Definition of chance

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• chance is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
• chance is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
• chance is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 15

Definition of chance

• a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances (noun)

  Examples

  1. now is your chance

  Synonyms

  1. opportunity
• come upon, as if by accident; meet with (verb)

  Examples

  1. She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day

  Synonyms

  1. bump
  2. encounter
  3. find
  4. happen
• occurring or appearing or singled out by chance (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a chance occurrence

  Synonyms

  1. casual
• the possibility of future success (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. prospect
• take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. adventure
  2. gamble
  3. hazard
  4. risk
  5. run a risk
  6. take a chance
  7. take chances
• 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 possible (noun)

  Examples

  1. if that phone call is for me, chances are it's my wife

  Synonyms

  1. probability
• an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another (noun)

  Examples

  1. we ran into each other by pure chance

  Synonyms

  1. fortune
  2. hazard
  3. luck
• a risk involving danger (noun)

  Examples

  1. you take a chance when you let her drive
• be the case by chance (verb)

  Examples

  1. I chanced to meet my old friend in the street

See definition of chance in Merriam Webster