subrule

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7

Definition of subrule

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A narrow rule which defines the specific meaning of a broader rule
    “This led to a set of rules (play cannot begin before crossing East Blithedale Avenue), then subrules ("crossing" means reaching the always arguable halfway point of the avenue) […”

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Etymology

From sub- + rule.

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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