ALAMO is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ALAMO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALAMO?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALAMO is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALAMO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
alamosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALAMO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ALAMO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does ALAMO mean in Scrabble?
noun
regional
A poplar tree, especially the cottonwood, from the Spanish word for the tree, used regionally in American English.
Settlers along the border borrowed alamo directly from the people who already lived there, applying it to the tall, fast-growing shade trees that line desert washes and riverbanks. Ranchers and mapmakers folded alamo into countless local place names, from creeks to small towns, simply because a stand of such trees marked a reliable source of water nearby. Long before one particular building made the name famous elsewhere, alamo already meant nothing more than this common riverside plant in everyday speech.
How ALAMO is used
Regional Southwestern American English, used chiefly in older or historical writing about poplar and cottonwood trees.
- The travelers rested in the shade of a tall alamo by the river.
- Settlers named the creek after the alamo trees growing along its banks.
- An old alamo marked the edge of the dry riverbed.
- The grove of alamo provided welcome shade for the cattle.
- Spanish speakers used alamo long before it named anything else.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALAMO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALAMO
4 longer words begin with ALAMO.
Words with ALAMO inside
6 words contain ALAMO in the middle. Words that start with ALAMO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ALAMO
Common questions about ALAMO
- Is ALAMO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALAMO, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALAMO worth?
- ALAMO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALAMO mean?
- A poplar tree, especially the cottonwood, from the Spanish word for the tree, used regionally in American English.
- What letters can be added to ALAMO?
- ALAMO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ALAMO:
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