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TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of alternative

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  alternative
      adj 1: serving or used in place of another; "an alternative
             plan" [syn: {alternate}, {alternative}, {substitute}]
      2: necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive
         possibilities; "alternative possibilities were neutrality or
         war"
      3: pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life
         style"
      n 1: one of a number of things from which only one can be
           chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other
           alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse" [syn: {option},
           {alternative}, {choice}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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