ALBE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. ALBE 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 not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ALBE?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALBE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALBE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
albeeChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ALBE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ALBE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about ALBE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ALBE mean in Scrabble?
conjunction
archaic
An archaic conjunction meaning although or even though.
Albe is a shortened form of albeit that turns up in Middle English and early Renaissance verse, where poets often trimmed the longer word to fit a line of meter. It functions exactly like although, introducing a concession before a contrasting statement, but it dropped out of everyday use long ago and now appears only when a writer is deliberately imitating older English.
How ALBE is used
Archaic; found mainly in older poetry and prose, not in modern speech or writing.
- The knight rode on, albe the road was dark and the hour late.
- She smiled at him, albe her heart was heavy with doubt.
- Albe the storm raged, the sailors held their course.
- He praised the plan, albe he doubted it would succeed.
- The old poem uses albe where a modern reader would expect although.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALBE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALBE
The 4 tiles of ALBE in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with ALBE
18 longer words begin with ALBE.
Words with ALBE inside
9 words contain ALBE in the middle. Words that start with ALBE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ALBE
Common questions about ALBE
- Is ALBE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ALBE is not in it.
- How many points is ALBE worth?
- ALBE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALBE mean?
- An archaic conjunction meaning although or even though.
- What letters can be added to ALBE?
- ALBE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ALBE:
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