MATRILINEAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. MATRILINEAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MATRILINEAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MATRILINEAL is to know. It scores 13 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MATRILINEAL
No single letter turns MATRILINEAL into another word.
How MATRILINEAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in MATRILINEAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MATRILINEAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MATRILINEAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Tracing descent, inheritance or kinship through the mother and the female line.
In a matrilineal society a child belongs to the mother's family group, and property or titles may pass from a woman to her daughters or her brother's children. Anthropologists contrast it with patrilineal systems that follow the father.
How MATRILINEAL is used
Used in anthropology and genetics, for example matrilineal descent or matrilineal clan.
- The tribe follows a matrilineal system of inheritance.
- Mitochondrial DNA gives a matrilineal record of ancestry.
- Her matrilineal line stretches back many generations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MATRILINEAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MATRILINEAL
1 longer words begin with MATRILINEAL.
Shorter words from the letters in MATRILINEAL
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Common questions about MATRILINEAL
- Is MATRILINEAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MATRILINEAL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MATRILINEAL worth?
- MATRILINEAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MATRILINEAL mean?
- Tracing descent, inheritance or kinship through the mother and the female line.
- What letters can be added to MATRILINEAL?
- No single letter can be added to MATRILINEAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of MATRILINEAL:
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