Dictionary Entry
fortuitous
fortuitous is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms.
- 2adjective
Happening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes.
- 3adjective
occurring by happy chance
"profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials"
- 4adjective
having no cause or apparent cause
"a causeless miracle"
"fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"
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