ALTERANT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ALTERANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALTERANT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALTERANT is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALTERANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
alterantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALTERANT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ALTERANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALTERANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ALTERANT
- The same 8 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ALTERANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
Something that causes a change in the state of another thing.
An alterant is whatever brings about the alteration, whether a substance, a force or a treatment. The noun is rare today, and in older medical writing it was close in meaning to alterative.
How ALTERANT is used
Alterant is used rarely, in technical or older medical writing about agents of change.
- The chemist added an alterant to change the colour of the dye.
- Heat acted as the main alterant of the metal.
- An old text listed each alterant used by the physician.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALTERANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALTERANT
The 8 tiles of ALTERANT in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ALTERANT
1 longer words begin with ALTERANT.
Shorter words from the letters in ALTERANT
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Common questions about ALTERANT
- Is ALTERANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALTERANT, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALTERANT worth?
- ALTERANT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALTERANT mean?
- Something that causes a change in the state of another thing.
- What letters can be added to ALTERANT?
- ALTERANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ALTERANT:
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