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Is aal a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word aal is a Scrabble US word. The word aal is worth 3 points in Scrabble:

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Is aal a Scrabble UK word?

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A1A1L1

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You can make 5 words from 'aal' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

3 letters words from 'aal'

AAL 3ALA 3

2 letters words from 'aal'

AA 2AL 2
LA 2 

All 3 letters words made out of aal

aal aal ala laa ala laa

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Definitions and meaning of aal

aal

Noun

aal (plural aals)

  1. The Indian mulberry or noni (Morinda citrifolia, Morinda tinctoria), a shrub found in Southeast Asia, the East Indies and the Pacific islands as far as French Polynesia.
  2. A reddish dyestuff obtained from the roots of the East Indian shrubs Morinda citrifolia and Morinda tinctoria.

Synonyms

  • (Morinda citrifolia or Morinda tinctoria): Indian mulberry, noni

Further reading

  • Aal in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

  • ALA, Ala, Ala., a la, ala, à la

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch aal, from Middle Dutch âel, from Old Dutch *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

Noun

aal (plural ale, diminutive aaltjie)

  1. eel (fish), (Anguilla anguilla)

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːl/
  • Hyphenation: aal
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch âel, from Old Dutch *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

Noun

aal m (plural alen, diminutive aaltje n)

  1. eel (fish), (Anguilla anguilla)
  2. elver (young eel)
  3. (rare) padre
Usage notes

Aal is the original word for eel used in the present-day Netherlands, while the word paling came from Belgium. Paling is also in use in the Netherlands, but certain fishing villages in the Netherlands such as Volendam will always use aal when referring to eel. In some regions aal always denotes a juvenile whereas paling is exclusively used for adult specimen.

Alternative forms
  • ael (obsolete)
Synonyms
  • paling
Derived terms
  • aalfuik
  • aalkorf
  • aalscholver
  • beefaal
  • glasaal
  • kataal
  • sidderaal

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch āle, from Old Dutch *alo, from Proto-Germanic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-. Doublet of ale.

Noun

aal n (plural alen, diminutive aaltje n)

  1. ale

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch adel, 'mud'.

Noun

aal f (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of aalt.
Derived terms
  • aalpomp
  • aalput

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

aal

  1. singular imperative of aalen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of aalen

Midob

Noun

aal

  1. mouth

References

  • Insights Into Nilo-Saharan Language, History and Culture: Proceedings of the 9th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, Institute of African and Asian Studies, University of Khartoum, 16-19 February 2004 (Al-Amin Abu-Manga, Leoma G. Gilley, Anne Storch; 2006)
  • starling.rinet.ru (as áːl)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

aal m

  1. obsolete typography of ål

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian all, from Proto-West Germanic *all. Cognates include West Frisian al and German all.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːl/
  • Hyphenation: aal
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Determiner

aal (inflected alle)

  1. all, all of

Pronoun

aal

  1. all, everything

Adverb

aal

  1. always
  2. ever

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015), “aal”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Scots

Adjective

aal (not comparable)

  1. Shetland form of a' (“all”)

References

  • “aal, adj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Seri

Noun

aal (plural aala)

  1. his/her spouse

Wolof

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaːl/

Etymology 1

Noun

aal

  1. bad mood

Etymology 2

Verb

aal

  1. Alternative spelling of abal

Source: wiktionary.org
  • an East Indian shrub.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)