Is “Allow” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
ALLOW
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Valid

Meaning of Allow

/əˈlaʊ/

verb
  1. 1.To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.

    to allow a servant his liberty;  to allow a free passage;  to allow one day for rest

  2. 2.To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.

    to allow a right;  to allow a claim;  to allow the truth of a proposition

  3. 3.To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.

    To allow a sum for leakage.

Synonyms: admit, allot, assign, bestow, concede, let