345 words come out when you unscramble ALTERCATIVE, starting with ALTERCATIVE itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ALTERCATIVE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 10, 4 with 9, 24 with 8, 54 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Among the 10-letter words made with ALTERCATIVE letters, CALAVERITE, LACERATIVE and REACTIVATE tie for first at 15 points.
24 8-letter words from ALTERCATIVE; 12 of them share the top score of 13. CREATIVE, RELATIVE and VERTICAL are everyday picks.
Of the 54 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTERCATIVE, 13 score 12 points, the group's best. ARTICLE, LATTICE and ACETATE are the ones most people know.
14 of 60 6-letter words from ALTERCATIVE tie at 11 points; none scores more. TRAVEL, ACTIVE and CATTLE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in ALTERCATIVE, 16 score 10 points, the group's best. LEAVE, ALIVE and VITAL are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with ALTERCATIVE letters; 4 of them share the top score of 9. CARE, LIVE and CART are everyday picks.
VAC tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTERCATIVE at 8 points; next come AVA and AVE on 6. ARE, CAR and ART will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ALTERCATIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with AL · ending in VE · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with REACTIVATE (15 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ALTERCATIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTERCATIVE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 345) | 276 | 345 | 261 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 69 of them: ALTERCATIVE, CALAVERITE, ALTERATIVE, RECEIVAL, CALIVER, CRAVATE, VELARIC, CALVER, CAVIER, CLAVIE, AVIETTE, CAVEL and 57 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: VARICEAL, AIRVAC, VAREC, ATRETIC, CAVA, CLITTER, TALCIER, VETTER, ALVAR, VLEI, ACAI, CERT and 3 more.