Alternating
Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:16 pts11 letters
Definition of Alternating
verb
- To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
- To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
"The flood and ebb tides alternate with each other."
- To vary by turns.
"The land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains."
- To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.
adjective
- That alternates.
- (of a knot) Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.
- (of a series) Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.
- (of a multilinear mapping with all arguments belonging to the same space) Whose value is zero when any two adjacent arguments are equal.
Anagrams of Alternating
No exact anagrams found for "alternating". This word has a unique letter combination.
Letter Values
a1
l1
t1
e1
r1
n1
a1
t1
i1
n1
g2
Total: 12 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Alternating
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Alternating"
Alternating is a 11-letter word that scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Alternating" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "alternating" is a medium-scoring word.