variants
or less commonly flukey
flukier; flukiest
1
: happening by or depending on chance
2
: being unsteady or uncertain
—used especially of wind
Examples of fluky in a Sentence
a fluky coincidence that kept me safely at home when the blizzard hit
the fluky selection of consecutive numbers on consecutive days of the lottery
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In the elimination playoffs, any one victory in the first 26 races — no matter how random or fluky — was enough to qualify for the championship field.
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Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
A couple were fluky, like a strip-sack and an interception in the end zone deflected by a defender’s face mask.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
All five goals scored came either through deflections, tips, redirects or fluky plays.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
His one interception came on a fluky play that was his first pass attempt of the night.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Dec. 2025
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Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
A couple were fluky, like a strip-sack and an interception in the end zone deflected by a defender’s face mask.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
All five goals scored came either through deflections, tips, redirects or fluky plays.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
His one interception came on a fluky play that was his first pass attempt of the night.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Fluky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluky. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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