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LAWS

4 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What LAWS Means

LAWS is a form of LAW, which means:

  1. noun: the collection of rules imposed by authority“civilization presupposes respect for the law”
  2. noun: legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity“there is a law against kidnapping”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LAWS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 A1 W4 S1.

Anagrams of LAWS (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In LAWS

11 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

3 letter words (7)

2 letter words (4)

Longer Words Containing LAWS

LAWS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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