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alas
alas is a 4-letter English word with 2 senses as interjection and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 2 senses
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- 1interjection
An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white.
- 2adverb
by bad luck
"unfortunately it rained all day"
"alas, I cannot stay"
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