ALAP is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. ALAP is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept ALAP?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALAP is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALAP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALAP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ALAP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does ALAP mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
In Indian classical music, the slow, unmetered opening section that introduces the mood and notes of a raga.
An alap opens a performance of Indian classical music without fixed rhythm or drum accompaniment, letting the musician explore the notes and character of the raga before the metered sections begin. The word comes from Sanskrit and is used in both vocal and instrumental performance.
How ALAP is used
Specialist term, met mainly in writing about Indian classical music.
- The sitar player opened the concert with a long alap.
- A skilled singer can hold an audience through a slow alap.
- The alap gradually revealed the mood of the evening raga.
- He studied for years to master the art of the alap.
- The recording begins with ten quiet minutes of alap.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALAP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALAP
The 4 tiles of ALAP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ALAP
3 longer words begin with ALAP.
Words ending in ALAP
1 words end in ALAP. Useful as a back hook: play ALAP onto a word already on the board.
Words with ALAP inside
Showing 24 of 40 words that contain ALAP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ALAP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ALAP
Common questions about ALAP
- Is ALAP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALAP, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALAP worth?
- ALAP is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALAP mean?
- In Indian classical music, the slow, unmetered opening section that introduces the mood and notes of a raga.
- What letters can be added to ALAP?
- ALAP takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ALAP:
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