286 words come out when you unscramble ALTERATIVE, starting with ALTERATIVE itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
A1L12T1E1R1A1T1I1V45E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ALTERATIVE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 7 with 8, 22 with 7, 56 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 22 7-letter words from ALTERATIVE, 12 score 10 points, the group's best. TRAVAIL and ATELIER are the ones most people know.
30 of 56 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTERATIVE tie at 9 points; none scores more. TRAVEL, LETTER and RETAIL will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words made with ALTERATIVE letters, the top score is 8, reached by 42. LEAVE, ALERT and ALIVE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTERATIVE, 40 score 7 points, the group's best. AREA, LIVE and EVER are the ones most people know.
15 of 60 3-letter words from ALTERATIVE tie at 6 points; none scores more. ARE, ART and AIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ALTERATIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with AL · ending in VE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by LEVIRATE, LEVITATE, RELATIVE, VALERATE and VARIETAL (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ALTERATIVE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTERATIVE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 286) | 219 | 285 | 213 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
66 of the 286 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALTERATIVE, AVIETTE, EVIRATE, EVITATE, LARVATE, TAIVERT, AVAILE, AVITAL, LEVITE, TAIVER, TAVERT, VALETA and 54 more. 6 of the 286 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VETTER, ALVAR, VLEI, ARIE, RAI and TE. 1 of the 286 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 4 words take every letter of ALTERATIVE plus a single extra one.