PATRIMONY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PATRIMONY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PATRIMONY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PATRIMONY is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PATRIMONY
No single letter turns PATRIMONY into another word.
How PATRIMONY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PATRIMONY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PATRIMONY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PATRIMONY
- All 9 letters of PATRIMONY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PATRIMONY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
Property or heritage handed down from ancestors, or the endowment of a church.
Patrimony covers land and money inherited from a father or earlier generations. It also stretches to the cultural treasures a nation preserves as its shared inheritance. Historically it could mean the estates owned by a church.
How PATRIMONY is used
Formal; used in law, history and cultural heritage talk.
- The farm was his only patrimony.
- The museum protects the national patrimony.
- He squandered his patrimony within a decade.
- The patrimony of the church included vast lands.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PATRIMONY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PATRIMONY
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Common questions about PATRIMONY
- Is PATRIMONY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PATRIMONY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PATRIMONY worth?
- PATRIMONY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PATRIMONY mean?
- Property or heritage handed down from ancestors, or the endowment of a church.
- What letters can be added to PATRIMONY?
- No single letter can be added to PATRIMONY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PATRIMONY:
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