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   odds

   /ɒdz/

   plural

   • 1. the ratio between the amounts staked by the parties to a bet, based on the expected probability either way: "Nicer is starting at odds of 8-1"
   • ▪ the chances or likelihood of something happening or being the case: "the odds are that he is no longer alive" Similar likelihoodprobabilitychanceschancebalance
   • ▪ the balance of advantage; superiority in strength, power, or resources: "she clung to the lead against all the odds" Similar advantageleadedgesuperioritysupremacyascendancy

   Word Origin early 16th century: apparently the plural of the obsolete noun odd ‘odd number or odd person’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • O

     1

   • D

     2

   • D

     2

   • S

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