Definition of legal

"legal" in the adjective sense

1. legal

established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules

2. legal

of or relating to jurisprudence

"legal loophole"

3. legal, sound, effectual

having legal efficacy or force

"a sound title to the property"

4. legal

relating to or characteristic of the profession of law

"the legal profession"

5. legal

allowed by official rules

"a legal pass receiver"

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Quotations for legal

Wrong cannot have a legal descendant. [ Thomas Paine ]

A more valuable inheritance falls to each of us in our civil and legal rights than comes to us from our fathers. [ Cicero ]

Friendship, in the old heroic sense of that term, no longer exists; except in the cases of kindred or other legal affinity, it is in reality no longer expected or recognised as a virtue among men. [ Carlyle ]

legal in Scrabble®

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

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters legal:

LEGAL
(21)
LEGAL
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GALE
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GALL
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LEGAL
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GELL
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LEGAL
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word legal

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

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legal in Words With Friends™

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

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters legal:

GELL
(42)
GALL
(42)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word legal

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

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(39)
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Words within the letters of legal

2 letter words in legal (3 words)

3 letter words in legal (9 words)

4 letter words in legal (3 words)

5 letter words in legal (1 word)

legal + 1 blank (3 words)

Word Growth involving legal

Shorter words in legal

gal

leg

Longer words containing legal

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