ALA is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. ALA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALA is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ALA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What stands out about ALA
- ALA is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ALA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A wing or a winglike part of a structure.
Ala is Latin for a wing and is used in anatomy and botany for anything that spreads sideways — the ala of the nose is the flare of a nostril. The plural is alae, and English has never tried to change it.
How ALA is used
Countable; the plural is alae. Technical.
- The ala of the nose is the outer flare of a nostril.
- The word ala is Latin for a wing.
- Two alae of the sacrum meet the pelvis.
- A seed with an ala travels further than one without.
- The plural of ala stays Latin in English.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALA
The 3 tiles of ALA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ALA
Showing 24 of 88 words that begin with ALA.
Words ending in ALA
Showing 24 of 51 words that end in ALA. Useful as a back hook: play ALA onto a word already on the board.
Words with ALA inside
Showing 24 of 1050 words that contain ALA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ALA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ALA
Common questions about ALA
- Is ALA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALA, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALA worth?
- ALA is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALA mean?
- A wing or a winglike part of a structure.
- What letters can be added to ALA?
- ALA takes 10 hooks: 4 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ALA:
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