What ALPHA Means
- noun: the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
- noun: the beginning of a series or sequence“the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end”
- adjective: first in order of importance“the alpha male in the group of chimpanzees”
- adjective: early testing stage of a software or hardware product“alpha version”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ALPHA is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 L1 P3 H4 A1.
Words Made From The Letters In ALPHA
18 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 (2)
3 letter words (10)
2 letter words (6)
Longer Words Containing ALPHA
ALPHA appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.