Words starting with AL
Every word in the dictionary whose first 2 letters are AL — 969 of 172,823.
- Words
- 969
- Everyday
- 179in the size-ranked core
- Longest
- 173 words tie
- Shortest
- 2al
- alarm
- alarmed
- alarming
- alarmingly
- alarmist
- alarmists
- alarms
- alas
- albeit
- albino
- albinos
- album
- albums
- alcohol
- alcoholic
- alcoholics
- alcoholism
- alcohols
- alcove
- alcoves
- ale
- alert
- alerted
- alerting
- alerts
- ales
- algae
- algebra
- algebraic
- algebras
- algorithm
- algorithms
- alias
- aliases
- alibi
- alibied
- alibiing
- alibis
- alien
- alienate
- alienated
- alienates
- alienating
- alienation
- aliens
- alight
- alighted
- alighting
- alights
- align
- aligned
- aligning
- alignment
- alignments
- aligns
- alike
- alimony
- alive
- alkali
- alkalies
- alkaline
- all
- allay
- allayed
- allaying
- allays
- allegation
- allegations
- allege
- alleged
- allegedly
- alleges
- allegiance
- allegiances
- alleging
- allegorical
- allegories
- allegory
- allergic
- allergies
- allergy
- alleviate
- alleviated
- alleviates
- alleviating
- alley
- alleys
- alliance
- alliances
- allied
- allies
- alligator
- alligators
- allocate
- allocated
- allocates
- allocating
- allocation
- allocations
- allot
- allotment
- allotments
- allots
- allotted
- allotting
- allow
- allowable
- allowance
- allowances
- allowed
- allowing
- allows
- alloy
- alloyed
- alloying
- alloys
- allude
- alluded
- alludes
- alluding
- allure
- allured
- allures
- alluring
- allusion
- allusions
- ally
- allying
- almanac
- almanacs
- almighty
- almond
- almonds
- almost
- alms
- aloft
- alone
- along
- alongside
- aloof
- aloud
- alpha
- alphabet
- alphabetic
- alphabetical
- alphabetically
- alphabets
- alphanumeric
- already
- also
- altar
- altars
- alter
- alterable
- alteration
- alterations
- altered
- altering
- alternate
- alternated
- alternately
- alternates
- alternating
- alternation
- alternative
- alternatively
- alternatives
- alternator
- alters
- although
- altitude
- altitudes
- alto
- altogether
- altos
- altruism
- altruistic
- aluminum
- always
- al
- ala
- alabaster
- alack
- alacrity
- alamo
- alan
- alar
- alarmism
- alaska
- alb
- alba
- albacore
- albacores
- albatross
- albatrosses
- albinism
- albs
- albumen
- albumin
- albuminous
- alchemist
- alchemists
- alchemy
- alcoholically
- alder
- alderman
- aldermen
- alders
- alderwoman
- alderwomen
- aldrin
- aleatory
- alec
- alehouse
- alehouses
- alembic
- alembics
- alertly
- alertness
- alewife
- alewives
- alexander
- alfalfa
- alfresco
- alga
- algal
- algebraically
- algorithmic
- alienable
- alienist
- alienists
- aligner
- aligners
- aliment
- alimentary
- alimented
- alimenting
- aliments
- aline
- aliveness
- aliyah
- aliyahs
- alkalinity
- alkalize
- alkalized
- alkalizes
- alkalizing
- alkaloid
- alkaloids
- alkyd
- alkyds
- allegorically
- allegorist
- allegorists
- allegretto
- allegrettos
- allegro
- allegros
- allele
- alleles
- alleluia
- alleluias
- allergen
- allergenic
- allergens
- allergist
- allergists
- alleviation
- alleyway
- alleyways
- alliterate
- alliterated
- alliterates
- alliterating
- alliteration
- alliterations
- alliterative
- alliteratively
- allover
- allowably
- allspice
- allurement
- allurements
- alluringly
- allusive
- allusively
- allusiveness
- alluvial
- alluvium
- alluviums
- alma
- almoner
- almoners
- almshouse
- almshouses
- aloe
- aloes
- aloha
- alohas
- alongshore
Showing the first 300 of 969, everyday words first and alphabetical inside each group. The longer openings below cut this list into readable pieces.
What is in this list
3 words tie at 17 letters: allegoricalnesses, allotetraploidies and alternativenesses.
They run from 2 to 17 letters; 161 of them have 8 letters, more than any other length.
179 of them — 18% — are in the everyday tier; the rest are filed as rarer.
Every one of them contains each of A and L.
The one furthest down the tiers is allegorising, filed in the unranked list.
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Longer openings that begin with AL
Elsewhere
- All A…10,456
- ends ACK
- ends ADS
- ends AGE
- ends ALS
- ends AMS
- ends AND
- ends ANS
- ends ANT
- ends ARD
- ends ARS
- ends ARY
- ends ASE
Ordered everyday words first, then alphabetical inside each group — the same rule on every list here. At most 300 are printed on one page.