Synonyms of flukes

flukes

noun

plural of fluke

as in accidents

an unexpected benefit or advantage resulting from the uncertain course of events

the discovery of oil on their property was just an amazing fluke

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accidents
• chances
• luck
• breaks
• strokes of luck
• strikes
• hazards
• circumstances
• happenstances
• haps
• happenchances

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flukes

Their odds of winning the World Series – a famously finicky task prone to small sample size flukes – were over 25%, one-in-four for one of baseball’s 30 teams. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Guests at Brookfield Zoo can identify her in Dolphin Bay by her distinctive features, including a freckle on her tongue, pink coloration on her ventral side, and smaller flukes and dorsal fins in relation to her body size. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

These moments are not flukes either. — Mark Carey, New York Times, 26 June 2026

Whale song, the splashing of flippers, the flashing of flukes. — Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026

That kind of overlap across two major rankings signals these aren’t flukes. — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 20 Apr. 2026

From a human perspective, whales are born backwards, emerging flukes first. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026

Who knew if these roles were flukes — one-offs, novelties — or if Jerry Adler would defy the odds stacked up against any actor, much less a sexagenarian new to the game, and continue to find work in his newfound profession. — Howard Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025

But by a series of flukes, Friedman never once auditioned for the CSO. — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025