PATRILINEAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PATRILINEAL 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 PATRILINEAL?
| 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 PATRILINEAL 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 PATRILINEAL
No single letter turns PATRILINEAL into another word.
How PATRILINEAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PATRILINEAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 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 PATRILINEAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PATRILINEAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Tracing descent, inheritance or family name through the father and his male relatives.
In a patrilineal society a child belongs to the father's kin group, and property often passes from father to son. Surnames in much of Europe follow the same patrilineal pattern.
How PATRILINEAL is used
Used in anthropology, genealogy and genetics.
- The tribe follows a patrilineal system of inheritance.
- Y-chromosome tests reveal patrilineal ancestry.
- Royal succession was patrilineal for centuries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PATRILINEAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PATRILINEAL
1 longer words begin with PATRILINEAL.
Shorter words from the letters in PATRILINEAL
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Common questions about PATRILINEAL
- Is PATRILINEAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PATRILINEAL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PATRILINEAL worth?
- PATRILINEAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PATRILINEAL mean?
- Tracing descent, inheritance or family name through the father and his male relatives.
- What letters can be added to PATRILINEAL?
- No single letter can be added to PATRILINEAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PATRILINEAL:
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