Puzzle 18 answer: occurrence

Word of 2026-10-16

The 100 nearest words

Rank	Word	Similarity
1	occurence	80.33
2	occurrences	79.65
3	occurance	73.37
4	occurring	59.27
5	incidences	56.06
6	infrequent	54.57
7	incidence	52.57
8	occur	52.42
9	anomalous	50.66
10	uncommon	50.55
11	recurrence	50.18
12	incidents	49.98
13	occuring	49.83
14	accidental	49.75
15	phenomenon	49.06
16	reoccurring	48.27
17	occurs	48.17
18	incident	48.09
19	occurred	47.56
20	instances	47.47
21	rare	47.39
22	consequence	47.03
23	probability	46.86
24	likelihood	46.83
25	regularity	45.91
26	abnormal	45.53
27	severity	45.11
28	fortuitous	45.06
29	recurrent	45.04
30	frequency	44.99
31	accidents	44.97
32	sporadic	44.82
33	irregularity	44.60
34	frequent	44.57
35	unanticipated	44.26
36	adverse	43.95
37	circumstance	43.93
38	catastrophic	43.82
39	recurrences	43.81
40	coincident	43.70
41	event	43.68
42	unavoidable	43.62
43	phenomena	43.60
44	untoward	43.57
45	abnormality	43.50
46	prevalence	43.31
47	aberrant	43.12
48	unusual	43.12
49	fatality	43.10
50	probable	43.06
51	unplanned	42.91
52	commonest	42.81
53	unexpected	42.76
54	happenstance	42.74
55	common	42.53
56	commonplace	42.47
57	antecedent	42.32
58	coincidence	42.26
59	coincidental	42.10
60	unforeseen	41.87
61	inadvertent	41.80
62	encounter	41.48
63	unintentional	41.39
64	interruption	41.31
65	anomaly	41.19
66	periodic	41.15
67	fluctuation	41.00
68	inexplicable	40.94
69	occasion	40.86
70	complication	40.85
71	outbreaks	40.83
72	variation	40.78
73	recurring	40.77
74	oddity	40.77
75	incidental	40.65
76	serendipitous	40.64
77	sequelae	40.61
78	atypical	40.55
79	unexplainable	40.50
80	rarity	40.48
81	unfortunate	40.39
82	unforeseeable	40.30
83	anomalies	40.22
84	coincidences	40.19
85	catastrophes	40.04
86	accident	40.03
87	manifestation	39.89
88	infrequently	39.87
89	disturbances	39.61
90	reappearance	39.53
91	alarming	39.49
92	subsequent	39.48
93	observed	39.48
94	disturbance	39.41
95	widespread	39.36
96	irregular	39.35
97	onset	39.24
98	occured	39.21
99	peculiarity	39.19
100	rarer	39.07

Similarity reflects how words are used together in text, so it can differ from a dictionary sense.

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