365 words come out when you unscramble ALTERNATIVE, starting with ALTERNATIVE itself: 14 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ALTERNATIVE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 11 with 9, 29 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
ALTERATIVE is the only one of the 10-letter words in ALTERNATIVE; it scores 13 points.
29 8-letter words from ALTERNATIVE; 13 of them share the top score of 11. RELEVANT, RELATIVE and INTERVAL are everyday picks.
25 of 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTERNATIVE tie at 10 points; none scores more. VETERAN, ETERNAL and VARIANT will look familiar.
60 6-letter words made with ALTERNATIVE letters; 57 of them share the top score of 9. TRAVEL, NATIVE and REVEAL are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTERNATIVE score 8 points. NEVER, EVENT and LEAVE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from ALTERNATIVE, the top score is 7, reached by 54. EVEN, LIVE and EVER are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words in ALTERNATIVE; 18 of them share the top score of 6. ARE, ART and AIR are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of ALTERNATIVE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with AL · ending in VE · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 5 highest-scoring answers, starting with ANTEVERT, AVENTAIL, INTERVAL, LEVANTER and LEVIRATE (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ALTERNATIVE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTERNATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 365) | 279 | 365 | 272 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 86 of them: ALTERATIVE, AVENTAILE, ERVALENTA, EVITERNAL, REVALENTA, ELVANITE, VENTAILE, AVENTRE, AVIETTE, EVIRATE, EVITATE, LARVATE and 74 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: VETTER, ALVAR, ELVEN, VLEI, NAV, VIN and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of ALTERNATIVE spell the words below.