ALINE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ALINE 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 ALINE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALINE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALINE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALINE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ALINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,227.
What stands out about ALINE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 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 ALINE mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To arrange something in a straight line; an old spelling of align.
Aline is simply an older, less common way of spelling align, carrying exactly the same meaning of bringing things into a straight row or making them agree with one another. Writers occasionally used aline in older printed texts before align became the settled standard spelling in modern English. Because the two words mean the same thing, aline today reads as a deliberate archaism or a curiosity rather than a live alternative in current writing. Dictionaries still list aline mainly to record this older form rather than to recommend its use.
How ALINE is used
A rare, old-fashioned spelling, met occasionally in older texts rather than in current writing, where align is standard.
- The old manual told printers to aline the columns carefully.
- He tried to aline the fence posts along the property line.
- The surveyor worked to aline the markers with the boundary.
- Early engineers had to aline the rails by hand before machinery existed.
- The instructions asked the reader to aline the edges before gluing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALINE
The 5 tiles of ALINE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with ALINE
8 longer words begin with ALINE.
Words ending in ALINE
Showing 24 of 39 words that end in ALINE. Useful as a back hook: play ALINE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ALINE inside
Showing 24 of 34 words that contain ALINE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ALINE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ALINE
Common questions about ALINE
- Is ALINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALINE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALINE worth?
- ALINE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALINE mean?
- To arrange something in a straight line; an old spelling of align.
- What letters can be added to ALINE?
- ALINE takes 6 hooks: 3 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ALINE:
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