ALTERITY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ALTERITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALTERITY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALTERITY is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALTERITY
No single letter turns ALTERITY into another word.
How ALTERITY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ALTERITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALTERITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALTERITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The condition of being different from oneself or from what is familiar.
Alterity turns up mostly in philosophy and cultural studies, where it names the quality of the Other. A scholar who writes about alterity is usually asking how one group comes to see another as foreign.
How ALTERITY is used
Mainly found in academic writing about identity, difference and encounters with the unfamiliar.
- The essay explores the alterity of a traveller in a strange city.
- Alterity is a central idea in several modern philosophical traditions.
- He felt the alterity of the foreign language in every conversation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALTERITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ALTERITY
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Common questions about ALTERITY
- Is ALTERITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALTERITY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALTERITY worth?
- ALTERITY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALTERITY mean?
- The condition of being different from oneself or from what is familiar.
- What letters can be added to ALTERITY?
- No single letter can be added to ALTERITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ALTERITY:
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