ALTERNATES scores 10 points (base, without multipliers).
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noun
1
That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
2
A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
3
A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
4
A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
verb
1
To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
2
To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
The flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.
3
To vary by turns.
The land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.
4
To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.