The word is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

alu n. Alternative form of aloo.
ALU n. (Computer hardware) arithmetic logic unit.
ALU n. Abbreviated Line-Up.

12 valid words from 3 definitions

ABBREVIATED ALOO ALTERNATIVE ARITHMETIC COMPUTER FORM HARDWARE LINE LOGIC OF UNIT UP

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word.)

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)

13 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

ALA ALB ALE ALF ALL ALP ALS ALT AMU AYU FLU PLU ULU

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

54 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

ALUM ALUS ALULA ALUMS ALURE ALUDEL ALULAE ALULAR ALULAS ALUMIN ALUMNA ALUMNI ALURES ALUDELS ALUMINA ALUMINE ALUMINS ALUMISH ALUMIUM ALUMNAE ALUMNUS ALUNITE ALUMINAS ALUMINES ALUMINIC ALUMINUM ALUMIUMS ALUMROOT ALUNITES ALUMINATE ALUMINIDE ALUMINISE ALUMINIUM ALUMINIZE ALUMINOUS ALUMINUMS ALUMROOTS ALUMSTONE ALUMINATES ALUMINIDES ALUMINISED ALUMINISES ALUMINIUMS ALUMINIZED ALUMINIZES ALUMSTONES ALUMINISING ALUMINIZING ALUMINOSITY ALUMINIFEROUS + 4 words

311 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

BALUN BALUS GALUT MALUS SALUE SALUT TALUK TALUS VALUE BALUNS GALUTH GALUTS HALUTZ KALUKI SALUED SALUES SALUKI SALUTE TALUKA TALUKS VALUED VALUER VALUES VALUTA CALALUS CALUMBA CALUMET CALUMNY CHALUPA CHALUTZ DEVALUE GALUMPH GALUTHS KALUKIS MALUSES PALUDAL PALUDIC PUNALUA REVALUE SALUING SALUKIS SALUTED SALUTER SALUTES TALUKAS TALUSES UPVALUE VALUATE VALUERS VALUING + 261 words

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

BALU CALALU

27 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A AULA
+B BALU
+C CAUL
+D AULD DUAL LAUD UDAL
+F LAUF
+G AGLU GULA
+H HAUL HULA
+K KULA
+M ALUM LUMA MAUL
+N LUNA ULAN ULNA
+P PAUL PULA
+S ALUS SAUL
+T LATU
+U LUAU
+V ULVA
+W WAUL

2 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-U AL LA

Scrabble scoring

3 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

Joker allowed, 1 in 13.7 chance (7.29%).
Joker not allowed, 1 in 32.1 chance (3.12%).

Other languages

Valid: French German
Invalid: Spanish Italian Romanian
(In French) ALU n.m. Fam. Aluminium.

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No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)

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