ALAS is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ALAS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALAS?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALAS is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALAS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ALAS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ALAS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does ALAS mean in Scrabble?
interjection
literary
An exclamation expressing grief, regret, pity, or concern.
Alas is used to signal sorrow or disappointment about something that has happened or cannot be changed, as when a story says alas, it was too late to help. Once common in everyday speech, it now belongs mostly to literary, poetic, or deliberately old-fashioned writing.
How ALAS is used
Now mainly literary or humorous; rare in ordinary modern conversation.
- Alas, the last train had already left the station.
- He wanted to help, but alas, there was nothing he could do.
- Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him well.
- The garden, alas, had been ruined by the storm.
- Alas, all their plans came to nothing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALAS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALAS
The 4 tiles of ALAS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ALAS
6 longer words begin with ALAS.
Words ending in ALAS
Showing 24 of 39 words that end in ALAS. Useful as a back hook: play ALAS onto a word already on the board.
Words with ALAS inside
Showing 24 of 34 words that contain ALAS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ALAS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ALAS
Common questions about ALAS
- Is ALAS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALAS, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALAS worth?
- ALAS is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALAS mean?
- An exclamation expressing grief, regret, pity, or concern.
- What letters can be added to ALAS?
- ALAS takes 6 hooks: 6 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ALAS:
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