ALLOY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ALLOY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALLOY?
| 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 ALLOY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALLOY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
alloysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALLOY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ALLOY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What stands out about ALLOY
- The letters of ALLOY run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ALLOY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A metal made by melting and combining two or more metallic elements, or a metal combined with a non-metal, to give it different properties.
Bronze, steel and brass are all familiar alloys, made by mixing a base metal such as copper or iron with another element to make it harder, lighter, or more resistant to rust than the pure metal alone. Jewelers alloy gold with silver or copper because pure gold is too soft to hold its shape in a ring. The same word is used as a verb meaning to mix metals together, or figuratively to mean something is mixed with, and slightly weakened by, another quality, as when courage is alloyed with fear. Almost every metal object people handle daily, from coins to cutlery, is an alloy rather than a pure element.
How ALLOY is used
Common in everyday and technical contexts alike, for metal mixtures and figuratively for anything mixed with another quality.
- Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin.
- The ring was made from a gold alloy strong enough to resist scratching.
- Engineers chose a lightweight aluminum alloy for the aircraft frame.
- Her relief was alloyed with a lingering sense of guilt.
- Steel is an alloy formed by adding carbon to iron.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALLOY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALLOY
The 5 tiles of ALLOY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ALLOY
3 longer words begin with ALLOY.
Words ending in ALLOY
3 words end in ALLOY. Useful as a back hook: play ALLOY onto a word already on the board.
Words with ALLOY inside
6 words contain ALLOY in the middle. Words that start with ALLOY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ALLOY
Common questions about ALLOY
- Is ALLOY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALLOY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALLOY worth?
- ALLOY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALLOY mean?
- A metal made by melting and combining two or more metallic elements, or a metal combined with a non-metal, to give it different properties.
- What letters can be added to ALLOY?
- ALLOY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ALLOY:
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