ALP is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ALP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALP?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALP is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ALP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What stands out about ALP
- The same 3 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 ALP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A high mountain pasture, especially in Switzerland.
An alp in the singular is the pasture rather than the peak, which is the opposite of what English speakers assume: cattle go up to the alp in summer and come down in autumn. The mountains took their name from the pastures and not the other way round.
How ALP is used
Countable: an alp, two alps. The range takes a capital.
- The cattle go up to the alp in June.
- An alp is grass rather than rock.
- The mountains were named after the alp and not the reverse.
- Every farm has rights to one alp and no more.
- Two families share the alp and the work on it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALP
The 3 tiles of ALP in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ALP
Showing 24 of 76 words that begin with ALP.
Words ending in ALP
5 words end in ALP. Useful as a back hook: play ALP onto a word already on the board.
Words with ALP inside
Showing 24 of 159 words that contain ALP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ALP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ALP
Common questions about ALP
- Is ALP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALP, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALP worth?
- ALP is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALP mean?
- A high mountain pasture, especially in Switzerland.
- What letters can be added to ALP?
- ALP takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ALP:
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