OTIS H. COWAN
Attorney at Law
4500 Main Street, P.O. Box 418210
Kansas City, Missouri 64141-9210
Telephone (816) 340-4046
Telecopier (816) 340-4964
December 1, 2000
American Century World Mutual Funds, Inc.
American Century Tower
4500 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64111
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As counsel to American Century World Mutual Funds, Inc., I am generally
familiar with its affairs. Based upon this familiarity, and upon the examination
of such documents as I have deemed relevant, it is my opinion that the shares of
the Corporation described in Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to its Registration
Statement on Form N-1A to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on December 1, 2000, will, when issued, be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.
For the record, it should be stated that I am an employee of American
Century Services Corporation, an affiliated corporation of American Century
Investment Management, Inc., the investment advisor of American Century World
Mutual Funds, Inc.
I hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 20.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Otis H. Cowan
Otis H. Cowan
