by accident; meet withExamples: "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"Synonyms: bump, chance, encounter, find, happen
Definition source: Wiktionary