ala
Ala can refer to a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism or a wing of an insect.
Length
3
Scrabble
3
WWF
4
Starts
AL
Ends
ALA
Difficulty
Easy
Dictionary
What Does “ALA” Mean?
/ˈeɪ.lə/
ala has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesa flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
“the alae of the nose”
“the alae of a maple seed”
“the flat petals of a pea blossom are alae”
a wing of an insect
Word Forms
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
1
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Definition
a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
Length
3 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
A
Vowels
2
Consonants
1
Letters
A, L, A
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★☆☆☆☆ALA has a Scrabble score of 3. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ALA is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆ALA can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 3-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ALA contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
2
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
A
Letter Pattern
ABA
CV Pattern
VCV
Vowel Share
67%
Consonant Share
33%
Bigrams
AL, LA
Trigrams
ALA
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