Definitions for Lucky

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Lucky luck·y

Spelling: [luhk-ee]

IPA: /ˈlʌk i/

Lucky is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 31 anagrams from letters in Lucky (ckluy).

Definitions for Lucky

noun

1. a familiar name applied to an elderly woman, especially a grandmother; granny.
2. a familiar name applied to a woman, as one's wife or a barmaid.

adjective

1. having or marked by good luck; fortunate:
2. happening fortunately:
3. bringing or foretelling good luck, or supposed to do so:

Origin of Lucky

First recorded in 1495-1505; luck + -y¹

Examples for Lucky

"I'd say that I was lucky to have half of the half that's left," was Emma's prompt retort.

And I was lucky enough to receive an invitation to stay at Easter Elchies House, the spiritual home at The Macallan.

The Syrians who arrived in Sicily this week are lucky to be alive.

It failed to explode, but U.S. officials knew they were lucky.

How lucky I did not write to my father that I had broken matters off.

"You must have been born under a lucky star, Robert," said the merchant.

One lucky guy—see Jones, above—was paired with two perfect partners this season to shake things up.

Do not fret over this: it is so lucky that you will soon be well again.

Not so lucky are the editors and writers at The New Republic.

It's lucky the captain knows nothing of my Wall Street speculations.