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Is ALL a Scrabble word?

Yes. ALL is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends.

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Meaning Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).

Determiner 3 meanings

  1. Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).

    “All contestants must register for the footrace: we've arranged numbers for them all.”

  2. Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).

    “The store is open all day and all night.”

  3. Only; alone; nothing but.

    “He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice.”

Pronoun 4 meanings

  1. Everything.

    “Some gave all they had.”

  2. Everyone.

    “A good time was had by all (of you/us/them).”

  3. The only thing(s).

    “All that was left was a small pile of ash.”

  4. Used after who, what, where, how and similar words, either without changing their meaning, or indicating that one expects that they cover more than one element, e.g. that "Who all attended?" is more than one person. (Some dialects only allow this to follow some words and not others.)

Adverb 4 meanings

  1. Wholly; entirely; completely; totally.

    “She was sitting all alone. It suddenly went all quiet. I'm all done, Mommy! I did it all by myself.”

  2. Apiece; each.

    “The score was 30 all when the rain delay started.”

  3. So much; used with "the" and a comparative.

    “Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets.”

  4. A quotative particle, compare like.

    “She was all, “Whatever.””

Noun 3 meanings

  1. Everything that one is capable of.

    “She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line.”

  2. The totality of one's possessions.

  3. Everything in general; all that matters.

    “I will die fighting for my people, because my people are all.”

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: all via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz, of uncertain origin but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all”).

ALL at a glance

ALL has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (A 1 + L 1 + L 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #32 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

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