What ALA Means
- noun: a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism“the alae of the nose”
- noun: a wing of an insect
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ALA is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 3 in Scrabble and 3 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 L1 A1.
Anagrams of ALA (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In ALA
3 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
2 letter words (3)
Longer Words Containing ALA
ALA appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
ACHALASIAACHALASIASAGALACTIAAGALACTIASALAAPALAAPSALABAMINEALABAMINESALABANDINEALABANDITEALABASTERALABASTERSALABLASTERALACHLORALACHLORSALACKALACKADAYALACRITIESALACRITOUSALACRITYALAEALAIMENTALAIMENTSALALAGMOIALALAGMOSALALIAALALIASALAMEDAALAMEDASALAMOALAMODEALAMODESALAMORTALAMOSALANALANDALANDSALANEALANGALANGS
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