Unscramble ALTERNATIVES and you have 453 words, ALTERNATIVES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ALTERNATIVES split into 1 with 12 letters, 3 with 11, 11 with 10, 50 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
The 11-letter words in ALTERNATIVES come to 3, each scoring 14 points. ALTERNATIVE is the familiar one.
Of the 11 10-letter words made with ALTERNATIVES letters, 6 score 13 points, the group's best. ALTERNATES is the one most people know.
26 of 50 9-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTERNATIVES tie at 12 points; none scores more. ALTERNATE, TRANSLATE and RELATIVES will look familiar.
Of the 60 8-letter words from ALTERNATIVES, 50 score 11 points, the group's best. RELEVANT, RELATIVE and VETERANS are the ones most people know.
The 7-letter words made with ALTERNATIVES letters come to 60, each scoring 10 points. SEVERAL, REVEALS and TRAVELS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTERNATIVES score 9 points. EVENTS, NATIVE and LEAVES are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from ALTERNATIVES scores 8. NEVER, EVENT and LEAVE are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 4-letter words in ALTERNATIVES score 7 points. EVEN, SAVE and LIVE are the ones most people know.
22 of 60 3-letter words made with ALTERNATIVES letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. ARE, ART and AIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ALTERNATIVES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with AL · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 3 strongest answers mean; AESTIVATE, ANTEVERTS and AVENTAILS (12 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ALTERNATIVES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTERNATIVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 453) | 351 | 453 | 333 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALTERATIVES, ALTERATIVE, AVENTAILES, ERVALENTAS, REVALENTAS, ALVEARIES, AVENTAILE, ELVANITES, ERVALENTA, EVITERNAL, REVALENTA, VENTAILES and 90 more, 102 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RAVENEST, VASELINE, RAVIEST, SIEVERT, TANTALISER, ALVARS, ALVAR, ELVEN, LEVAS, LEVIS, LEVS, NAVS and 6 more, 18 in all.