ALEGAR is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ALEGAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALEGAR?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALEGAR is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALEGAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
alegarsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALEGAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ALEGAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about ALEGAR
- The same 6 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 ALEGAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A sour, vinegar-like liquid produced by letting ale ferment further until it turns acidic; an old name for malt vinegar.
Alegar was once brewed at home or in small breweries whenever ale was allowed to sour past drinking, giving cooks a cheap, tart liquid for pickling and dressing food. The word blends ale with vinegar, echoing the French root of vinegar itself, wine turned sour. Commercial malt vinegar sold today is essentially the modern descendant of alegar, made under controlled fermentation rather than by accident.
How ALEGAR is used
Now mostly a historical or dialect term for malt vinegar, met in older recipes and regional English rather than in current everyday speech.
- The old recipe calls for a splash of alegar instead of wine vinegar.
- Cooks once soured leftover ale into alegar rather than waste it.
- The pickled onions in the ledger were preserved in alegar.
- Alegar gave the sauce the same sharp bite as malt vinegar.
- Her grandmother still calls malt vinegar by its old name, alegar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALEGAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALEGAR
The 6 tiles of ALEGAR in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ALEGAR
1 longer words begin with ALEGAR.
Shorter words from the letters in ALEGAR
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Common questions about ALEGAR
- Is ALEGAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALEGAR, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALEGAR worth?
- ALEGAR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALEGAR mean?
- A sour, vinegar-like liquid produced by letting ale ferment further until it turns acidic; an old name for malt vinegar.
- What letters can be added to ALEGAR?
- ALEGAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ALEGAR:
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