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Is allergy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word allergy is a Scrabble US word. The word allergy is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

A1L1L1E1R1G2Y4

Is allergy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word allergy is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

A1L1L1E1R1G2Y4

Is allergy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word allergy is a Words With Friends word. The word allergy is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1L2L2E1R1G3Y3

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7-letter words (4 found)

ALLERGY,GALLERY,LARGELY,REGALLY,

6-letter words (7 found)

ARGYLE,ARGYLL,EGALLY,GALLEY,GRAYLE,RALLYE,REALLY,

5-letter words (21 found)

AGLEY,ALLEY,ARGLE,AYGRE,EARLY,GALLY,GAYER,GELLY,GLARE,GLARY,GYRAL,LAGER,LARGE,LAYER,LEARY,LEGAL,RALLY,RAYLE,REGAL,RELAY,YAGER,

4-letter words (37 found)

AERY,AGER,AGLY,ALLY,AREG,ARLE,ARYL,AYRE,EARL,EGAL,EYRA,GALE,GALL,GARE,GEAL,GEAR,GLEY,GRAY,GREY,GYAL,GYRE,LAER,LARE,LEAL,LEAR,LYRA,LYRE,RAGE,RALE,REAL,RELY,RYAL,YAGE,YALE,YARE,YEAR,YELL,

3-letter words (34 found)

AGE,ALE,ALL,ARE,ARY,AYE,EAR,ELL,ERA,ERG,GAE,GAL,GAR,GAY,GEL,GER,GEY,LAG,LAR,LAY,LEA,LEG,LEY,LYE,RAG,RAY,REG,RYA,RYE,YAE,YAG,YAR,YEA,YER,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AG,AL,AR,AY,EA,EL,ER,LA,RE,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 116 words from allergy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of allergy

allergy

Etymology

Borrowed from German Allergie. Coined by Austrian pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet in 1906 from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work, activity”), on the model of Energie.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ălʹər-jē; IPA(key): /ˈæl.əɹ.d͡ʒi/
    • (UK) IPA(key): [ˈæl.ə.dʒi]
    • (US) IPA(key): [ˈæl.ɚ.d͡ʒi]
  • Hyphenation: al‧ler‧gy

Noun

allergy (plural allergies)

  1. (pathology, immunology) A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma.
  2. (pathology) Any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.
  3. Altered susceptibility to a first treatment as exhibited in reaction to a subsequent one.
  4. (informal) An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.

Synonyms

  • (disorder of the immune system): type 1 hypersensitivity
  • (hypersensitivity): intolerance

Hypernyms

  • (disorder of the immune system): hypersensitivity

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: alerdyi

Translations

See also

  • allergy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Hypersensitivity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • gallery, largely, regally

Source: wiktionary.org