Is ALE a Scrabble word?
Yes. ALE is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends.
Meaning A beer or beerlike drink produced by so-called warm fermentation and unpressurized.
Noun 2 meanings
A beer or beerlike drink produced by so-called warm fermentation and unpressurized.
A beer or beerlike drink made without hops.
Etymology
From Middle English ale, from Old English ealu, ealo, from Proto-West Germanic *alu, from Proto-Germanic *alu (compare Dutch aal, Icelandic and Swedish öl (“beer”), Danish, Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk øl (“beer”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- (“beer”), or *h₂elu- (“bitter”).
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ALE at a glance
ALE has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (A 1 + L 1 + E 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #11,323 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
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