PATRIARCHY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. PATRIARCHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PATRIARCHY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PATRIARCHY is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PATRIARCHY
No single letter turns PATRIARCHY into another word.
How PATRIARCHY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PATRIARCHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PATRIARCHY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PATRIARCHY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A social system in which men hold most of the power and authority, and descent is often traced through the male line.
Historians and sociologists use patriarchy to discuss how families, laws and institutions have favoured men. Feminist writers made the word widely known by criticising such arrangements. In an older and narrower sense it means rule by a patriarch, the male head of a family or a church.
How PATRIARCHY is used
Common in sociology, history and political debate.
- The book examines patriarchy in early modern Europe.
- Critics argued that patriarchy shaped the laws on inheritance.
- Many societies have moved away from strict patriarchy over the last century.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PATRIARCHY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PATRIARCHY
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Common questions about PATRIARCHY
- Is PATRIARCHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PATRIARCHY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PATRIARCHY worth?
- PATRIARCHY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PATRIARCHY mean?
- A social system in which men hold most of the power and authority, and descent is often traced through the male line.
- What letters can be added to PATRIARCHY?
- No single letter can be added to PATRIARCHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PATRIARCHY:
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