ALAND is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ALAND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALAND?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALAND is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALAND
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
alandsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALAND scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ALAND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does ALAND mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaic
Ashore; onto or toward dry land, as opposed to being at sea.
Aland is built from the simple prefix a- attached to land, the same pattern seen in aboard and ashore, and it once did the same job those words still do today. Sailors and the writers who described them used aland for the moment a ship's company finally reached the coast after time at sea, and the word carries a slightly poetic, old-fashioned flavour even in texts where it appears. Modern English has largely replaced aland with ashore or the phrase onto land, so a reader mostly meets aland now in older travel narratives, sagas, and sea stories rather than in everyday writing.
How ALAND is used
Archaic and chiefly literary; largely replaced in modern English by ashore.
- The sailors were glad to come aland after weeks on the open water.
- They rowed the small boat aland just before the storm broke.
- The old saga tells how the crew waded aland through the shallows.
- No one aboard wanted to go aland on such an unfriendly-looking coast.
- Once safely aland, the travellers rested before continuing on foot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALAND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALAND
1 longer words begin with ALAND.
Words with ALAND inside
5 words contain ALAND in the middle. Words that start with ALAND are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ALAND
Common questions about ALAND
- Is ALAND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALAND, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALAND worth?
- ALAND is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALAND mean?
- Ashore; onto or toward dry land, as opposed to being at sea.
- What letters can be added to ALAND?
- ALAND takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ALAND:
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