ALLEGORY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ALLEGORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALLEGORY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALLEGORY is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALLEGORY
No single letter turns ALLEGORY into another word.
How ALLEGORY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ALLEGORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALLEGORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALLEGORY mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A story, poem or picture whose characters and events stand for deeper ideas, often moral or political ones.
In an allegory every figure carries a second meaning, so the surface tale is only half of what the author is saying. Famous examples include fables about farm animals that really describe human rulers.
How ALLEGORY is used
Allegory is a standard term in literary and art criticism.
- The novel is an allegory of political greed.
- Medieval painters often used allegory to teach virtue.
- Critics read the whole play as an allegory of exile.
- The poem works as allegory, not as simple narrative.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALLEGORY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ALLEGORY
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Common questions about ALLEGORY
- Is ALLEGORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALLEGORY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALLEGORY worth?
- ALLEGORY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALLEGORY mean?
- A story, poem or picture whose characters and events stand for deeper ideas, often moral or political ones.
- What letters can be added to ALLEGORY?
- No single letter can be added to ALLEGORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ALLEGORY:
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