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There are 19 four-letter words containing ALE

ALEC	• alec n. An anchovy or herring, especially pickled or dried. • alec n. A sauce made from alecs; alec sauce. • Alec prop.n. A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, of Scottish origin.
ALEE	• alee adv. On the lee side of a ship, to the leeward side (vs aweather). • ALEE adv. toward the side of a vessel sheltered from the wind.
ALEF	• alef n. Alternative form of aleph. • ALEF n. (Hebrew) the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, also ALEPH.
ALES	• ales n. Plural of ale. • Ales prop.n. A surname. • Ales prop.n. Plural of Ale.
ALEW	• alew n. (Obsolete, rare) A cry of despair. • ALEW n. (Spenser) a greeting cry, halloo.
BALE	• bale n. Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death. • bale n. Suffering, woe, torment. • bale n. (Obsolete) A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.
DALE	• dale n. (Chiefly Britain) A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area. • dale n. The sunken or grooved portion of the surface of a vinyl record. • dale n. (Archaic) A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.
EALE	• eale n. Obsolete form of ale. • eale n. Alternative form of yale (mythical beast). • EALE v. (Shakespeare) to ail.
GALE	• gale v. (Intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To sing; charm; enchant. • gale v. (Intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To cry; groan; croak. • gale v. (Intransitive, of a person, now chiefly dialectal) To talk.
HALE	• hale adj. (Dated) Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired. • hale n. (Archaic) Health, welfare. • hale v. To drag or pull, especially forcibly.
KALE	• kale n. An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea… • kale n. Any of several cabbage-like food plants that are kinds of Brassica oleracea. • kale n. (Cooking) Broth containing kale as a chief ingredient.
MALE	• male adj. Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. • male adj. Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.) • male adj. Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
PALE	• pale adj. Light in color. • pale adj. (Of human skin) Having a pallor (A light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.). • pale adj. Feeble, faint.
RALE	• rale n. (Medicine, now chiefly in plural) An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or… • RALE n. (French) a rattling sound from a diseased lung.
SALE	• sale n. An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit. • sale n. (Short for discount sale) The sale of goods at reduced prices. • sale n. The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.
TALE	• tale n. An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious… • tale n. A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. • tale n. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
VALE	• vale n. (Chiefly poetic) A valley. • vale interj. (Usually seen in obituaries) Farewell. • Vale prop.n. (Soccer, informal) Port Vale FC.
WALE	• wale n. A ridge or low barrier. • wale n. A raised rib in knit goods or fabric, especially corduroy. • wale n. The texture of a piece of fabric.
YALE	• yale n. A mythical beast in European mythology and heraldry, usually portrayed as an antelope- or goat-like… • Yale prop.n. A university in the eastern United States. • Yale prop.n. A romanisation scheme originating from Yale University.

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English Wiktionary: 48 words
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Scrabble in Spanish: 13 words
Scrabble in Italian: 11 words
Scrabble in German: 9 words
Scrabble in Romanian: 22 words

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