ALGA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ALGA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALGA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALGA is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALGA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALGA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ALGA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about ALGA
- The same 4 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 ALGA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A simple, usually water-living plant-like organism without true stems, roots or leaves, of which algae is the plural.
An alga can be a single microscopic cell or a large seaweed, and unlike true plants it has no roots, stems or flowers. Scientists use alga for one organism and algae when speaking of the group as a whole.
How ALGA is used
A general and scientific term used in everyday and technical writing about ponds, lakes and oceans.
- A single alga can multiply into a visible green bloom within days.
- The biologist studied one alga under the microscope before looking at the whole sample.
- Not every alga in the pond belongs to the same species.
- A red alga gave the tide pool its unusual colour.
- Scientists named the new alga after the lake where it was found.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALGA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALGA
The 4 tiles of ALGA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ALGA
13 longer words begin with ALGA.
Words ending in ALGA
1 words end in ALGA. Useful as a back hook: play ALGA onto a word already on the board.
Words with ALGA inside
17 words contain ALGA in the middle. Words that start with ALGA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ALGA
Common questions about ALGA
- Is ALGA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALGA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALGA worth?
- ALGA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALGA mean?
- A simple, usually water-living plant-like organism without true stems, roots or leaves, of which algae is the plural.
- What letters can be added to ALGA?
- ALGA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ALGA:
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