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Is alter a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word alter is a Scrabble US word. The word alter is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (6 found)

ALERT,ALTER,ARTEL,LATER,RATEL,TALER,

4-letter words (17 found)

ARET,ARLE,EARL,LAER,LARE,LATE,LEAR,LEAT,RALE,RATE,REAL,TAEL,TALE,TARE,TEAL,TEAR,TELA,

3-letter words (20 found)

ALE,ALT,ARE,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,ELT,ERA,ETA,LAR,LAT,LEA,LET,RAT,RET,TAE,TAR,TEA,TEL,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AL,AR,AT,EA,EL,ER,ET,LA,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 56 words from alter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of alter

alter later atler taler ltaer tlaer aletr laetr aeltr ealtr leatr elatr atelr taelr aetlr eatlr tealr etalr ltear tlear letar eltar telar etlar altre latre atlre talre ltare tlare alrte larte arlte ralte lrate rlate atrle tarle artle ratle trale rtale ltrae tlrae lrtae rltae trlae rtlae alert laert aelrt ealrt leart elart alret laret arlet ralet lraet rlaet aerlt earlt arelt raelt eralt realt lerat elrat lreat rleat erlat relat aterl taerl aetrl eatrl tearl etarl atrel tarel artel ratel trael rtael aertl eartl aretl raetl eratl reatl teral etral treal rteal ertal retal ltera tlera letra eltra telra etlra ltrea tlrea lrtea rltea trlea rtlea lerta elrta lreta rleta erlta relta terla etrla trela rtela ertla retla

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Definitions and meaning of alter

alter

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːl.tə/, /ˈɒl.tə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔl.tɚ/
  • (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɑl.tɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːltə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: altar
  • Hyphenation: al‧ter

Etymology 1

From Old French alterer (French altérer), from Medieval Latin alterāre (“to make other”), from Latin alter (“the other”), from al- (seen in alius (“other”), alienus (“of another”), etc.; see alias, alien, etc.) + compar. suffix -ter.

Verb

alter (third-person singular simple present alters, present participle altering, simple past and past participle altered)

  1. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
  2. (intransitive) To become different.
  3. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
  4. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
  5. (transitive) To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.
    • 2016 February 10, Sydney Pruitt and Claire Ricke (quoting Jeff Barrick), "Police: Man lying in street hit, killed by Capital Metro bus", KXAN:
      We don't know if he was altered on alcohol or drugs or anything […]
Alternative forms
  • altre (obsolete)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations

Further reading

  • “alter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “alter”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

Probably from alter ego.

Noun

alter (plural alters)

  1. An identity or headmate of a person with dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder); a member of a system.

References

  • MPD/DID Glossary
  • DID Research: Alters

Etymology 3

Noun

alter

  1. Misspelling of altar.

See also

  • alter kaker

Anagrams

  • Alert, alert, altre, artel, later, ratel, taler, telar

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse altari, from Old Saxon altari, from Late Latin altare (“altar”). Cognate with English altar and German Altar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈald̥ɐ]

Noun

alter n (singular definite altret or alteret, plural indefinite altre)

  1. (religion) altar, a table or a platform for making sacrifices.
  2. (Christianity) altar, the ritual space of a Christian church.

Inflection

References

“alter” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaltɐ/

Adjective

alter

  1. inflection of alt:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural

Indonesian

Etymology

From English alter, from Old French alterer (French altérer), from Medieval Latin alterare (“to make other”), from Latin alter (“the other”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈalt̪ɛr], [ˈalt̪ər]
  • Hyphenation: al‧ter

Verb

alter

  1. to alter, to tailor clothes to make them fit.

Further reading

  • “alter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂élteros (“the other of two”). Akin to alius. Compare with ulter.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈal.ter/, [ˈäɫ̪t̪ɛr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.ter/, [ˈäl̪t̪er]

Adjective

alter (feminine altera, neuter alterum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er, pronominal)

  1. the other, the second
  2. the one...the other (alter...alter)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er, pronominal).

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1444: “l'altro raccoglie” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 76: “aux autres” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “alter”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 353

Further reading

  • “alter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “alter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • alter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian altro, from Latin alter.

Adjective

alter

  1. other

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

alter n (definite singular alteret / altret, indefinite plural alter / altere / altre, definite plural altera / altra / altrene)

  1. an altar

Etymology 2

Noun

alter m

  1. indefinite plural of alt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • altar

Noun

alter n (definite singular alteret, indefinite plural alter, definite plural altera)

  1. an altar

Old High German

Adjective

altēr

  1. strong masculine nominative singular of alt

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