Yes, appeals is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Take a court case to a higher court for review

2. Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection

3. Be attractive to

4. Challenge (a decision)

5. Cite as an authority; resort to

Noun

1. Earnest or urgent request

2. Attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

3. (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial

4. Request for a sum of money