ALULA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ALULA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALULA?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALULA is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALULA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALULA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ALULA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What stands out about ALULA
- ALULA is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
- ALULA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ALULA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small group of stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing, sometimes known as the bastard wing.
The alula sits at the leading edge of a bird's wing, attached to what corresponds to a thumb, and can be raised or lowered independently of the rest of the wing feathers. When a bird slows down or lands, it lifts the alula slightly to smooth airflow over the wing and prevent it from stalling, much like the small slats on an aircraft wing. Because of this shared function, engineers and biologists sometimes compare the alula directly to aerodynamic devices used on modern aircraft. The structure is present across nearly all flying birds, though it is easiest to notice in slow-flying or hovering species.
How ALULA is used
A technical term from ornithology, used mainly in scientific writing about bird flight and wing anatomy.
- The falcon raised its alula sharply just before landing.
- Researchers filmed how the alula reduced turbulence during slow flight.
- A small tuft of feathers forms the alula on each wing.
- The museum display labelled the alula on the mounted eagle's wing.
- Without a working alula, the bird struggled to land smoothly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALULA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALULA
3 longer words begin with ALULA.
Shorter words from the letters in ALULA
Common questions about ALULA
- Is ALULA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALULA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALULA worth?
- ALULA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALULA mean?
- A small group of stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing, sometimes known as the bastard wing.
- What letters can be added to ALULA?
- ALULA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ALULA:
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