alternate
Alternate can refer to someone who takes the place of another person. As a verb, alternate can mean to be an understudy or alternate for a role, exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions, or go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions.
Length
9
Scrabble
9
WWF
11
Starts
AL
Ends
ATE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ALTERNATE” Mean?
/ɒl.ˈtɜː(ɹ).nət/
alternate has 10 documented senses across adjective, noun, verb.
Adjective
4 sensesevery second one of a series
“the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays”
occurring by turns; first one and then the other
“alternating feelings of love and hate”
Synonyms
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”
Noun
1 sensesomeone who takes the place of another person
Synonyms
Verb
5 sensesgo back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
Synonyms
exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
be an understudy or alternate for a role
Synonyms
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Synonyms
do something in turns
“We take turns on the night shift”
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
every second one of a series
Length
9 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
A, L, T, E, R, N, A, T, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆ALTERNATE has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ALTERNATE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ALTERNATE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ALTERNATE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
A
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFACD
CV Pattern
VCCVCCVCV
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
AL, LT, TE, ER, RN, NA, AT, TE
Trigrams
ALT, LTE, TER, ERN, RNA, NAT, ATE
Crossword Intelligence
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