alternant needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 9 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 157 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
alternant is the highest-scoring word from alternant, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 157 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in alternant — and it is alternant itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 2 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in alternant. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are alterant and tarletan, each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in alternant produces 4 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are entrant, lantern, tannate, and tetanal, each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling alternant turns up 21 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with talent. For points, the strongest plays are anneal, antler, antral, lanate, lanner, latent, latten, latter, learnt, natant, natter, rattan, ratten, rattle, rental, talent, tanner, tantra, tarnal, tartan, and tenant — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 35 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in alternant. If a familiar word is all you need, start with alert, altar, alter, later, latte, learn, and treat. For points, the strongest plays are alane, alant, alate, alert, altar, alter, anear, anent, annal, antae, antra, antre, areal, arena, artal, artel, attar, larnt, laten, later, latte, leant, learn, natal, ratal, ratan, ratel, reata, renal, talar, taler, tatar, tater, tetra, and treat — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in alternant produces 44 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with area, earn, lane, late, lean, lent, and near. For points, the strongest plays are alae, alan, alar, anal, anna, anta, ante, area, earl, earn, elan, etna, lane, larn, late, lean, lear, lent, naan, nala, nana, nare, near, neat, nett, rale, rant, rate, real, rent, tael, tala, tale, tare, tarn, tart, tate, teal, tear, teat, tela, tent, tern, and tret — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling alternant turns up 34 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ant, are, art, ate, ear, eat, and era. For points, the strongest plays are aal, ala, ale, alt, ana, ane, ant, are, art, ate, att, ear, eat, era, ern, eta, lar, lat, lea, let, nae, nan, net, ran, rat, ret, tae, tan, tar, tat, tea, tel, ten, and tet — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 16 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in alternant. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an and at. For points, the strongest plays are aa, ae, al, an, ar, at, el, en, er, et, la, na, ne, re, ta, and te — each worth 2 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 ten-letter word can be made using all the letters in alternant plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in alternant and you get a different nine-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 8 of the 9 letters, not all of them.
alternant is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, but not in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it plays in Scrabble only.
alternant is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing alternant unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is alternant, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from alternant earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in alternant produce 157 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 2 eight-letter words, 4 seven-letter words, 21 six-letter words, 35 five-letter words, 44 four-letter words, 34 three-letter words and 16 two-letter words.