wonderful
Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
Adjective 2 meanings
Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
“His delusion was not wonderful, but most natural.”
Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.
“They served a wonderful six-course meal.”
Etymology
From Middle English wonderful, wondirful, from Old English wundorful (“wonderful”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundrafull, equivalent to wonder + -ful. Cognate Dutch wondervol (“wonderful”), German wundervoll (“wonderful”). Compare Old English wuldorfull (“glorious”).
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WONDERFUL at a glance
WONDERFUL has 9 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (W 4 + O 1 + N 1 + D 2 + E 1 + R 1 + F 4 + U 1 + L 1) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,471 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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