legacy: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 12 letter points · starts with L · ends with Y
Meaning of legacy
noun
Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.
Something inherited from a predecessor or the past.
Example: John Muir left as his legacy an enduring spirit of respect for the environment.
The descendant of an alumnus, given preference in academic admissions.
Example: Because she was a legacy, her mother's sorority rushed her.
Listed forms: legacies.
Source: Wiktionary — legacy.
adj
- especially, not-comparable
Left over from the past; old and no longer current.
- not-comparable, postpositional, sometimes
Belonging to a class of boardgame where permanent changes are made to game elements such as the board, cards and rules over multiple play sessions.
Source: Wiktionary — legacy.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
(law) a gift of personal property by will
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is legacy in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of legacy
L(1) + E(1) + G(2) + A(1) + C(3) + Y(4) = 12 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 legacy
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from legacy
34 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in legacy. Showing up to 24, longest first.