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

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

A1L1N1A1G2E1

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6-letter words (4 found)

ALNAGE,ANLAGE,GALENA,LAGENA,

5-letter words (9 found)

ALANE,ALANG,ALGAE,ANGEL,ANGLE,GALEA,GENAL,GLEAN,LAGAN,

4-letter words (24 found)

AGEN,ALAE,ALAN,ALGA,ANAL,ANGA,EGAL,ELAN,GAEN,GALA,GALE,GANE,GEAL,GEAN,GENA,GLEN,LANA,LANE,LANG,LEAN,LENG,NAGA,NALA,NEAL,

3-letter words (20 found)

AAL,AGA,AGE,ALA,ALE,ANA,ANE,EAN,ENG,GAE,GAL,GAN,GEL,GEN,LAG,LEA,LEG,NAE,NAG,NEG,

2-letter words (11 found)

AA,AE,AG,AL,AN,EA,EL,EN,LA,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 69 words from alnage according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of alnage

alnage

Alternative forms

  • ulnage (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English aulnage, from Old French alnage, aulnage (modern French aunage), from alne (“ell”), of Germanic origin: compare Old High German elina, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina, “cubit”). See ell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔːlnɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

alnage (plural alnages)

  1. (historical) Measurement (of cloth) by the ell, specifically, official inspection and measurement of woollen cloth, and attestation of its value by the affixing of a lead seal, as was once required by British law.
  2. (historical) A duty paid for such measurement.

Derived terms

  • alnager

References

  • James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 248.
  • “alnage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Angela, Galena, anlage, galena, lagena

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