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Is alright a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word alright is a Scrabble US word. The word alright is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is alright a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word alright is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

A1L1R1I1G2H4T1

Is alright a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word alright is a Words With Friends word. The word alright is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1L2R1I1G3H3T1

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7-letter words (1 found)

ALRIGHT,

6-letter words (3 found)

ALIGHT,ARIGHT,GRAITH,

5-letter words (21 found)

AIGHT,AIRTH,ARGIL,GARTH,GIRTH,GLAIR,GRAIL,GRITH,HILAR,LAIGH,LAITH,LATHI,LIART,LIGHT,RIGHT,THAGI,THALI,THIRL,TRAGI,TRAIL,TRIAL,

4-letter words (48 found)

AIRT,ALIT,ARGH,ARIL,ARTI,GAIR,GAIT,GARI,GART,GATH,GHAT,GILA,GILT,GIRL,GIRT,GLIA,GLIT,GRAT,GRIT,HAIL,HAIR,HALT,HARL,HART,HILA,HILT,LAIR,LARI,LATH,LATI,LIAR,LIRA,LITH,RAGI,RAIL,RAIT,RATH,RIAL,TAHR,TAIG,TAIL,TALI,THAR,THIG,THIR,TIAR,TIRL,TRIG,

3-letter words (33 found)

AHI,AIL,AIR,AIT,ALT,ART,GAL,GAR,GAT,GHI,GIT,HAG,HAT,HIT,ITA,LAG,LAH,LAR,LAT,LIG,LIT,RAG,RAH,RAI,RAT,RIA,RIG,RIT,TAG,TAI,TAR,TIG,TIL,

2-letter words (14 found)

AG,AH,AI,AL,AR,AT,GI,HA,HI,IT,LA,LI,TA,TI,

You can make 120 words from alright according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of alright

alright

Alternative forms

  • aight (AAVE, UK)
  • all right
  • alrite
  • awright
  • oright
  • o-rite
  • orite

Etymology

Univerbation from all +‎ right. Compare Old English eallriht (“all-right, just, exactly”), equivalent to al- (“all”) +‎ right.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɔːlˈɹaɪt/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ɔːˈɹaɪt/, /ɒˈɹaɪt/, /əˈɹaɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɔlˈɹaɪt/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˌɑlˈɹaɪt/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ɒːlˈɹʌɪt/
    • (Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): [ɒː(ɫ)ˈɹəi̯t], [ə(ɫ)ˈɹiːt], [ˈɒː(ɫ)ɹɪt], [-ʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aɪt

Adjective

alright (not comparable)

  1. (sometimes proscribed) Alternative form of all right; satisfactory; okay; in acceptable order.
    Synonyms: acceptable, adequate, fine; see also Thesaurus:satisfactory
    • 1662 : Cantus, songs and fancies, to three, four, or five parts, both apt for voices and viols : with a brief introduction to musick, as is taught by Thomas Davidson, in the Musick-School of Aberdene by Thomas Davidson, iii. sig. B/1
      Where ever I go, both to and fro
      You have my heart alright.

Derived terms

  • bit of alright
  • you're alright

Adverb

alright (not comparable)

  1. (sometimes proscribed) Alternative form of all right.

Interjection

alright

  1. (informal) Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK.
  2. (UK, informal) A generic greeting; hello; how are you.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hello

Derived terms

Related terms

  • (greeting): alright me babber, alright me lover

Usage notes

  • Some distinguish between alright and all right by using alright to mean "fine, good, okay" and all right to mean "all correct". Alternatively (or in addition to the previous), Alright may be used as an interjection akin to "OK", while all right is used in the sense of "unharmed, healthy".
  • The contracted term is considered nonstandard by Garner's Modern American Usage and American Heritage Dictionary. Indeed, the Oxford English Dictionary notes that although analogous forms exist in words such as already, altogether and always (and, indeed, although!), "the contracted form is strongly criticized in the vast majority of usage guides, but without cogent reasons". The Oxford Dictionaries also conclude that "alright remains nonstandard" and that it is "still regarded as being unacceptable in formal writing". Other dictionaries and style manuals also consider it incorrect or less correct than all right.

Descendants

  • → Afrikaans: ôraait
  • → Dutch: olrijt

References


Source: wiktionary.org