miracle
Plural: miracles
Noun
- An extraordinary and welcome event, often attributed to divine agency.
- any amazing or wonderful occurrence
- a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent
- An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin.
- A fortunate outcome that prevails despite overwhelming odds against it.
- An awesome and exceptional example of something.
Verb
- To affect by a miracle; to work a miracle upon.
Examples
- An example of a miracle associated with Muhammad is the splitting of the moon.
- Finding an eight-letter word with only two tiles was nothing short of a Scrabble MIRACLE.
- Many religious beliefs are based on miracles.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English miracle, from Old French miracle, from Latin mīrāculum (“object of wonder”), from mīror (“to wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meyh₂- (“to smile, to be astonished”). Doublet of milagro and miraculum. Partially displaced native wonder, from Old English wundor (“miracle, wonder”).
Scrabble Score: 11
miracle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmiracle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
miracle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
miracle: valid Words With Friends Word