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   random

   /ˈrandəm/

   adjective

   • 1. made, done, or happening without method or conscious decision: "apparently random violence"
   • ▪ governed by or involving equal chances for each item: "a random sample of 100 households"
   • ▪ (of masonry) with stones of irregular size and shape.
   • 2. unfamiliar or unspecified: informal, derogatory "are you going to take some random guy on Twitter's word?"
   • ▪ odd, unusual, or unexpected: informal "the class was hard but he was so random that it was always fun"

   noun

   • 1. an unknown, unspecified, or odd person: informal "I just sat down by myself and talked to some randoms"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘impetuous headlong rush’): from Old French randon ‘great speed’, from randir ‘gallop’, from a Germanic root shared by rand2.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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