ALERTNESS

9 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What ALERTNESS Means

noun: the process of paying close and continuous attention“wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter”
noun: a state of readiness to respond“alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG”

Similar words

VIGILANCE ALERTING

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ALERTNESS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 L1 E1 R1 T1 N1 E1 S1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In ALERTNESS

623 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

8 letter words (16)

ALTERNES ASSENTER EARNESTS ETERNALS LATENESS NESTLERS REALNESS RESLATES SALTERNS SARSENET SLANTERS SLENTERS STEALERS TEARLESS TELERANS TESSERAL

7 letter words (64)

6 letter words (130)

5 letter words (180)

ALERT ALTER ANELE ANTES ANTRE ARENE ARETE ARETS ARLES ARTEL ASSET ASTER EALES EARLS EARNS EARST EASEL EASER EASES EASLE EASTS EATEN EATER ELANS ELATE ENATE ENTER ERASE ERNES ERSES ESNES ESTER ETENS ETNAS LAERS LANES LANTS LAREE LARES LARNS LASER LASES LASTS LATEN LATER LEANS LEANT LEARE LEARN LEARS LEASE LEAST LEATS LEEAR LEERS LEETS LENES LENSE LERES LESES LESTS NARES NATES NEALS NEARS NEATS NERAL NERTS NESTS NETES RALES RANEE RANTS RASES RASSE RATEL RATES REALS REANS REAST REATE REELS REENS REEST RELET RENAL RENTE RENTS RESAT RESES RESET RESTS SALES SALET SALSE SALTS SANER SANES SANTS SAREE SASER SATES SEALS SEANS SEARE SEARS SEASE SEATS SEELS SEERS SELES SENAS SENES SENSA SENSE SENTE SENTS SERAL SERES SETAE SETAL SLAES SLANE SLANT SLART SLATE SLATS SLEER SLEET SNARE SNARL SNARS SNEER SNEES STALE STANE STARE STARN STARS STEAL STEAN STEAR STEEL STEEN STEER STELA STELE STENS STERE STERN STRAE TAELS TALER TALES TARES TARNS TASER TASSE TEALS TEARS TEASE TEELS TEENS TEERS TELAE TELES TENES TENSE TERAS TERES TERNE TERNS TERSE TESLA TRANS TRASS TREEN TREES TRESS TSARS

4 letter words (146)

3 letter words (67)

ALE ALS ALT ANE ANS ANT ARE ARS ART ATE ATS EAN EAR EAS EAT EEL EEN ELS ELT ENE ENS ERA ERE ERN ERS ESS EST ETA LAR LAS LAT LEA LEE LES LET NAE NAS NAT NEE NET RAN RAS RAT REE REN RES RET SAE SAL SAN SAR SAT SEA SEE SEL SEN SER SET TAE TAN TAR TAS TEA TEE TEL TEN TES

2 letter words (20)

AE AL AN AR AS AT EA EE EL EN ER ES ET LA NA NE RE ST TA TE

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