accident

accident is a 8-letter English word with 9 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident.
2. noun. A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case.
3. noun. A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
4. noun. A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute.
5. noun. A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.
6. noun. Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident.
7. noun. Unusual appearance or effect.
8. noun. anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

   "winning the lottery was a happy accident"

   "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"

   Synonyms: fortuity, stroke

9. noun. an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

Synonyms

fortuity, stroke

Common word forms

accidents, accidental, accidented, accidently

Words from these letters

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