LALL is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. LALL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LALL?
| 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 LALL is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LALL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lallsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LALL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LALL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 3 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 108,923.
What does LALL mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicrare
To pronounce speech sounds imperfectly, especially by substituting an l-sound for r.
To lall is to speak with a particular kind of faulty pronunciation in which the tongue produces an l where an r should be. This pattern is sometimes heard in young children learning to talk, or noted as a speech quirk in older writing.
How LALL is used
Rare and mostly historical; found in older descriptions of speech and phonetics.
- The toddler would lall his words in a way that made adults smile.
- Old grammarians used to lall certain consonants for comic effect on stage.
- The character in the novel was said to lall his r's charmingly.
- Doctors noted that the patient continued to lall long after the illness passed.
- She could imitate the way he would lall every word starting with r.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LALL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LALL
18 longer words begin with LALL.
Words with LALL inside
9 words contain LALL in the middle. Words that start with LALL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LALL
Common questions about LALL
- Is LALL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LALL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LALL worth?
- LALL is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LALL mean?
- To pronounce speech sounds imperfectly, especially by substituting an l-sound for r.
- What letters can be added to LALL?
- LALL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LALL:
Open LALL in the Word Finder