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LEGITIMACY

10 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 20 pts

LEGITIMACY is a valid 10-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 20 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

noun
  1. countableuncountableThe quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity.
  2. broadlycountableuncountablePublic acceptance of an institution, such as a government, corporation, or system.
    • After decades of inequality and oppression, the regime had lost legitimacy with its own population.
    • The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 was seen by many as proof of capitalism’s legitimacy over communism.
    • Democracy’s legitimacy stems from the consent of the governed.
  3. countableuncountableLawfulness of birth or origin; directness of descent as affecting the royal succession.