ALOD is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. ALOD is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ALOD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALOD is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALOD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
alodsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALOD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ALOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What stands out about ALOD
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 ALOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicallegal
An estate of land held in complete ownership, free of any feudal duty or obligation to a lord.
Under feudal law most land was held conditionally, in exchange for service or rent owed to a superior. An alod, by contrast, belonged outright to its holder, unlike a fief, which carried such an obligation and could be taken back.
How ALOD is used
Found in historical and legal writing about medieval land tenure; not used in modern property law.
- The old charter described the farm as an alod, free of any lord's claim.
- Unlike a fief, an alod passed to heirs without renewed service to anyone.
- Historians traced the family's wealth to a single alod near the river.
- The document proved the land was held as an alod for three generations.
- Few alod holdings survived once feudal law spread across the region.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALOD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALOD
The 4 tiles of ALOD in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ALOD
5 longer words begin with ALOD.
Words with ALOD inside
15 words contain ALOD in the middle. Words that start with ALOD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ALOD
Common questions about ALOD
- Is ALOD valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ALOD is not in it.
- How many points is ALOD worth?
- ALOD is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALOD mean?
- An estate of land held in complete ownership, free of any feudal duty or obligation to a lord.
- What letters can be added to ALOD?
- ALOD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ALOD:
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