Yes. ALOE is a valid word.
ALOE is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
ALOE is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About ALOE
ALOE is a succulent plant with thick, spiky leaves, best known for the soothing gel used on sunburns; its plural is ALOES. It comes from Greek and Latin. ALOE is one of the most useful vowel-heavy words because everyone knows it, and it clears an A, an O and an E with just one L.
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ALOE scores 4 points
Before any bonus squares: A 1 + L 1 + O 1 + E 1 = 4. On a double-word square that's 8, on a triple-word 12, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: ALOE as the first play
Later in the game, put the A on a 3L square and ALOE is worth 6 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
After ALOE (1):
- ALOESform of ALOE: succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from ALOE
Other forms of ALOE (2):
Words that start with ALOE:
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of ALOE and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
Memory tip
ALOE is the spiky plant whose gel soothes a sunburn. Its plural is ALOES.
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Tileside keeps score, checks words like this one during a challenge, tracks the tiles left in the bag and times turns. It runs in your phone's browser with no account and works offline.
Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins.
Word list: NASPA Word List 2023, used under license. NASPA Word List 2023 Edition © NASPA 2023. The copy included in this app is licensed for personal use. You may not use it for any commercial purposes.
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