The Clue
Kismet (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
Destine
Destiny
Fortune
Karma
Lot
Predestination
Churchill's "Hinge of ___"
Clotho, e.g.
Lot in life
Oracle's reading
Them's the breaks
The way the cookie crumbles
What will be
It may be tempted
"___ laughs at probabilities": Bulwer-Lytton
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"