Fortune

The answer

FATE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FATE answer page.

Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• LOT (40 uses in xd)
• LUCK (13 uses in xd)
• PILE (10 uses in xd)
• HAP (9 uses in xd)
• WEALTH (7 uses in xd)

Other clues for FATE

Every other clue in this collection answered by FATE, most used first.

• Destiny - used 203 times, most recently in 2026
• Kismet - used 147 times, most recently in 2025
• Lot - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
• Karma - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• It may be tempted - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Inevitable outcome - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Lot in life - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Inescapable outcome - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• The inevitable - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• Clotho, for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Free will negator - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Final outcome. - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Atropos, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Inevitability - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• It's inevitable - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Fortune-teller - SEER, used 114 times
• Wheels of fortune? - LIMO, used 34 times
• "Wheel of Fortune" option - SPIN, used 32 times
• "Wheel of Fortune" turn - SPIN, used 28 times
• Good fortune - LUCK, used 27 times
• Fortune - LUCK, used 13 times

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