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Is als a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word als is a Scrabble US word. The word als is worth 3 points in Scrabble:

A1L1S1

Is als a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word als is a Scrabble UK word and has 3 points:

A1L1S1

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Yes. The word als is a Words With Friends word. The word als is worth 4 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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You can make 6 words from 'als' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


3 letters words from 'als'

ALS 3LAS 3
SAL 3 

2 letters words from 'als'

AL 2AS 2
LA 2 

All 3 letters words made out of als

als las asl sal lsa sla

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

Definitions and meaning of als

als

Etymology 1

Noun

als

  1. plural of al

Etymology 2

Adverb

als (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete form of also.

Anagrams

  • ASL, LAs, LSA, SLA, Sal, a/s/l, asl, las, sal

Catalan

Etymology

Contraction of a (“to, at”) els (“the (masculine plural)”)

Contraction

als

  1. to the, at the, toward the (masculine plural)

Cornish

Alternative forms

  • (Standard Cornish) âls

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɒlz/, /ælz/

Noun

als f (plural alsyow)

  1. (Standard Written Form) cliff

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • as (The Hague dialect)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch alse, an unstressed form of also (modern alzo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ(l)s/, [ɑ(ɫ)s]
  • Hyphenation: als
  • Rhymes: -ɑls

Conjunction

als

  1. (subordinating) if, when
    Synonym: indien
  2. when, as soon as
    Synonym: wanneer
  3. (Suriname) if, whether
    Synonym: of

Preposition

als

  1. like, as [+nominative]
  2. even ... als: as ... as [+nominative]
  3. (nonstandard) than [+nominative]

Derived terms

  • als ook
  • evenals

Anagrams

  • la's, las, sla

German

Etymology

From Old High German also, alsō (“as, like”). Compare English as.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /als/, [als], [alts]
  • Rhymes: -als, -alts
  • Homophone: Alls

Conjunction

als

  1. (subordinating, referring to time of occurence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as
  2. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than
  3. as; like; in the function of; in the form of
  4. as if
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 100:
      Es war als rängen beständig zwei Mächte um sie, als würde sie wehrlos von ihnen hin und her gerissen.
      It was as if two powers struggled over her continuously, as if she was torn to and fro by them defenselessly.
  5. (after negative pronoun) but, other than
    • 1918, Meinrad Lienert, Zürcher Sagen:
      Doch die zwei Königstöchter Hildegard und Berta gewahrten nichts als den weissen Hirsch […].
      But the two princesses Hildegard and Berta saw nothing but the white hart.

Usage notes

  • Als in the sense of “than” does not govern case. The case of the standard of comparison depends on its syntactic function:
Sie liebt das Kind mehr als ihr Mann. (nominative) — “She loves the child more than her husband does.”
Sie liebt das Kind mehr als ihren Mann. (accusative) — “She loves the child more than she loves her husband.”
  • Als in the sense of “as, like” is claimed by some traditional grammars to require the nominative case: Er verkleidet sich als spanischer Stierkämpfer. (“He dresses himself up as a Spanish bullfighter.”) This may indeed be the most common usage in reflexive constructions, such as in the example given (although als spanischen Stierkämpfer is acceptable). The mechanical use of the nominative, however, is often ungrammatical by any standards of common usage: Sie kannte ihn schon als jungen Mann (“She knew him already as a young man”; the nominative als *junger Mann would be odd and indeed would suggest the meaning that she knew him when she was a young man). Thus, the same general rule applies as given above.

Further reading

  • als in Duden online
  • “als” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Gothic

Romanization

als

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌻𐍃

Icelandic

Noun

als

  1. indefinite genitive singular of alur

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /als/, [ɑl(t)s]

Conjunction

als

  1. as

Occitan

Contraction

als

  1. Contraction of a los.

Old French

Alternative forms

  • as
  • aulx
  • aus
  • aux

Contraction

als

  1. Contraction of a + les (to the)

Swedish

Noun

als

  1. indefinite genitive singular of al

Anagrams

  • sal

Source: wiktionary.org
  • AL, an East Indian tree.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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