fortuity
Plural: fortuities
Noun
- An accidental occurrence; a chance event.
- anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
- "it was due to an accident or fortuity"
- The state of being fortuitous.
- A fortuitous event; an accident.
Examples
- Playing ’FORTUITY’ for a bingo felt like pure luck, not skill, in Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
From fortuitous + -ity, from Latin fortuītus.
Synonyms
accident, chance event, stroke, adventure, befalling, casualty, chance, chance-medley, contingency, felicity, fortuitousness, fortuity, fortune, good fortune, good luck, hap, happiness, hazard, joss, luck, luck of the Irish, serendipity, weird
Antonyms
adverseness, adversity, good luck, misfortune, nakba, unfortunateness, unluckiness
Scrabble Score: 14
fortuity: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfortuity: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fortuity: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary