ALE is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. ALE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALE?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALE is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 20 hooks, and its letters make up 8.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ALE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 374.
What does ALE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A beer brewed with a top-fermenting yeast.
Ale and beer once named different drinks: one had no hops and the other did, and the distinction vanished when hops won. The modern division between ale and lager is about the yeast and has nothing to do with the old one.
How ALE is used
Countable and uncountable.
- A pint of ale and no argument about the temperature.
- The word ale once meant beer without hops.
- Two ales on the bar and neither of them cold.
- Ale and lager differ by the yeast.
- The old difference between ale and beer has gone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALE
The 3 tiles of ALE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ALE
Showing 24 of 94 words that begin with ALE.
Words ending in ALE
Showing 24 of 132 words that end in ALE. Useful as a back hook: play ALE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ALE inside
Showing 24 of 1187 words that contain ALE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ALE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ALE
Common questions about ALE
- Is ALE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALE, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALE worth?
- ALE is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALE mean?
- A beer brewed with a top-fermenting yeast.
- What letters can be added to ALE?
- ALE takes 20 hooks: 15 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ALE:
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