Definitions For Alternately

adverb

  • In an alternating sequence or position

verb

  • To place or do (different things) so that one follows the other in a repeated series

noun

  • Someone who is chosen to take another person's place if that person is not able to be present or to do a required job

Is Alternately a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
16

The word Alternately is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Alternately in a Sentence

  • Alternate shades of wood formed a pattern around the window.
  • We took an alternate route because of the traffic.
  • Due to an emergency, the plane landed at an alternate airport.
  • The poem alternates fear and hope.
  • The light and dark woods alternate to form an elegant pattern around the window.
  • The town has elected five councilors and two alternates.

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