Rating | Solver | Clue |
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RUNACROSS | Chance upon | |
ALIGHT | To come or chance (upon). | |
LIGHT | To come by chance; to happen; -- with on or upon; formerly with into. | |
STUMBLE | To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; -- with on, upon, or against. | |
VENTURE | An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation. | |
EXPECTATION | The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event. | |
SPECULATION | A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes. |