Meaning: The occurrence of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.

Memorization Trick: Think of finding a “serene dip” in a hot spring unexpectedly “serendipity” as a pleasant surprise.

Word story - Coined by a writer in 1754, this fun word came from a Persian fairy tale called The Three Princes of Serendip, princes who kept finding good things by accident. So serendipity means a happy surprise you weren’t looking for!