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Odds odds

Spelling: [odz]

IPA: /ɒdz/

Odds is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 20 anagrams from letters in Odds (ddos).

Definitions for Odds

noun

1. the probability that something is so, will occur, or is more likely to occur than something else:
2. the ratio of probability that something is so, will occur, or is more likely to occur than something else.
3. this ratio used as the basis of a bet; the ratio by which the bet of one party to a wager exceeds that of the other, granted by one of two betting opponents to equalize the chances favoring one of them:
4. an equalizing allowance, as that given the weaker person or team in a contest; handicap.
5. an advantage or degree of superiority on the side of two contending parties; a difference favoring one of two contestants.
6. an amount or degree by which one thing is better or worse than another.
7. something that is odd.
8. Golf. a stroke more than the opponent has played. British. a stroke taken from a player's total score for a hole in order to give him or her odds.

Idioms

1. at odds, at variance; in disagreement:
2. by all odds, in every respect; by far; undoubtedly: Also, by long odds, by odds.

adjective

1. differing in nature from what is ordinary, usual, or expected:
2. singular or peculiar in a strange or eccentric way:
3. fantastic; bizarre:
4. leaving a remainder of 1 when divided by 2, as a number (opposed to even):
5. more or less, especially a little more (used in combination with a round number):
6. being a small amount in addition to what is counted or specified:
7. being part of a pair, set, or series of which the rest is lacking:
8. remaining after all others are paired, grouped, or divided into equal numbers or parts:
9. left over after all others are used, consumed, etc.
10. (of a pair) not matching:
11. not forming part of any particular group, set, or class:
12. not regular, usual, or full-time; occasional; casual:
13. out-of-the-way; secluded:
14. Mathematics. (of a function) having a sign that changes when the sign of each independent variable is changed at the same time.

Origin of Odds

First recorded in 1490-1500; special use of odd

Examples for Odds

This puts them at odds with the countless polytheistic religions, where many gods compete for prominence.

It don't make no odds whether you believe it or not, she's there.

But a bettor of the right sort slips in an' taps me for odds to a thousand.

The rift put Washington at odds with countries like Brazil, Uruguay or Chile, which seemed to have come to terms with their past.

At odds with him, she yet took time to think of his creature needs!

The case of Yates was by all odds the most complex and bewildering of the four.

The odds of getting re-arrested are a lot slimmer if a person has a job.

But taking such action puts them at odds with the most powerful and best-organized segment of their coalition.

Since Nestdrop continues to do so as of this writing, they wager a tense gamble that the odds will be in their favor.

Either I'd pull through or I wouldn't, and the odds were—well, I didn't say much.