Unscramble ALTERNATIM and you have 338 words, ALTERNATIM itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 15 shorter words score 10, among them MATERIAL, TERMINAL and MATERNAL. It has 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 ALTERNATIM by length: 1 with 10 letters, 22 with 8, 48 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 9 letters.
22 8-letter words made with ALTERNATIM letters; 15 of them share the top score of 10. MATERIAL, TERMINAL and MATERNAL are everyday picks.
27 of 48 7-letter words in ALTERNATIM tie at 9 points; none scores more. MINERAL, MARTIAL and MARITAL will look familiar.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTERNATIM; 59 of them share the top score of 8. MATTER, ANIMAL and MARINE are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 5-letter words from ALTERNATIM score 7 points. EMAIL, METAL and ANIME are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words from ALTERNATIM scores 6. NAME, MAIL and ITEM are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words in ALTERNATIM, 26 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, ART and MAN are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of ALTERNATIM, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with AL · ending in IM · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by AMARETTI, ANIMATER, ANTIMALE, INTERMAT, LAMINATE, MALTREAT, MARINATE and MARTINET (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ALTERNATIM 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTERNATIM itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 338) | 279 | 338 | 264 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALTERNATIM, ALAIMENT, ATRAMENT, AMENTAL, LAMITER, MERANTI, ALMAIN, ALTERNAT, AMELIA, ANTLIATE, MAINER, MANATI and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INTERMAT, RAILMAN, RAILMEN, AMENTA, MATIER, AMRIT, ARAME, EMAIL, MANAT, RAMAL, RAMEN, RAMIN and 3 more, 15 in all.
This word takes every letter of ALTERNATIM plus a single extra one.