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

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5-letter words (4 found)

ALONG,ANGLO,LOGAN,LONGA,

4-letter words (6 found)

AGON,GAOL,GOAL,LANG,LOAN,LONG,

3-letter words (9 found)

AGO,GAL,GAN,GOA,GON,LAG,LOG,NAG,NOG,

2-letter words (9 found)

AG,AL,AN,GO,LA,LO,NA,NO,ON,

You can make 28 words from along according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of along

along laong aolng oalng loang olang alnog lanog anlog nalog lnaog nlaog aonlg oanlg anolg naolg onalg noalg lonag olnag lnoag nloag onlag nolag alogn laogn aolgn oalgn loagn olagn algon lagon aglon galon lgaon glaon aogln oagln agoln gaoln ogaln goaln logan olgan lgoan gloan oglan golan alngo lango anlgo nalgo lnago nlago algno lagno aglno galno lgano glano anglo naglo agnlo ganlo ngalo gnalo lngao nlgao lgnao glnao nglao gnlao aongl oangl anogl naogl onagl noagl aognl oagnl agonl gaonl oganl goanl angol nagol agnol ganol ngaol gnaol ongal nogal ognal gonal ngoal gnoal longa olnga lnoga nloga onlga nolga logna olgna lgona glona oglna golna lngoa nlgoa lgnoa glnoa ngloa gnloa ongla nogla ognla gonla ngola gnola

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Definitions and meaning of along

along

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English andlang, from prefix and- + lang (“long”). Doublet of endlong.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈlɒŋ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈlɔŋ/
  • (US with the cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /əˈlɑŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋ, -ɔŋ
  • Hyphenation: a‧long

Preposition

along

  1. By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.
  2. In a line with, with a progressive motion on; onward on; forward on.

Synonyms

  • alongst (archaic)
  • endlong (dialectal)

Descendants

  • → Tok Pisin: long

Translations

Adverb

along (not comparable)

  1. In company; together.
  2. Onward, forward, with progressive action.

Synonyms

  • alongst (archaic)

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • Anglo, Anglo-, Golan, Logan, NALGO, anglo, anglo-, logan, long a, longa

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

along

  1. son (term of address for a male child)

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Javanese ꦲꦭꦺꦴꦁ (along), probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aluŋ (“shade, shadow”), from Proto-Austronesian *aluŋ (“shade, shadow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈalɔŋ]
  • Hyphenation: along

Noun

along (first-person possessive alongku, second-person possessive alongmu, third-person possessive alongnya)

  1. abundant catch of fishermen.

Etymology 2

From Borneo Malay [Term?], probably cognate of Dupaningan Agta along (“son”) and Indonesian sulung.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈalɔŋ]
  • Hyphenation: along

Noun

along (first-person possessive alongku, second-person possessive alongmu, third-person possessive alongnya)

  1. firstborn child.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈalɔŋ]
  • Hyphenation: along

Noun

along (first-person possessive alongku, second-person possessive alongmu, third-person possessive alongnya)

  1. Acronym of alat penolong (“rescue equipment”)..

Further reading

  • “along” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Karao

Noun

along

  1. nosebleed

Maranao

Noun

along

  1. shadow

Derived terms

  • malongalong

Source: wiktionary.org