Definition of lawless

"lawless" in the adjective sense

1. anarchic, anarchical, lawless

without law or control

"the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic"

2. wide-open, lawless

lax in enforcing laws

"a wide-open town"

3. lawless, outlaw

disobedient to or defiant of law

"lawless bands roaming the plains"

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Quotations for lawless

As lawless as a town bull. [ Proverb ]

Lawless are they that make their wills their law. [ Rochefoucauld ]

A taste which plenty does deprave loathes lawful goods, and lawless ill does crave. [ Dryden ]

Genius does not care much for a set of explicit regulations, but that does not mean that genius is lawless. [ Charles H. Parkhurst ]

We see, though ordered for the best, permitted laurels grace the lawless brow, the unworthy raised, the worthy cast below. [ Dryden ]

'Tis ever thus: indulgence spoils the base; Raising up pride, and lawless turbulence. Like noxious vapors from the fulsome marsh When morning shines upon it. [ Joanna Baillie ]

The idea that a baby doesn't amount to anything! Why, one baby is just a house and a front yard full by itself. One baby can, furnish more business than you and your whole Interior Department can attend to. He is enterprising, irrepressible, brimful of lawless activities. [ Mark Twain, The Babies ]

lawless in Scrabble®

The word lawless is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters lawless:

LAWLESS
(92 = 42 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

lawless

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word lawless

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In lawless

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lawless in Words With Friends™

The word lawless is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters lawless:

LAWLESS
(107 = 72 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

lawless

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word lawless

LAWLESS
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In lawless

LAWLESS
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Words within the letters of lawless

2 letter words in lawless (4 words)

3 letter words in lawless (14 words)

5 letter words in lawless (11 words)

6 letter words in lawless (1 word)

7 letter words in lawless (1 word)

lawless + 1 blank (4 words)

lawless + 2 blanks (5 words)

Words containing the sequence lawless

Words that start with lawless (3 words)

Words with lawless in them (3 words)

Words that end with lawless (3 words)

Word Growth involving lawless

Shorter words in lawless

awl

la law

ess less

Longer words containing lawless

clawless

flawless flawlessly

flawless flawlessness

lawlessly flawlessly

lawlessness flawlessness