What ALDER Means
- noun: wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc
- noun: north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ALDER is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 L1 D2 E1 R1.
Anagrams of ALDER (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In ALDER
45 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.
4 letter words (18)
3 letter words (15)
2 letter words (12)
Longer Words Containing ALDER
ALDER appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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