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escheat

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Is escheat a Scrabble word?

Yes, escheat is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of escheat?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (law) The return of property of a deceased person to the state (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants.countableuncountable

2. (law) The property so reverted.countableuncountable

3. (obsolete) Plunder, booty.Examples: "Approching, with bold words and bitter threat, / Bad that same boaster, as he mote, on high / To leaue to him that Lady for excheat, / Or bide him battell without further treat."countableobsoleteuncountable

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To put (land, property) in escheat; to confiscate.Examples: "Arms are very rigidly controlled in Scotland by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. […] Under an Act of 1592, Lyon King of Arms can escheat to the Sovereign all goods unlawfully displaying arms."; "Failure to perform duties opened the culprit to charges of ‘felony’ (felonia), providing grounds for the king to escheat the fief."transitive

2. (intransitive) To revert to a state or lord because its previous owner died without an heir.intransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "escheat"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "escheat"?

Scrabble
12 points
E1
S1
C3
H4
E1
A1
T1
Words With Friends
12 points
E1
S1
C4
H3
E1
A1
T1

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