Definitions For Inheritance

noun

  • Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
  • Any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
  • (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
  • That which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
  • Money, property, etc., that is received from someone when that person dies
  • Something from the past that is still important or valuable
  • The act of inheriting something

Is Inheritance a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
18

The word Inheritance is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Inheritance in a Sentence

  • She began her own business with the inheritance she got from her grandfather.
  • He left sizable inheritances to his children.
  • The buildings are part of the city's architectural inheritance.

Synonyms for Inheritance

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