289 words come out when you unscramble ALTERNES, starting with ALTERNES itself: 8 in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of ALTERNES are on the page: ETERNALS and TELERANS, each 8 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ALTERNES split into 3 with 8 letters, 26 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
All 26 of the 7-letter words in ALTERNES score 7 points. RENTALS, EASTERN and NEAREST are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words from ALTERNES scores 6. RENTAL, SENATE and ALERTS are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTERNES come to 60, each scoring 5 points. LEARN, ENTER and LEAST are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTERNES score 4 points. LAST, EAST and ARTS are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words from ALTERNES come to 60, each scoring 3 points. ARE, SEE and SET are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of ALTERNES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with AL · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ETERNALS and TELERANS (8 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts ALTERNES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTERNES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 289) | 229 | 289 | 215 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALTERNES, ALTERNE, ELANETS, RATEENS, SLANTER, SLENTER, ALTERN, ELANET, ENSATE, ENSEAL, ENSEAR, LEARES and 48 more, 60 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: STERANE, ARENES, ARENE, EASER, LARNS, LARNT, ESNE, LARN, NAES, NARE, ATS, EST and 2 more, 14 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of ALTERNES spell the words below.