alternate

1. Botany Arranged regularly between other parts, as stamens between petals.

2. Botany Arranged singly at each node, as leaves or buds on different sides of a stem.

3. Designating or relating to every other one of a series: alternate lines.

4. Happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously: alternate seasons of the year. See Usage Note at alternative.

5. Serving or used in place of another; substitute: an alternate plan.

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1. A person acting in the place of another; a substitute.

2. An alternative.

3. One that substitutes for or with another.

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1. To perform by turns or in succession.

2. To cause to alternate.

3. To change from one to another repeatedly .

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1. Electricity To reverse direction at regular intervals in a circuit.

2. To act or proceed by turns: The students alternated at the computer.

3. To occur in a successive manner: day alternating with night.

4. To pass back and forth from one state, action, or place to another: alternated between happiness and depression.

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1. To cause to alternate: alternated light and dark squares to form a pattern.

2. To do or execute by turns.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
alternate	9	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aa	2
ae	2
al	2
an	2
ar	2
at	2
el	2
en	2
er	2
et	2
la	2
na	2
ne	2
re	2
ta	2
te	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aal	3
ala	3
ale	3
alt	3
ana	3
ane	3
ant	3
are	3
art	3
ate	3
att	3
ear	3
eat	3
eel	3
era	3
ere	3
ern	3
eta	3
lar	3
lat	3
lea	3
lee	3
let	3
nae	3
nee	3
net	3
ran	3
rat	3
ree	3
ret	3
tae	3
tan	3
tar	3
tat	3
tea	3
tee	3
tel	3
ten	3
tet	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
alae	4
alan	4
alar	4
alee	4
anal	4
anta	4
ante	4
area	4
earl	4
earn	4
elan	4
erne	4
etna	4
lane	4
larn	4
late	4
lean	4
lear	4
leer	4
leet	4
lent	4
nala	4
near	4
neat	4
nett	4
rale	4
rant	4
rate	4
real	4
reel	4
rent	4
rete	4
tael	4
tala	4
tale	4
tare	4
tarn	4
tart	4
tate	4
teal	4
tear	4
teat	4
teel	4
teen	4
tela	4
tele	4
tent	4
tern	4
tree	4
tret	4
nare	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
alane	5
alant	5
alate	5
alert	5
altar	5
alter	5
anear	5
anele	5
antae	5
antra	5
antre	5
areae	5
areal	5
arena	5
arene	5
arete	5
artal	5
artel	5
attar	5
eaten	5
eater	5
elate	5
enate	5
enter	5
laree	5
larnt	5
laten	5
later	5
latte	5
leant	5
learn	5
natal	5
ranee	5
ratal	5
ratan	5
ratel	5
reata	5
relet	5
renal	5
rente	5
talar	5
taler	5
tatar	5
tater	5
telae	5
tenet	5
terne	5
tetra	5
treat	5
treen	5

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aerate	6
antler	6
antral	6
elater	6
entera	6
lanate	6
lateen	6
latent	6
latten	6
latter	6
leaner	6
learnt	6
letter	6
natter	6
neater	6
netter	6
nettle	6
rattan	6
ratten	6
rattle	6
relate	6
relent	6
rental	6
talent	6
tantra	6
tarnal	6
tartan	6
telnet	6
tenter	6

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
enteral	7
entreat	7
eternal	7
nettler	7
ratteen	7
teleran	7
ternate	7
tetanal	7

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
alterant	8
anteater	8
tarletan	8

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
alternate	9