ALTHO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ALTHO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALTHO?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALTHO is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALTHO
No single letter turns ALTHO into another word.
How ALTHO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ALTHO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about ALTHO
- The same 5 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 ALTHO mean in Scrabble?
conjunction
informal
An informal, simplified spelling of although, used in casual or quick writing.
Altho drops two letters from although while keeping exactly the same sound and meaning, part of a small family of shortened forms like thru for through and nite for night. These forms appeared in American orthography-reform movements over a century ago and never fully replaced the conventional form, but altho still turns up in notes, signs, and quick online notes where brevity matters more than convention. Careful prose almost always keeps although in full, so altho signals a relaxed tone the moment it appears on the page. The word functions exactly like although grammatically, introducing a clause that contrasts with the main statement.
How ALTHO is used
Informal; acceptable in casual notes and online writing but avoided in formal prose, which keeps although.
- Altho it rained all day, the picnic went ahead as planned.
- She said she'd come, altho she wasn't sure she had time.
- The sign read open altho hours may vary on holidays.
- He liked the plan, altho a few details still worried him.
- The note simply said, altho late, the package finally arrived.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALTHO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALTHO
The 5 tiles of ALTHO in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ALTHO
3 longer words begin with ALTHO.
Shorter words from the letters in ALTHO
Common questions about ALTHO
- Is ALTHO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALTHO, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALTHO worth?
- ALTHO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALTHO mean?
- An informal, simplified spelling of although, used in casual or quick writing.
- What letters can be added to ALTHO?
- No single letter can be added to ALTHO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ALTHO:
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