lucky
Adjective Satellite
- occurring by chance
- "a lucky escape"
- "a lucky guess"
- presaging or likely to bring good luck
- "lucky stars"
Adjective
- Having or bringing good fortune; fortunate.
- having or bringing good fortune
- "my lucky day"
- "a lucky man"
Adj
- Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.
- Producing, or resulting in, good fortune
Noun
- seven
Examples
- a lucky adventurer
- a lucky cast
- a lucky hour
- a lucky mistake
- Drawing two blanks and a ’Z’ made her feel incredibly lucky in Scrabble.
- The downed pilot is very lucky to be alive.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English lukky, equivalent to luck + -y. Cognate with Scots lucky (“lucky”), West Frisian lokkich (“lucky, fortunate”), Dutch gelukkig (“lucky, fortunate, happy”). Compare also Danish lykkelig (“happy”), Swedish lycklig (“happy, lucky”), German glücklich (“happy”), Saterland Frisian glukkelk (“happy”).
Synonyms
favorable, favourable, golden, prosperous, auspicial, auspicious, fortuitous, fortunate, freak, happy, lucky, propitious, providential, serendipitous, sonsy, successful, teratical
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
lucky: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlucky: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lucky: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary