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ALTERNATIVE

11 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 22 pts

ALTERNATIVE is a valid 11-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 22 in Super Big Boggle.

adjective
  1. Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
    • an alternative proposition
    • There are two alternative theories as to why this phenomenon occurs.
  2. Presenting two or more alternatives.
    • alternative conjunctions like or
  3. Other; different from something else.
  4. Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
  5. obsoleteAlternate, reciprocal.
noun
  1. A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
    • I gave you the alternative; you decided to stay.
  2. One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
  3. The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
  4. uncountablealternative rock
  5. A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.
    • Disability activists discourage the use of the words "crazy" and "insane" due to their negative connections to mental health, suggesting alternatives such as "wild", "silly", or "out of this world", which do not relate to mental health.