Unscramble ALTERNATIONS and you have 475 words, ALTERNATIONS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
A1L12T1E1R1N12A1T1I1O1N12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ALTERNATIONS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 4 with 11, 16 with 10, 57 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2.
All 4 of the 11-letter words in ALTERNATIONS score 11 points. TRANSLATION and ALTERATIONS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 16 10-letter words made with ALTERNATIONS letters scores 10. ALTERATION and INTOLERANT are everyday picks.
All 57 of the 9-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTERNATIONS score 9 points. RELATIONS, TRANSLATE and NATIONALS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 8-letter words from ALTERNATIONS scores 8. NATIONAL, INTERNAL and INTRANET are everyday picks.
The 7-letter words from ALTERNATIONS come to 60, each scoring 7 points. ARSENAL, ARTISAN and ENTAILS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 6-letter words in ALTERNATIONS score 6 points. ARTIST, ALERTS and AERIAL are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words made with ALTERNATIONS letters come to 60, each scoring 5 points. AREAS, ALONE and ALERT are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTERNATIONS score 4 points. ALSO, AREA and EAST are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 3-letter words from ALTERNATIONS scores 3. ARE, ITS and ART are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ALTERNATIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with AL · ending in NS · all 12-letter words
What ALTERNATIONS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ALTERNATIONS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTERNATIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 475) | 384 | 475 | 356 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 91 of them: INTOLERANTS, ALTISONANT, ARENATIONS, LANTERNIST, LATRATIONS, ALTERNATS, ARENATION, ARISTOTLE, ATTOLASER, LATRATION, RATTLINES, STANNATOR and 79 more. Words With Friends* skips 28 of them: ALTERNANTS, INTERLOANS, TANTALISER, ALTERNANT, INTERLOAN, INTRANETS, NONSERIAL, RESTATION, STRONTIAN, TENSORIAL, TENTORIAL, TOTALISER and 16 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of ALTERNATIONS and one more.