CASELAW is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CASELAW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CASELAW?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CASELAW is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CASELAW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
caselawsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CASELAW scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CASELAW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 578,977.
What does CASELAW mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
Law that has been built up from the decisions of judges in earlier court cases rather than from written statutes.
Lawyers turn to caselaw to see how courts have read a rule before, because past rulings guide future ones. It sits beside statute law and the two often work together. In common law countries it carries real weight, and students spend long hours reading it.
How CASELAW is used
Used in legal writing; it is often written as two words, case law.
- The lawyer cited caselaw from three earlier appeals.
- Under caselaw, the court followed the principle set years before.
- She searched the database for caselaw on contract disputes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CASELAW and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CASELAW
1 longer words begin with CASELAW.
Shorter words from the letters in CASELAW
Showing 40 of 94. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about CASELAW
- Is CASELAW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CASELAW, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CASELAW worth?
- CASELAW is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CASELAW mean?
- Law that has been built up from the decisions of judges in earlier court cases rather than from written statutes.
- What letters can be added to CASELAW?
- CASELAW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CASELAW:
Open CASELAW in the Word Finder