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aliyah

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Is aliyah a Scrabble word?

Yes, aliyah is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of aliyah?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (Judaism, countable) The calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah.

2. (uncountable) The immigration of Jews to Israel.Examples: "In the past, Yemenite Jews did not have a Bar Mitzvah ceremony at all; they first encountered this ceremony when they made Aliyah to Israel."

3. (countable) One of the major waves of immigration of Jews to Israel.

verb (English)

1. (intransitive, rare) To make aliyah, to immigrate to Israel.Examples: "Anti-Semitism is a method of fooling Jews into aliyahing to Israel, the homeland, the sanctuary, in the pretence they will be safe. In the last 50 years how many Jews have died in Israel as a result of anti Jewish attacks....and how many have died in the diaspora?"

Definition source: Wiktionary

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How many Scrabble points is the word "aliyah"?

Scrabble
12 points
a1
l1
i1
y4
a1
h4
Words With Friends
12 points
a1
l2
i1
y4
a1
h3

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