allah

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/əˈlɑː/
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/əˈlɑː/ · /ˈæ.lə/

Definition of allah

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. (uncountable)God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts
    “What is the Shia Islamic view on the attributes of Allah?”
    “We are too much men and women; we are yet formed in the image of the Creator, and what can we say of Him with any certainty except that He, whoever He may be—Christ, Yahweh, Allah—He made us, did He not, because even He in His Infinite Perfection could not bear to be alone.”
    “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP”
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name

  1. (uncountable)God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts
    “What is the Shia Islamic view on the attributes of Allah?”
    “We are too much men and women; we are yet formed in the image of the Creator, and what can we say of Him with any certainty except that He, whoever He may be—Christ, Yahweh, Allah—He made us, did He not, because even He in His Infinite Perfection could not bear to be alone.”
    “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP”

noun

  1. (alt-of, uncountable)Alternative letter-case form of Allah.

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Etymology

From Arabic اللّٰه (allāh), contraction of اَل (al-, “the”) + إِلَه (ʔilah, “deity”); cognate with the Aramaic אלה (aláh) and אלהא (aláhâ), and Hebrew אֵל (él), אֱלוֹהַּ / אֱלֹהַּ (elóah) and אֱלוֹהִים \ אֱלֹהִים (elohím); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.-.

Anagrams of allah

3 plays · some not in Scrabble

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5-letter words

1 word

4-letter words

1 word

3-letter words

6 words

2-letter words

5 words

Hooks

2 extensions · 2 front

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