WALLA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. WALLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WALLA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WALLA is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WALLA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WALLA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WALLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does WALLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
informaltechnical
In film, television and radio production, the sound of indistinct background conversation performed by a group of actors to simulate a crowd, or, more loosely, background chatter of that kind.
Sound editors add walla to a scene whenever a crowd needs to sound busy and alive without any individual words being understandable, layering many overlapping voices so no single sentence stands out. Voice actors hired specifically to record this kind of background noise are sometimes called a walla group, murmuring plausible fragments of conversation rather than reading a script. The term likely arose from actors literally repeating nonsense phrases such as walla walla to fill a soundtrack with plausible-sounding crowd noise before proper recording techniques existed. Editors distinguish walla from other background sound effects because it specifically imitates human speech rather than traffic, weather or other ambient noise.
How WALLA is used
A technical term used chiefly within the film, television and radio production industry for simulated background crowd conversation.
- The sound team recorded fresh walla for the busy restaurant scene.
- Without walla, the crowded street looked oddly silent on screen.
- The director asked the extras to provide natural walla during the party shot.
- Editors layered several tracks of walla to make the stadium feel full.
- A dedicated walla group murmured overlapping chatter for the courtroom scene.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WALLA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WALLA
9 longer words begin with WALLA.
Words ending in WALLA
2 words end in WALLA. Useful as a back hook: play WALLA onto a word already on the board.
Words with WALLA inside
4 words contain WALLA in the middle. Words that start with WALLA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WALLA
Common questions about WALLA
- Is WALLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WALLA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WALLA worth?
- WALLA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WALLA mean?
- In film, television and radio production, the sound of indistinct background conversation performed by a group of actors to simulate a crowd, or, more loosely, background chatter of that kind.
- What letters can be added to WALLA?
- WALLA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WALLA:
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