Scrabble and Words with Friends

• ALTERNATE is a valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• ALTERNATE is a valid Words with Friends word worth 11 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• ALTERNATE is a 9 letter word containing the letters a, a, e, e, l, n, r, t, t.

Definitions

• alternate

  noun someone who takes the place of another person

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• alternate

  verb go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

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• alternate

  verb exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions

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• alternate

  verb be an understudy or alternate for a role

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• alternate

  verb reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

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• alternate

  verb do something in turns

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• alternate

  adjective of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired
  stems with alternate leaves

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• alternate

  adjective satellite every second one of a series
  the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays

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• alternate

  adjective satellite serving or used in place of another

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• alternate

  adjective satellite occurring by turns; first one and then the other

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• Lookup ALTERNATE using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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Words that sound like 'alternate'

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