stumble upon
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To discover or find something by accident.
Example Sentences
- "Underneath a black cliff where the incoming tide smashed on the shingle, they stumbled upon the mail hood of Hrothgar's murdered vassal."
- "During the course of his looking into Abedin’s S.G.E. status, the senator stumbled upon an O.I.G. “criminal” inquiry, commenced in October 2013, about whether Abedin knowingly got paid for hours she did not work while she was on vacation and maternity leave."