Is ILLEGAL a word?
ILLEGAL is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 33 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, ILLEGAL is a valid word.
What does illegal mean?
adjective: prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules.
“an illegal chess move”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
ILLEGAL: word details
- Pronunciation: ih-LEE-guhl (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 8 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside illegal
Words you can make from the letters of illegal.
Solve a whole rack, not just ILLEGAL
ILLEGAL is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does ILLEGAL mean?
ILLEGAL is a adjective. It means: prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules.
Is ILLEGAL a valid word?
Yes, ILLEGAL is a valid word. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.