PATRIMONIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PATRIMONIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PATRIMONIAL?
| 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 PATRIMONIAL is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PATRIMONIAL
No single letter turns PATRIMONIAL into another word.
How PATRIMONIAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PATRIMONIAL, 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 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PATRIMONIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PATRIMONIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Relating to property or rights inherited from a father or ancestors.
Patrimonial belongs to talk of estates, titles and family wealth that pass down through generations. A patrimonial home is one a family has held for a long time.
How PATRIMONIAL is used
Patrimonial is found in legal, historical and heritage contexts.
- The family kept the patrimonial estate for six generations.
- He claimed his patrimonial rights after his father died.
- A patrimonial fortune funded the whole museum.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PATRIMONIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PATRIMONIAL
1 longer words begin with PATRIMONIAL.
Shorter words from the letters in PATRIMONIAL
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Common questions about PATRIMONIAL
- Is PATRIMONIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PATRIMONIAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PATRIMONIAL worth?
- PATRIMONIAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PATRIMONIAL mean?
- Relating to property or rights inherited from a father or ancestors.
- What letters can be added to PATRIMONIAL?
- No single letter can be added to PATRIMONIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PATRIMONIAL:
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