ALARY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ALARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALARY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALARY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALARY
Front hooks — 1
salaryBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ALARY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ALARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does ALARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalzoology
Of, relating to, or shaped like a wing.
The word alary traces to Latin ala, and in English it belongs almost entirely to anatomy and entomology rather than everyday speech. An alary muscle, for example, is one of several fan-formed muscles that spread around an insect's heart and help drive blood through its body. The same adjective can describe any bodily structure that fans outward the way a bird's pinions do, such as an alary ligament near the kneecap. Outside specialist writing the term is rarely used, so most readers meet it only in scientific description.
How ALARY is used
Technical; found mainly in anatomy and entomology rather than general writing.
- The insect's alary muscles contract in a steady rhythm to keep blood moving through its body.
- Surgeons sometimes refer to the alary ligament that helps stabilize the kneecap.
- The textbook described the alary cartilage that shapes the flare of the nostril.
- Under the microscope the alary fibers formed a fan around the tiny heart.
- An alary process on the bone gave the fossil its distinctive winged outline.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALARY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in ALARY
2 words end in ALARY. Useful as a back hook: play ALARY onto a word already on the board.
Words with ALARY inside
3 words contain ALARY in the middle. Words that start with ALARY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ALARY
Common questions about ALARY
- Is ALARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALARY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALARY worth?
- ALARY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALARY mean?
- Of, relating to, or shaped like a wing.
- What letters can be added to ALARY?
- ALARY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ALARY:
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