HAPPY
What does "HAPPY" mean?
Feeling or showing pleasure, contentment, or joy.
Meanings
- Feeling pleasure or gladness. She was happy to see her old friends at the reunion.
- Fortunate, well-suited, or apt. By a happy coincidence, both flights landed at the same gate.
- Willing or pleased to do something. I'd be happy to help you move on Saturday. informal
Did you know?
- 'Happy' originally meant 'lucky', not 'glad': it shares its root 'hap' (chance) with 'happen', 'mishap', and 'perhaps' - happiness was once a thing that befell you by fortune.
Word origin
From Middle English 'hap' (chance, luck, from Old Norse 'happ') plus '-y'; the original sense was 'lucky', which is why 'happy' and 'happen' and 'mishap' share a root.
Remember it
HAPPY has two P's, like two people clapping; the double P is the sound of applause.
A little poem
Sun on the kitchen-
no reason for any of it,
and that is the point.
haiku
Wordplay
- I told my therapist I wanted to feel happy. She said happiness comes from within. So I went home and stayed inside.
What it teaches
Happiness began as luck and ends as practice; the difference is what you choose to notice.
Quick facts
What does HAPPY mean?
Feeling or showing pleasure, contentment, or joy.
Is HAPPY a valid word?
Yes — HAPPY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is HAPPY?
HAPPY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does HAPPY come from?
From Middle English 'hap' (chance, luck, from Old Norse 'happ') plus '-y'; the original sense was 'lucky', which is why 'happy' and 'happen' and 'mishap' share a root.
What can HAPPY teach us?
Happiness began as luck and ends as practice; the difference is what you choose to notice.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.