luck

a force that brings good fortune or adversity

The first known use: in the 15th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable

luck


3 Phonemes

l uh k


onset, rime

l uck


Morpheme

luck


Sentence Examples

We had good luck fishing.

He's been having nothing but bad luck.

He succeeded through hard work and a little luck.

We need a bit of luck.

By a stroke of luck, there were still a few tickets left when we arrived.

I've had no luck in finding a new apartment.

He had no better luck than I did.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

advantage

blessing

break

fluke

godsend

happiness

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

luck

luck out

beginner’s luck

hard-luck story

luck out

hard-luck stories

hard luck

be down on your luck

the luck of the draw

Neighborhood

Rhymes

duck

truck

stuck

Onset Friends

like

little

look

long

let

last

left

live

light

Deeper Dive

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