ALANE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ALANE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALANE?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALANE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALANE
No single letter turns ALANE into another word.
How ALANE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ALANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What does ALANE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
Aluminium hydride, AlH3, or more generally any of a class of aluminium-hydrogen compounds used in chemistry.
Alane is the chemical name for aluminium hydride, a compound built from aluminium bonded to hydrogen atoms, and by extension the term covers a wider family of related aluminium-hydrogen compounds. Chemists group it with hydrides such as borane and silane, which follow the same naming pattern for simple hydrogen compounds of other elements. Alane and its organic derivatives are used as reducing agents and as sources of hydrogen or aluminium in industrial and laboratory chemistry. Handling alane requires care, since aluminium hydride reacts readily with air and moisture.
How ALANE is used
A specialist chemistry term, encountered mainly in inorganic and organometallic chemistry rather than in general speech.
- The lab technician stored the alane sample away from moisture.
- Alane reacts vigorously when exposed to open air.
- Researchers tested alane as a possible hydrogen storage material.
- The paper compared alane with borane as a reducing agent.
- Organic derivatives of alane are used in certain industrial catalysts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALANE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words with ALANE inside
1 words contain ALANE in the middle. Words that start with ALANE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ALANE
Common questions about ALANE
- Is ALANE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALANE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALANE worth?
- ALANE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALANE mean?
- Aluminium hydride, AlH3, or more generally any of a class of aluminium-hydrogen compounds used in chemistry.
- What letters can be added to ALANE?
- No single letter can be added to ALANE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ALANE:
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