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Is allege a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word allege is a Scrabble US word. The word allege is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is allege a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word allege is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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Yes. The word allege is a Words With Friends word. The word allege is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

ALLEGE,

5-letter words (4 found)

AGLEE,ALLEE,EAGLE,LEGAL,

4-letter words (9 found)

AGEE,ALEE,EALE,EGAL,GALE,GALL,GEAL,GLEE,LEAL,

3-letter words (13 found)

AGE,ALE,ALL,EEL,ELL,GAE,GAL,GEE,GEL,LAG,LEA,LEE,LEG,

2-letter words (7 found)

AE,AG,AL,EA,EE,EL,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 35 words from allege according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of allege

allege

Alternative forms

  • alleadge, alledg, alledge, allegge (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈlɛd͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdʒ

Etymology 1

From Middle English aleggen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman aleger, the form from Old French esligier (“to acquit”), from Medieval Latin *exlītigāre (“to clear at law”), from Latin ex (“out”) + lītigō (“sue at law”), the meaning from Old French alleguer, from Latin allēgāre, present active infinitive of allēgō (“send, depute; relate, mention, adduce”), from ad (“to”) + lēgō (“send”).

Verb

allege (third-person singular simple present alleges, present participle alleging, simple past and past participle alleged)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To state under oath, to plead.
  2. (archaic) To cite or quote an author or his work for or against.
  3. (transitive) To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc.
  4. (transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • allegation
  • privilege
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English alleggen, from Old French alegier, from Latin alleviāre, present active infinitive of alleviō (“lighten”), from ad + levis (“light”). Doublet of alleviate.

Verb

allege (third-person singular simple present alleges, present participle alleging, simple past and past participle alleged)

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (obsolete) To lighten, diminish.

See also

  • Wikipedia article on "oath"

References

  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “allege”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Further reading

  • “allege”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “allege”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

allege

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of allegō

Source: wiktionary.org