ALDER is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ALDER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALDER?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALDER is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALDER
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALDER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ALDER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What stands out about ALDER
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 ALDER mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tree or shrub of the birch family, usually growing near water, with toothed leaves and small woody cone-like fruit.
Alders thrive along riverbanks and in wet ground where many other trees struggle, partly because their roots host bacteria that enrich the surrounding soil with nitrogen. The small cone-like structures that hang from an alder through winter are not true cones but the woody remains of the female flower clusters, easily confused with those of conifers at a glance. Alder wood resists rotting underwater particularly well, which made it a traditional choice for the wooden pilings that support bridges, docks, and even parts of the city of Venice. Guitar makers also prize alder for solid-body electric guitars because of its light weight and balanced tone.
How ALDER is used
A common tree name; countable, an alder, several alders, and often used attributively as in alder wood.
- A row of alders lined the muddy bank of the stream.
- The old bridge rested on pilings cut from alder wood.
- Small brown cones still clung to the alder in midwinter.
- He built the guitar body from a single piece of alder.
- Alder tends to grow fast in soil too wet for most other trees.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALDER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALDER
The 5 tiles of ALDER in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ALDER
19 longer words begin with ALDER.
Words ending in ALDER
4 words end in ALDER. Useful as a back hook: play ALDER onto a word already on the board.
Words with ALDER inside
14 words contain ALDER in the middle. Words that start with ALDER are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ALDER
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Common questions about ALDER
- Is ALDER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALDER, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALDER worth?
- ALDER is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALDER mean?
- A tree or shrub of the birch family, usually growing near water, with toothed leaves and small woody cone-like fruit.
- What letters can be added to ALDER?
- ALDER takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ALDER:
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