ALME is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ALME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALME?
| 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 ALME is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALME
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALME scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ALME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about ALME
- The same 4 tiles also spell 5 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 ALME mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalrare
A variant spelling of alma, referring to a professional Egyptian dancing and singing girl.
Alme is simply another way of writing alma, the term used for the trained female dancers and singers of Egypt who performed at feasts. English travel writers used both spellings more or less interchangeably in the nineteenth century, and alme is now the rarer of the two forms.
How ALME is used
Historical and rare; appears mostly as an alternative spelling in older texts.
- The account spells the dancer alme rather than the more common alma.
- An alme entertained the guests with a slow, graceful dance.
- The old translation renders the Arabic word as alme.
- She was praised as a gifted alme in the traveller's diary.
- Some editions use alme, others alma, for the same performer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALME
The 4 tiles of ALME in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with ALME
7 longer words begin with ALME.
Words with ALME inside
Showing 24 of 51 words that contain ALME somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ALME are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ALME
Common questions about ALME
- Is ALME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALME, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALME worth?
- ALME is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALME mean?
- A variant spelling of alma, referring to a professional Egyptian dancing and singing girl.
- What letters can be added to ALME?
- ALME takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ALME:
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