What LEGITIMATE Means
- adjective: of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful
- adjective: based on known statements or events or conditions“rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year”
- verb: make legal“Marijuana should be legalized”
- verb: show or affirm to be just and legitimate
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
LEGITIMATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 E1 G2 I1 T1 I1 M3 A1 T1 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In LEGITIMATE
231 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
8 letter words (3)
7 letter words (8)
6 letter words (19)
AIGLETEAGLETELEGITGAMETEGELATEGELATIGIMLETLEGATELIGATEMATTIEMEALIEMETAGEMETATEMETTLEMIELIEMILAGETAIGLETEAGLETELEGA
5 letter words (33)
AGILEAGLEEAGLETATIGIATILTEAGLEELATEELEMIELITEEMAILETAGEETTLEGAITTGEMELGILETGIMELGLEAMGLEETGLIMEIMAGELATTELEGITLIEGELIMITLITAIMAILEMATTEMETALMILIATATIETELAETELIATITLE
4 letter words (86)
AGEEALEEALITALMEAMIEEALEEGALEGMAEMITETATGAITGALEGAMEGATEGEALGEATGEITGELTGETAGILAGILTGITEGLAMGLEEGLEIGLIAGLIMGLITILEAILIAITEMLAMELATELATILEAMLEATLEETLEMELIMALIMELITEMAGEMAGIMAILMALEMALIMALTMATEMATTMEALMEATMEETMEGAMELAMELTMETAMETEMILEMILTMITEMITTTAELTAIGTAILTAITTALETALITAMETATETEALTEAMTEATTEELTEEMTEILTELATELETELTTEMETETETIGETILETILTTIMETITETITI
3 letter words (61)
AGEAILAIMAITALEALTAMEAMIATEATTEATEELELMELTEMEETAGAEGALGAMGATGEEGELGEMGETGIEGITITALAGLAMLATLEALEELEGLEILETLIELIGLITMAEMAGMALMATMEEMEGMELMETMIGMILTAETAGTAITAMTATTEATEETEGTELTETTIETIGTIL
2 letter words (21)
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