What ALTERNATE Means
- verb: go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- verb: exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
- adjective: every second one of a series“the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays”
- adjective: serving or used in place of another“an alternative plan”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ALTERNATE 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 T1 E1 R1 N1 A1 T1 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In ALTERNATE
255 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 (4)
7 letter words (14)
6 letter words (39)
AERATEALTERNANTLERANTRALELANETELATERENTERALANATELATEENLATENTLATTENLATTERLEANERLEARNTLETTERLETTRENATTERNEATERNETTERNETTLERATEENRATTANRATTENRATTLERELATARELATERELENTRENTALTALANTTALEAETALENTTANTRATARNALTARTANTATLERTELNETTENTERTERATATERNAL
5 letter words (58)
ALANEALANTALATEALERTALTARALTERANEARANELEANTAEANTARANTRAANTREAREAEAREALARENAARENEARETEARETTARTALARTELATTAREATENEATERELATEENATEENTERETTLELAREELATENLATERLATTELEANTLEARELEARNLEEARNATALNERALRANEERATALRATANRATELREATAREATERELETRENALRENTETALARTALEATALERTATARTATERTELAETENETTERNETETRATRANTTREATTREEN
4 letter words (77)
ALAEALANALARALEEANTAANTEAREAARETARLEARNAEALEEARLEARNELANERNEETATETENETNALAERLANALANELANTLARELARNLATELEANLEARLEATLEERLEETLENTLERENALANARENEALNEARNEATNETENETTRALERANARANTRATARATEREALREANREELREENRENTRETETAALTAELTALATALETANATANETARATARETARNTARTTATETEALTEARTEATTEELTEENTEERTELATELETELTTENETENTTERNTETETRATTREETRET
3 letter words (45)
AALALAALEALTANAANEANTAREARTATEATTEANEAREATEELEENELTENEERAEREERNETALARLATLEALEELETNAENATNEENETRANRATREERENRETTAETANTARTATTEATEETELTENTET
2 letter words (18)
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