ALOUD is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ALOUD 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 ALOUD?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALOUD is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALOUD
No single letter turns ALOUD into another word.
How ALOUD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ALOUD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,338.
What does ALOUD mean in Scrabble?
adverb
In a voice loud enough to be heard, rather than silently or only in one's thoughts.
Reading aloud means saying the words out loud rather than moving through a text silently, and teachers often ask children to read aloud precisely to check that they can turn written words into spoken sound correctly. The word also covers thinking aloud, when someone speaks their private thoughts as they form them instead of keeping the process entirely internal. Aloud is not the same as loudly in the sense of great volume; a whisper can still count as aloud so long as it is spoken rather than merely thought. The contrast that matters is between voiced speech and silence, not between quiet and noisy.
How ALOUD is used
Contrasts voiced speech with silent thought, not necessarily with quiet speech; common in phrases like read aloud and think aloud.
- She read the letter aloud so everyone could hear it.
- He caught himself thinking aloud during the meeting.
- The children practised reading aloud every morning at school.
- Nobody dared laugh aloud during the solemn ceremony.
- He wondered aloud whether the plan would actually work.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALOUD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALOUD
The 5 tiles of ALOUD in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ALOUD
Common questions about ALOUD
- Is ALOUD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALOUD, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALOUD worth?
- ALOUD is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALOUD mean?
- In a voice loud enough to be heard, rather than silently or only in one's thoughts.
- What letters can be added to ALOUD?
- No single letter can be added to ALOUD to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ALOUD:
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