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5-Letter Words Starting with AL

There are 57 five-letter words that start with AL on Word.ws, from alack to alvar. The most common are along, alone, album, allow and alive.

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All 57 five-letter words that start with AL

ALA

  • alack11interj. An expression of sorrow or mourning.
  • alala5n. A crow native to Hawaii, of species Corvus hawaiiensis.
  • alamo7n. A poplar tree of Southwestern U.S.; a cottonwood (Populus spp.).
  • aland6adv. On dry land, as opposed to in the water.
  • alane5n. Aluminium hydride, AlH₃.
  • alarm7n. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
  • alary8adj. Pertaining to wings.
  • alate5adj. Having wings or winglike extensions or parts; winged.

ALB

  • alban7n. A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by...
  • albie7n. A false albacore.
  • album9n. In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's...

ALD

  • alday9adv. For the whole day; all day.
  • aldea6n. A village.
  • alder6n. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the...
  • aldol6n. Any aldehyde or ketone having a hydroxy group in the beta-position.

ALE

  • aleph10n. The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants...
  • alert5adj. Attentive; awake; on guard.

ALF

ALG

  • algae6n. Algal organisms viewed collectively or as a mass; algal growth.
  • algal6adj. Pertaining to, or like, algae.
  • algor6n. Cold, chilliness.

ALI

  • alias5adv. Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called...
  • alibi7n. The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime...
  • alief8n. A primitive, subconscious belieflike attitude which may contradict...
  • alien5n. A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the...
  • alife8adv. With all one's heart; dearly.
  • align6v. To form a line; to fall into line.
  • alike9adj. Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
  • aline5adv. In line.
  • alist5n. An association list.
  • alite5n. An impure form of tricalcium silicate.
  • alive8adj. Having life; living; not dead.

ALK

  • alkyd13n. A synthetic resin derived from a reaction between alcohol and certain...
  • alkyl12n. Any of a series of univalent radicals of the general formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₁...

ALL

  • allay8v. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
  • allee5n. A tree-lined avenue, often particularly one that is part of a...
  • alley8n. A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a...
  • allot5v. To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
  • allow8v. To let one have as a suitable share of something.
  • alloy8n. A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of...
  • allyl8n. The univalent radical, CH₂=CH-CH₂-, existing especially in oils of...

ALM

  • almah10n. An Egyptian female singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment...
  • almas7n. Caviar from the albino beluga.

ALO

  • aloes5n. The resin of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha)...
  • aloft8adv. At, to, or in the air or sky.
  • aloha8n. Good wishes, love, compassion, peacefulness and affection.
  • alone5adj. By oneself, solitary.
  • along6prep. By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.
  • aloof8adv. At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart...
  • alosa5n. Shad.
  • aloud6adv. With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.

ALP

  • alpha10n. The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by...

ALT

  • altar5n. A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.
  • alter5v. To change the form or structure of.
  • altyn8n. An obsolete Russian coin worth three kopeks.

ALU

  • alula5n. A small projection of three or four feathers on the first digit of the...

ALV

  • alvar8n. A limestone pavement.
29 rare five-letter words that start with AL

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with AL are there?
Word.ws lists 57 five-letter words that start with AL, plus 29 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with AL?
along, alone, album, allow, alive, alert, alien and alarm.
Which of the five-letter words that start with AL has the highest letter score?
alkyd scores 13 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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