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Is allure a Scrabble word?

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

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Is allure a Scrabble UK word?

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

A1L1L1U1R1E1

Is allure a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word allure is a Words With Friends word. The word allure is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

ALLURE,LAUREL,

5-letter words (2 found)

ALURE,UREAL,

4-letter words (11 found)

ARLE,EARL,LAER,LARE,LEAL,LEAR,LURE,RALE,REAL,RULE,UREA,

3-letter words (16 found)

ALE,ALL,ALU,ARE,AUE,EAR,EAU,ELL,ERA,LAR,LEA,LEU,LUR,RUE,ULE,URE,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AL,AR,EA,EL,ER,LA,RE,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 41 words from allure according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of allure

allure

Etymology 1

From Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). Compare lure.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈl(j)(ʊ)ɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Noun

allure (countable and uncountable, plural allures)

  1. The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
Translations

Verb

allure (third-person singular simple present allures, present participle alluring, simple past and past participle allured)

  1. (transitive) To entice; to attract.
Synonyms
  • attract, entice, tempt, decoy, seduce
Translations

Derived terms

Related terms

  • lure

Etymology 2

From Middle English alure, alour, from Old French alure, aleure (“walk, gait”), from aler (“to go”) +‎ -ure.

Noun

allure (countable and uncountable, plural allures)

  1. (dated) Gait; bearing.
    • Harper's Magazine
      The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.
  2. The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.
Alternative forms
  • alure
Translations

Anagrams

  • Laurel, laurel

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French allure.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑˈlyː.rə/
  • Hyphenation: al‧lu‧re
  • Rhymes: -yːrə

Noun

allure f (plural allures)

  1. air, pretension

Derived terms

  • sterallure

French

Etymology

From aller +‎ -ure.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.lyʁ/
  • Rhymes: -yʁ

Noun

allure f (plural allures)

  1. appearance, look
  2. speed, pace
  3. angle of a boat from the wind
  4. gait (of a horse)
  5. chemin de ronde (raised protected walkway behind a castle battlement)

Derived terms

  • à toute allure

Descendants

  • → Dutch: allure
  • → German: Allüre

Further reading

  • “allure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • la leur

Source: wiktionary.org