ALLELUIA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ALLELUIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALLELUIA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALLELUIA is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALLELUIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALLELUIA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ALLELUIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 3 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALLELUIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ALLELUIA
- ALLELUIA runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
- ALLELUIA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ALLELUIA mean in Scrabble?
interjection
formal
An exclamation of praise to God; another form of hallelujah.
Alleluia is the spelling often kept in church music and liturgy, where the cry is sung as a joyful refrain. As a noun it can also name a song or chant built around that cry.
How ALLELUIA is used
Alleluia is used in worship, hymns and sacred music to express rejoicing.
- The choir ended the anthem with a soaring alleluia.
- Alleluia, the congregation sang on Easter morning.
- He whispered an alleluia when the news came.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALLELUIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALLELUIA
3 longer words begin with ALLELUIA.
Shorter words from the letters in ALLELUIA
Common questions about ALLELUIA
- Is ALLELUIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALLELUIA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALLELUIA worth?
- ALLELUIA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALLELUIA mean?
- An exclamation of praise to God; another form of hallelujah.
- What letters can be added to ALLELUIA?
- ALLELUIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ALLELUIA:
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