241 words come out when you unscramble ALTERNATE, starting with ALTERNATE itself: 9 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
A1L12T1E1R1N12A1T1E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ALTERNATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 14 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 18 with 2.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTERNATE come to 39, each scoring 6 points. RENTAL, LETTER and LATTER are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words from ALTERNATE score 5 points. LEARN, ENTER and LATER are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words from ALTERNATE scores 4. REAL, AREA and RATE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ALTERNATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AL · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
What ALTERNATE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. ALTERNATE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTERNATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 241) | 184 | 241 | 177 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
57 of the 241 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALTERNAT, ALTERNE, LAETARE, LATRANT, LETTERN, TARTANE, TRENTAL, ALTERN, ELANET, LETTRE, RATEEN, RELATA and 45 more. 7 of the 241 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TELNET, ARENE, LARNT, LARN, NALA, NARE and TE.
These 2 words take every letter of ALTERNATE plus a single extra one.