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Is luck a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word luck is a Scrabble US word. The word luck is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is luck a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word luck is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

LUCK,

You can make 1 words from luck according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of luck

luck ulck lcuk cluk uclk culk lukc ulkc lkuc kluc uklc kulc lcku clku lkcu klcu cklu kclu uckl cukl ukcl kucl ckul kcul

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Definitions and meaning of luck

luck

Etymology

From Middle English luk, lukke, related to Old Frisian luk (luck), West Frisian gelok (luck), Saterland Frisian Gluk (luck), Dutch geluk (luck, happiness), Low German luk (luck), German Glück (luck, good fortune, happiness), Danish lykke (luck), Swedish lycka (luck), Icelandic lukka (luck). According to the OED, it may be related to lock.

A loanword into English in the 15th century (probably as a gambling term) from Middle Dutch luc, a shortened form of gheluc (good fortune), whence Modern Dutch geluk. Middle Dutch luc, gheluc has parallels with Middle High German lücke, gelücke (Modern German Glück). The word occurs only from the 12th century, apparently first in Rhine Frankish. Perhaps from a Frankish *galukki. The word enters standard Middle High German during the 13th century, and spreads to English and Scandinavian in the Late Middle Ages. Its origin seems to have been regional or dialectal, and there were competing German words such as gevelle or schick, or the Latinate fortūne from Latin fortūna. Its etymology is unknown, although there are numerous proposals as to its derivations from a number of roots.

Use as a verb in American English is late (1940s), but there was a Middle English verb lukken (to chance, to happen by good fortune) in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lʌk/, [lɐk]
  • (US) IPA(key): /lʌk/
  • Rhymes: -ʌk
  • (Northern England) IPA(key): /lʊk/
  • Homophone: look (some dialects)

Noun

luck (usually uncountable, plural lucks)

  1. Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence, especially a favourable one.
  2. A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.
  3. Success.
  4. (video games, computing) The results of a random number generator.

Synonyms

  • (a chance occurrence): chance, fortune; see also Thesaurus:luck
  • (a favorable chance occurrence): good luck, hap, fortune, fortuitousness; see also Thesaurus:luck
  • (a superstitious feeling): fortune

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Welsh: lwc

Translations

Verb

luck (third-person singular simple present lucks, present participle lucking, simple past and past participle lucked)

  1. (intransitive, informal) To find something through good fortune; used with into, on, onto or upon.

Derived terms

  • luck in
  • luck into
  • luck out
  • luck through

See also

  • Thesaurus:lucky

Further reading

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Source: wiktionary.org