law: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 6 letter points · starts with L · ends with W
Meaning of law
noun
- countable, uncountable, usually
The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
Example: The courts interpret the law but should not make it.
- countable, uncountable, usually
The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities. The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
Example: property law
- countable, uncountable, usually
The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities. Common law, as contrasted with equity.
- countable, uncountable
A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
Example: There is a law against importing wallabies.
Listed forms: laws.
Source: Wiktionary — law.
verb
- ambitransitive, dialectal
To prosecute or sue (someone), to litigate.
- informal
To enforce the law.
To subject to legal restrictions.
- obsolete
To work as a lawyer; to practice law.
Listed forms: laws, lawing, lawed.
Source: Wiktionary — law.
noun
- obsolete
A tumulus of stones.
- Northern-England, Scotland, archaic
A hill.
Listed forms: laws.
Source: Wiktionary — law.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for law.
noun
the collection of rules imposed by authority
noun
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
- natural law
noun
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
- law of nature
noun
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
- jurisprudence
- legal philosophy
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is law in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of law
L(1) + A(1) + W(4) = 6 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of law
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from law
3 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in law. Showing up to 24, longest first.