6 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
adjective conformable to or allowed by law
adjective according to custom or rule or natural law
adjective having a legally established claim
originFrom Middle English laweful, equivalent to law + -ful, conflated with Middle English leful, leeful, leveful (“according to law, lawful, pertaining to law”). See also leveful.
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