Chance occurrence

The answer

HAP

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HAP answer page.

Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 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.

• FLUKE (1 uses in xd)
• PURECOINCIDENCE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for HAP

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

• Chance - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
• WWII general Arnold - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Gen. Arnold - used 14 times, most recently in 2006
• Occurrence - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Prefix for hazard - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• General Arnold's nickname - used 12 times, most recently in 2005
• Gen. Arnold's nickname - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
• Fortune - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• General Arnold - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• Chance, old style. - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Chance, poetically - used 7 times, most recently in 2017

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.

• "___ a chance!" - NOT, used 37 times
• "Fat chance!" - HAH, used 28 times
• Take a chance - BET, used 15 times
• "___ chance!" - FAT, used 14 times
• "Fat chance, laddie!" - NAE, used 12 times
• Chance to speak - SAY, used 11 times

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