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Is ally a Scrabble word?

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

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Is ally a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word ally is a Words With Friends word. The word ally is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

ALLY,

3-letter words (2 found)

ALL,LAY,

2-letter words (4 found)

AL,AY,LA,YA,

You can make 7 words from ally according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of ally

ally laly ally laly llay llay alyl layl ayll yall lyal ylal alyl layl ayll yall lyal ylal llya llya lyla ylla lyla ylla

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word ally. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in ally.

Definitions and meaning of ally

ally

Etymology 1

From Middle English allien, alien (“to form an alliance, associate, join; to become an ally; to introduce (someone) as an ally; to marry; to become related (to someone); to attack, engage in combat; to combine; (cooking) to combine ingredients, especially to bind them together”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman alier, allier, Middle French alier, allier [and other forms], and Old French alier (“to join together, unite; to alloy (metals); (cooking) to combine ingredients”) (modern French allier), from Latin alligāre, the present active infinitive of alligō, adligō (“to bind around, to, or up (something), bandage, fasten, fetter, tie; to hold fast; to detain, hinder”), from al-, ad- (intensifying prefix) + ligō (“to bind, tie; to bandage, wrap around; to unite”) (from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind, tie”)). Doublet of allay, alligate, alloy, and ligament.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ăl'ī, əlī', IPA(key): /ˈælaɪ/, /əˈlaɪ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæˌlaɪ/, /æˈlaɪ/
  • Rhymes: (one pronunciation) -aɪ
  • Hyphenation: al‧ly

Verb

ally (third-person singular simple present allies, present participle allying, simple past and past participle allied)

  1. (transitive)
    1. To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
    2. Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature.
    3. (reflexive) To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.
  2. (intransitive) Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
    Synonym: make common cause
Usage notes

The word is generally used in the passive form or reflexively.

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Derived terms
Related terms
  • alligate
  • alligated (archaic)
  • alligation
  • alligator (“one who binds or ties”) (obsolete)
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English allie, alie [and other forms], probably partly:

  • from allien (verb): see etymology 1; and
  • from Anglo-Norman allié, alié, alyé, allyé, Middle French allié, alié, allyé (“associate, supporter; friend; relative; person, state, etc., associated or united with another by alliance or treaty”), and Old French alliiet (“military or political ally”) (modern French allié), a noun use of the past participle of Anglo-Norman alier, allier, Middle French alier, allier, and Old French alier (verb): see etymology 1.

Noun

ally (plural allies)

  1. A person who co-operates with or helps another; an associate; a friend.
    1. A person who, or organization which, supports a demographic group subject to discrimination and/or misrepresentation but is not a member of the group; specifically (LGBT), a person who is not a member of the LGBT+ community but is supportive of it.
  2. A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.
  3. Something regarded as connected with or related to another thing by similarity in features or nature.
    1. (taxonomy) An organism which is related to another organism through common evolutionary origin; specifically, a species which is closely related to another species, usually within the same family.
  4. (figuratively) A person, group, concept, etc., which is associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary; a supporter.
  5. (historical or obsolete) A kinsman or kinswoman; a relative.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • alliance
Translations

Noun

ally pl (plural only) (obsolete)

  1. One's relatives; kin, kindred, relations; also, relationship through descent or marriage; kinship.
  2. People, groups, states, etc., which are associated or united with each other for a common purpose; confederates; also, the state of being allied; alliance, confederation.

Etymology 3

See alley.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæli/
  • Hyphenation: al‧ly

Noun

ally (plural allies)

  1. Alternative spelling of alley (“a glass marble or taw”)

References

Further reading

  • straight ally on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • ally (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “ally”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “ally”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • “ally”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • Lyla, y'all, ya'll, yall

Source: wiktionary.org