Is ALTERCATIONS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, ALTERCATIONS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does ALTERCATIONS mean?
Altercations is a form of ALTERCATION.
- noun
noisy quarrel
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
12
Letters
A (1) + L (1) + T (1) + E (1) + R (1) + C (3) + A (1) + T (1) + I (1) + O (1) + N (1) + S (1) = 14 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for ALTERCATIONS
ALTERCATIONS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Anagrams of ALTERCATIONS
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from ALTERCATIONS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- intercoastal14
- altercation13
- intercostal13
- lacerations13
- translocate13
- carnotites12
- castration12
- centralist12
- clarionets12
- escalation12
- laceration12
- lacertians12
- lactations12
- tractional12
- alterations11
- acroleins11
- actioners11
- aleatoric11
- analcites11
- ancestral11
- anelastic11
- anoretics11
- arsenical11
- ascertain11
- cantorial11
- carnotite11
- caseation11
- cattaloes11
- censorial11
- cilantros11
- cisternal11
- clarinets11
- clarionet11
- coastline11
- coattails11
- contrails11
- contralti11
- cornetist11
- craniates11
- creations11
- escalator11
- interacts11
- lacertian11
- lactation11
- laitances11
- larcenist11
- loniceras11
- loricates11
- narcotise11
- nectarial11
- raincoats11
- reactants11
- reactions11
- scalation11
- sclerotia11
- sclerotin11
- sectarian11
- sectional11
- sectorial11
- taconites11
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