APPELLEE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. APPELLEE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APPELLEE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APPELLEE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APPELLEE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
appelleesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How APPELLEE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in APPELLEE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so APPELLEE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does APPELLEE mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
The party against whom an appeal is brought, usually the one who won in the lower court.
The appellee sits on the opposite side of an appeal from the appellant, and usually defends the earlier verdict. In many courts the title belongs to whoever won below. The word lives almost wholly in legal documents.
How APPELLEE is used
Appellee is used in court papers and law reports to name the responding side of an appeal.
- The appellee argued that the trial judge had applied the law correctly.
- Briefs from both the appellant and the appellee were filed before the hearing.
- As appellee, the company asked the higher court to uphold the verdict.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APPELLEE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with APPELLEE
1 longer words begin with APPELLEE.
Shorter words from the letters in APPELLEE
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Common questions about APPELLEE
- Is APPELLEE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APPELLEE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APPELLEE worth?
- APPELLEE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APPELLEE mean?
- The party against whom an appeal is brought, usually the one who won in the lower court.
- What letters can be added to APPELLEE?
- APPELLEE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of APPELLEE:
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