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   news

   /njuːz/

   noun

   • 1. newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent events: "I've got some good news for you"
   • ▪ a broadcast or published report of news: "he was back in the news again"
   • ▪ information not previously known to (someone): "this was hardly news to her"
   • ▪ a person or thing considered interesting enough to be reported in the news: "Chanel became the hottest news in fashion"

   Word Origin late Middle English: plural of new, translating Old French noveles or medieval Latin nova ‘new things’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. newsless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • N

     1

   • E

     1

   • W

     4

   • S

     1

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