alternants needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 10 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 398 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
alternants is the highest-scoring word from alternants, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 398 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in alternants — and it is alternants itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling alternants turns up 4 nine-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with translate. For points, the strongest plays are alterants, alternant, tarletans, and translate — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 8 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in alternants. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are alterant, asternal, atlantes, entrants, lanterns, slattern, tannates, 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 alternants produces 32 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with startle and talents. For points, the strongest plays are annates, anneals, antlers, arsenal, ensnarl, entrant, lanners, lantern, latents, lattens, latters, natters, rattans, rattens, rattles, rentals, saltant, saltern, santera, sealant, starlet, startle, sternal, stratal, talents, tannate, tanners, tannest, tantras, tartans, tenants, 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 alternants turns up 63 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with alerts, altars, alters, latest, lattes, learns, and talent. For points, the strongest plays are alants, alates, alerts, altars, alters, anears, anenst, annals, anneal, ansate, antler, antral, antres, arenas, artels, aslant, astern, astral, attars, estral, lanate, lanner, laster, latens, latent, latest, latten, latter, lattes, learns, learnt, natant, natter, ratals, ratans, ratels, rattan, ratten, rattle, reatas, rental, salter, slater, staler, statal, stater, stelar, sterna, strata, talars, talent, talers, tanner, tantra, tarnal, tarsal, tartan, taster, tatars, taters, tenant, tetras, and treats — 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 109 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in alternants. If a familiar word is all you need, start with alert, altar, alter, areas, earns, lanes, and laser. For points, the strongest plays are alane, alans, alant, alate, alert, altar, alter, anear, anent, anlas, annal, annas, ansae, antae, antas, antes, antra, antre, areal, areas, arena, arles, artal, artel, aster, atlas, attar, earls, earns, elans, etnas, lanes, lares, larns, larnt, laser, laten, later, latte, leans, leant, learn, lears, least, naans, nalas, nanas, nares, nasal, natal, nates, nears, neats, nerts, netts, rales, rants, ratal, ratan, ratel, rates, reals, reata, renal, rents, resat, salat, saner, saran, senna, seral, setal, slant, slate, snare, snarl, stale, stane, stare, start, state, steal, stela, stent, stern, taels, talar, talas, taler, tales, tares, tarns, tarts, taser, taste, tatar, tater, tates, teals, tears, teats, tents, terns, tesla, testa, tetra, trans, treat, and trets — 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 alternants produces 107 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ants, area, arts, earn, ears, east, and eats. For points, the strongest plays are aals, alae, alan, alar, alas, ales, alts, anal, anas, anes, anna, ansa, anta, ante, ants, area, ares, arse, arts, asea, ates, earl, earn, ears, east, eats, elan, eras, erns, erst, etas, etna, lane, larn, lars, lase, last, late, lats, lean, lear, leas, lens, lent, lest, lets, naan, naes, nala, nana, nans, nare, near, neat, nest, nets, nett, rale, rant, rase, rate, rats, real, rent, rest, rets, sale, salt, sane, sate, seal, sear, seat, sent, sera, seta, sett, slat, stan, star, stat, stet, tael, tala, tale, tans, tare, tarn, tars, tart, tase, tate, tats, teal, tear, teas, teat, tela, tels, tens, tent, tern, test, tets, tres, tret, and tsar — 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 alternants turns up 56 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, aas, ala, ale, als, alt, ana, ane, ant, are, ars, art, ate, ats, att, ear, eat, els, ens, era, ern, ers, est, eta, lar, las, lat, lea, let, nae, nan, net, ran, ras, rat, res, ret, sae, sal, san, sat, sea, sel, sen, ser, set, tae, tan, tar, tas, tat, tea, tel, ten, tes, 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 18 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in alternants. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as, and at. For points, the strongest plays are aa, ae, al, an, ar, as, at, el, en, er, es, 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.
alternants 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.
alternants is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing alternants unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is alternants, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from alternants 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 alternants produce 398 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 4 nine-letter words, 8 eight-letter words, 32 seven-letter words, 63 six-letter words, 109 five-letter words, 107 four-letter words, 56 three-letter words and 18 two-letter words.