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Is almost a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word almost is a Scrabble US word. The word almost is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is almost a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word almost is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

A1L1M3O1S1T1

Is almost a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (4 found)

ALMOST,MATLOS,SMALTO,STOMAL,

5-letter words (18 found)

ALTOS,ATMOS,ATOMS,LOAMS,LOAST,LOMAS,LOTAS,LOTSA,MALTS,MATLO,MOATS,MOLAS,MOLTS,SALTO,SMALT,SMOLT,STOMA,TOLAS,

4-letter words (40 found)

ALMS,ALSO,ALTO,ALTS,ATOM,LAMS,LAST,LATS,LOAM,LOMA,LOST,LOTA,LOTS,MALS,MALT,MAST,MATS,MOAS,MOAT,MOLA,MOLS,MOLT,MOST,MOTS,OAST,OATS,OLMS,OMAS,SALT,SLAM,SLAT,SLOT,SOLA,SOMA,STOA,TAMS,TAOS,TOLA,TOMS,TOSA,

3-letter words (30 found)

ALS,ALT,ATS,LAM,LAS,LAT,LOS,LOT,MAL,MAS,MAT,MOA,MOL,MOS,MOT,OAT,OLM,OMA,OMS,SAL,SAM,SAT,SMA,SOL,SOM,SOT,TAM,TAO,TAS,TOM,

2-letter words (14 found)

AL,AM,AS,AT,LA,LO,MA,MO,OM,OS,SO,ST,TA,TO,

You can make 106 words from almost according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of almost

almost

Alternative forms

  • aulmos (Jamaican English)

Etymology

From Middle English almost, from Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) +‎ most.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔːɫ.məʊst/, (emphatic, utterance-final) /ɔːɫ.ˈməʊst/
    • (colloquial, unaccented) IPA(key): /ˈɔː(l)məs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔl.moʊst/, /ˈɑl.moʊst/, /ˈoʊ.moʊst/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): [ˈɒːɫmost]
  • Hyphenation: al‧most
  • Rhymes: -əʊst

Adverb

almost (not comparable)

  1. Very close to, but not quite.
    Synonym: (obsolete) environ
  2. (mathematics) Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined).
    almost all
    almost no
    1. (measure theory, probability theory) Up to a null set; except for a set of measure 0.
      almost everywhere
      almost nowhere
      almost certain
      almost sure

Synonyms

  • (very close to, but not quite): nearly, nigh, well-nigh, near, close to, next to, practically, virtually, not yet, not

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

almost (plural almosts)

  1. (informal) Something or someone that doesn't quite make it.

References

  • “almost”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “almost”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Altoms, smalto, stomal

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • almoost, almast, almest, almuste

Etymology

From Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) +‎ most.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈmɔːst/

Adverb

almost

  1. almost

Descendants

  • English: almost
  • ⇒ Yola: almostly

References

  • “al-mōst, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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