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Is alder a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word alder is a Scrabble US word. The word alder is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is alder a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word alder is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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Is alder a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word alder is a Words With Friends word. The word alder is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (3 found)

ALDER,ARLED,LADER,

4-letter words (18 found)

ARED,ARLE,DALE,DARE,DEAL,DEAR,EARD,EARL,LADE,LAER,LARD,LARE,LEAD,LEAR,RADE,RALE,READ,REAL,

3-letter words (15 found)

ALE,ARD,ARE,DAE,DAL,DEL,EAR,ELD,ERA,LAD,LAR,LEA,LED,RAD,RED,

2-letter words (12 found)

AD,AE,AL,AR,DA,DE,EA,ED,EL,ER,LA,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 49 words from alder according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of alder

alder lader adler daler ldaer dlaer aledr laedr aeldr ealdr leadr eladr adelr daelr aedlr eadlr dealr edalr ldear dlear ledar eldar delar edlar aldre ladre adlre dalre ldare dlare alrde larde arlde ralde lrade rlade adrle darle ardle radle drale rdale ldrae dlrae lrdae rldae drlae rdlae alerd laerd aelrd ealrd leard elard alred lared arled raled lraed rlaed aerld earld areld raeld erald reald lerad elrad lread rlead erlad relad aderl daerl aedrl eadrl dearl edarl adrel darel ardel radel drael rdael aerdl eardl aredl raedl eradl readl deral edral dreal rdeal erdal redal ldera dlera ledra eldra delra edlra ldrea dlrea lrdea rldea drlea rdlea lerda elrda lreda rleda erlda relda derla edrla drela rdela erdla redla

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Definitions and meaning of alder

alder

Alternative forms

  • owler (Lancashire)
  • aller (UK, dialectal)

Etymology 1

From Middle English aldre, alder, aller, from Old English alor, from Proto-West Germanic *aluʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō, *alizō, *alisō.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔːldə/
  • (US, Canada)
    • (without cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɔldɚ/
    • (with cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑldɚ/

Noun

alder (plural alders)

  1. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of alderman.

Noun

alder (plural alders)

  1. An alderman or alderwoman.
Derived terms

Anagrams

  • Adler, Alred, Eldar, Leard, Radel, Radle, lader, lared

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish aldær, from Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą.

Noun

alder c (singular definite alderen, plural indefinite aldre)

  1. age

Inflection

Derived terms

Middle English

Noun

alder

  1. Alternative form of aldre

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą. Akin to ale (“to raise”), from ala.

Noun

alder m (definite singular alderen, indefinite plural aldere or aldre or aldrer, definite plural alderne or aldrene)

  1. age

Derived terms

References

  • “alder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą. Akin to ale (“to raise”), from ala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑldɛr/

Noun

alder m (definite singular alderen, indefinite plural aldrar, definite plural aldrane)

  1. age

Derived terms

References

  • “alder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

  • ᛆᛚᚦᚽᚱ (Runic)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse allr, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.

Adjective

alder

  1. all
  2. whole, complete
Declension
Descendants
  • Swedish: all

Etymology 2

From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą.

Noun

alder m

  1. lifetime
  2. age; how old someone or something is
  3. age, era
  4. old age
Declension

Descendants
  • Swedish: ålder

Source: wiktionary.org