Unscramble ALTERNATES and you have 350 words, ALTERNATES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ALTERNATES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 9, 22 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTERNATES scores 7. RENTALS, LETTERS and EASTERN are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words from ALTERNATES come to 60, each scoring 6 points. ESTATE, LATEST and LETTER are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words in ALTERNATES score 5 points. AREAS, ENTER and ALERT are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words made with ALTERNATES letters scores 4. LAST, AREA and EAST are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTERNATES come to 60, each scoring 3 points. ARE, SEE and ART are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of ALTERNATES, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with AL · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
The meaning of ALTERNATES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ALTERNATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTERNATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 350) | 273 | 350 | 259 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 77 of them: ALTERNATS, ALTERNAT, ALTERNES, LAETARES, LETTERNS, TARTANES, TRENTALS, ALTERNE, ANESTRA, ELANETS, LAETARE, LATRANT and 65 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: ELASTANE, LATTERS, SANTERA, STERANE, ARENES, ARENE, EASER, LARNS, ESNE, LARN, ATS, EST and 2 more.
These 2 words take every letter of ALTERNATES plus a single extra one.