The Clue
Doom (4 letter answer)
The Answer
FATE
Tags
Notes
The answer FATE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 170 puzzles.
Related Clues
Clotho, for one
Destiny
Fortune
Karma
Kismet
Lot
Atropos, e.g.
Churchill's "Hinge of ___"
Clotho, e.g.
Horoscope revelation
It's unavoidable
Lot in life
The way the cookie crumbles
One way to explain a coincidence
What will be
It may be tempted
It may have a twist
"___ laughs at probabilities": Bulwer-Lytton
You can't escape it
Definition
FATE as a noun:
1. (destiny, fate) = an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
2. (Destiny, Fate) = the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of Destiny"
3. (fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion) = your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
FATE as a verb:
1. (destine, fate, doom, designate) = decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"