4 Letters
2 Consonants
2 Vowels
2 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use alas as a adverb in a sentence.
About Alas
A 2 syllables adverb and 4 letters with the letters a, l, and s, 2 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters la. Alas starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters a, al, ala, and the ending characters are s, as, las, ..
Definition
By bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay"
Origin/Roots
Old French
Scrabble
Is alas a scrabble word? A 4 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Alas in Pig Latin is said as "alasay or alasway".
Unigram
a | l | a | s
Bigram
al | la | as
Trigram
ala | las
Quadrigram
alas
Word Gram

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Alas"

There are 31 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to alas.

SynonymDefinition
Alasby bad luck
"unfortunately it rained all day"
"alas, I cannot stay"
By Ill Hap
By Ill Luck
Expedientlyin an expedient manner
Fecklesslyin a feckless manner
irresponsibly and incompetently
Impolitically
Impoliticly
Inadvisablyin an expedient manner
Inappropriatelyin an inappropriate manner
"he was inappropriately dressed"
Inaptly

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Antonyms

There are 4 words that have the opposite meaning of alas.

AntonymDefinition
As Luck Would Have It
Fortuitouslyby good fortune
"fortunately the weather was good"
Fortunatelyby good fortune
"fortunately the weather was good"
Luckilyby good fortune
"fortunately the weather was good"

Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from alas.

Anagram Definition
Alasby bad luck
"unfortunately it rained all day"
"alas, I cannot stay"

View English words with the unique letters used in alas. Words With The Letters Als

Pertainyms

8 pertainyms available for the word alas

Word Definition
Doomedpeople who are destined to die soon;
"the agony of the doomed was in his voice"
Ill Fated
Ill Omened
Ill Starred
Regrettabledeserving regret;
"regrettable remarks";
"it''s regrettable that she didn''t go to college";
"it''s too bad he had no feeling himself for church"
Too Bad
Unfortunatea person who suffers misfortune
Unluckymarked by or promising bad fortune;
"their business venture was doomed from the start";
"an ill-fated business venture";
"an ill-starred romance";
"the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott

Names With The Word "Alas"

56 names are spelled with alas.

NameMaleFemale
AlaskaYesYes
ValastaNoNo
ValaskaNoNo
AlastairYesNo
NickalasYesNo

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The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word alas.

Is alas a scrabble word or can you use alas in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 6808 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 6386 games. This 4 letter 4 point scrabble word can be rearranged 12 ways. What other words can be made with the letters a, l, and s? There's 36 with 6 letters or less with the letters a, l, and s. Here is a list of 25 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Sally (5 letters) 8 +4 9 +4 sally
Stall (5 letters) 5 +1 7 +2 stall
Last (4 letters) 4 5 slat
Sula (4 letters) 4 6 +1 sula
Atlas (5 letters) 5 +1 6 +1 atlas
Salyut (6 letters) 9 +5 10 +5 salyut
Slat (4 letters) 4 5 slat
Stalls (6 letters) 6 +2 8 +3 stalls
Talus (5 letters) 5 +1 7 +2 sault
Salt (4 letters) 4 5 slat
Salat (5 letters) 5 +1 6 +1 atlas
Salaat (6 letters) 6 +2 7 +2 aaalst
Laws (4 letters) 7 +3 8 +3 alsw
ASL (3 letters) 3 4 als
Slaw (4 letters) 7 +3 8 +3 alsw
Salsa (5 letters) 5 +1 6 +1 salsa
ASALA (5 letters) 5 +1 6 +1 asala
Tulsa (5 letters) 5 +1 7 +2 sault
Sylva (5 letters) 11 +7 12 +7 sylva
Slav (4 letters) 7 +3 9 +4 slav
Saul (4 letters) 4 6 +1 sula
Sulla (5 letters) 5 +1 8 +3 sulla
Salal (5 letters) 5 +1 7 +2 salal
Lats (4 letters) 4 5 slat
ALS (3 letters) 3 4 als





     

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