ALU is valid in Collins, not in North America — 3 points
It depends on the list you play by. ALU 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 3 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ALU?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALU is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALU
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALU scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ALU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does ALU mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian English
Potato, especially as used in South Asian cooking and dish names.
Alu is the everyday word for potato in Hindi and related languages. It appears constantly in Indian English menus and recipes, as in alu paratha or alu curry.
How ALU is used
Common in Indian English cooking and market contexts.
- She peeled the alu before adding them to the curry.
- The street stall sold hot alu tikki wrapped in paper.
- His favourite breakfast was alu paratha with yoghurt.
- The recipe calls for boiled alu mashed with spices.
- Markets in the region sell alu by the sackful.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALU
Showing 24 of 54 words that begin with ALU.
Words ending in ALU
2 words end in ALU. Useful as a back hook: play ALU onto a word already on the board.
Words with ALU inside
Showing 24 of 314 words that contain ALU somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ALU are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ALU
Common questions about ALU
- Is ALU valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ALU is not in it.
- How many points is ALU worth?
- ALU is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALU mean?
- Potato, especially as used in South Asian cooking and dish names.
- What letters can be added to ALU?
- ALU takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ALU:
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