chance

NOUNVERBADJECTIVE /tʃæns/
6 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH C

chance is a valid 6-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3H4A1N1C3E1
3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING

What does chance mean?

NOUN · 5 SENSES
1

A possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances.

“now is your chance”

SYNONYMS
2

The possibility of future success.

SYNONYMS
3

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.

“if that phone call is for me, chances are it's my wife”

SYNONYMS
4

An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another.

“we ran into each other by pure chance”

BROADER
5

A risk involving danger.

“you take a chance when you let her drive”

RELATED
VERB · 3 SENSES
1

Come upon, as if by accident; meet with.

“She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day”

3

Be the case by chance.

“I chanced to meet my old friend in the street”

NARROWER
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1

Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance.

“a chance occurrence”

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