Scrabble & Words with friends points
- alternates is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
- alternates is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
- alternates is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12
Definition of alternates
- be an understudy or alternate for a role (verb)
Synonyms
- understudy
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) (verb)
Synonyms
- flip
- flip-flop
- interchange
- switch
- tack
- do something in turns (verb)
Synonyms
- take turns
- serving or used in place of another (adjective)
Synonyms
- alternative
- substitute
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions (verb)
Synonyms
- jump
- occurring by turns; first one and then the other (adjective)
Synonyms
- alternating
- someone who takes the place of another person (noun)
Synonyms
- replacement
- surrogate
- every second one of a series (adjective)
Examples
- the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays
- exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions (verb)
- of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired (adjective)
Examples
- stems with alternate leaves
See definition of alternates in Merriam Webster