alternates 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, 542 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
alternates is the highest-scoring word from alternates, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 542 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in alternates — and it is alternates itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling alternates turns up 5 nine-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with translate. For points, the strongest plays are alterants, alternate, anteaters, 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 16 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in alternates. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are alertest, alterant, anteater, arsenate, asternal, atlantes, elastane, entreats, eternals, nettlers, ratteens, serenata, slattern, stearate, tarletan, and telerans, 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 alternates produces 56 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eastern, eternal, letters, nearest, neatest, relates, and startle. For points, the strongest plays are aerates, antlers, arsenal, earnest, eastern, elaters, enteral, entreat, estreat, eternal, lateens, latents, lattens, latters, leaners, leanest, letters, natters, nearest, neatest, nestler, netters, nettler, nettles, rattans, ratteen, rattens, rattles, realest, relates, relents, rentals, reslate, restate, retaste, saltant, saltern, santera, sealant, settler, starlet, startle, stealer, sterane, sterlet, sternal, stratal, talents, tantras, tartans, teleran, telnets, tenters, ternate, tetanal, and trestle — 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 alternates turns up 109 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with alerts, altars, alters, easter, enters, estate, and latest. For points, the strongest plays are aerate, alants, alates, alerts, altars, alters, anears, aneles, ansate, antler, antral, antres, arenas, arenes, aretes, artels, aslant, astern, astral, attars, easter, eaters, elater, elates, enates, entera, enters, estate, estral, lanate, larees, laster, lateen, latens, latent, latest, latten, latter, lattes, leaner, learns, learnt, leaser, letter, natter, neater, nester, nestle, netter, nettle, ranees, ratals, ratans, ratels, rattan, ratten, rattle, reales, reatas, relate, relent, relets, renest, rental, rentes, resale, reseal, reseat, resent, retest, salter, sateen, sealer, seater, senate, setter, settle, slater, staler, statal, stater, stelae, stelar, sterna, strata, streel, street, talars, talent, talers, tantra, tarnal, tarsal, tartan, taster, tatars, taters, teasel, teaser, telnet, tenets, tenser, tenter, ternes, testae, tester, tetras, treats, and treens — 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 150 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in alternates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with alert, altar, alter, areas, earns, eaten, and enter. For points, the strongest plays are alane, alans, alant, alate, alert, altar, alter, anear, anele, anlas, ansae, antae, antas, antes, antra, antre, areae, areal, areas, arena, arene, arete, arles, artal, artel, aster, atlas, attar, earls, earns, easel, easer, eaten, eater, elans, elate, enate, enter, erase, ernes, ester, etnas, lanes, laree, lares, larns, larnt, laser, laten, later, latte, leans, leant, learn, lears, lease, least, leers, leets, lenes, lense, nalas, nares, nasal, natal, nates, nears, neats, nerts, netts, rales, ranee, rants, ratal, ratan, ratel, rates, reals, reata, reels, reest, relet, renal, rente, rents, resat, reset, salat, saner, saran, saree, sente, seral, setae, setal, slant, slate, sleet, snare, snarl, sneer, stale, stane, stare, start, state, steal, steel, steer, stela, stele, stent, stere, stern, taels, talar, talas, taler, tales, tares, tarns, tarts, taser, taste, tatar, tater, tates, teals, tears, tease, teats, teels, teens, telae, teles, tenet, tense, tents, teres, terne, terns, terse, tesla, testa, tetra, trans, treat, treen, trees, 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 alternates produces 125 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ants, area, arts, earn, ears, ease, and east. For points, the strongest plays are aals, alae, alan, alar, alas, alee, ales, alts, anal, anas, anes, ansa, anta, ante, ants, area, ares, arse, arts, asea, ates, earl, earn, ears, ease, east, eats, eels, elan, else, eras, erne, erns, erst, esne, etas, etna, lane, larn, lars, lase, last, late, lats, lean, lear, leas, leer, lees, leet, lens, lent, lest, lets, naes, nala, nare, near, neat, nest, nets, nett, rale, rant, rase, rate, rats, real, reel, rees, rent, rest, rete, rets, sale, salt, sane, sate, seal, sear, seat, seel, seen, seer, sene, sent, sera, sere, seta, sett, slat, stan, star, stat, stet, tael, tala, tale, tans, tare, tarn, tars, tart, tase, tate, tats, teal, tear, teas, teat, teel, teen, tees, tela, tele, tels, tens, tent, tern, test, tets, tree, 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 alternates turns up 62 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, eel, els, ens, era, ere, ern, ers, est, eta, lar, las, lat, lea, lee, let, nae, nee, net, ran, ras, rat, ree, res, ret, sae, sal, san, sat, sea, see, sel, sen, ser, set, tae, tan, tar, tas, tat, tea, tee, 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 alternates. 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.
2 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in alternates plus one additional letter.
alternates is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record ten senses for alternates. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 10 points on a Scrabble board:
alternates is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing alternates unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is alternates, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from alternates 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 alternates produce 542 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 5 nine-letter words, 16 eight-letter words, 56 seven-letter words, 109 six-letter words, 150 five-letter words, 125 four-letter words, 62 three-letter words and 18 two-letter words.