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7 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an event that departs from expectations
noun (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
noun a variable quantity that is random
originFrom Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to change”). First attested in c. 1380.
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