Is LA a Scrabble word?
Yes. LA is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 2 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words With Friends.
Meaning A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.
Noun 2 meanings
A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.
lad, kid
Interjection 1 meaning
Represents the sound of music or singing.
“"La la la la, I can't hear you!" Jimmy said, sticking his fingers in his ears.”
Adjective 1 meaning
Prefixed to the name of a woman, with ironic effect (as though an opera prima donna).
Etymology
From Glover's solmization, from Middle English la (“sixth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian la in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin labiī (“lip's”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.
LA at a glance
LA has 2 letters and scores 2 points in Scrabble (L 1 + A 1) and 3 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #909 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
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