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"chance" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often likelihood (10 letters).
Definitions
An opportunity, possibility, risk, or random occurrence.
Word origin
From Middle English chance, cheance, chaunce, cheaunce, a borrowing from Old French cheance (“accident, chance, luck”), from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”), from Latin cadere (“to fall, to die, to happen, occur”). Doublet of cadence and cadenza.
Used in a sentence
“We had the chance to meet the president last week: we have a good/strong chance of making / to make a profit.”
“There was a fat/slim chance that my letter would arrive in time.”
“If you get the chance, try and catch the new production of "Hamlet."”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues
01“Likelihood of happening”6 letters
02“Opportunity”6 letters
03“Opportunity or risk”6 letters
04“Possibility of success”6 letters
05“Random opportunity”6 letters
06“Possibility”6 letters
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